A visit to Wath & Melmerby Cricket Club, North of the city of Ripon, promised a potential deluge, the prospect of a fine cricket tea and the story of a remarkable ground. Despite various weather apps predicting degrees of dismal rain, the journey over was no hardship scooting around Otley, Knaresborough and onto the A1(M) […]
Nidderdale Cricket League
Little Ribston Cricket Club in the land of glaciers and Knights
Mark Doherty heads to Little Ribston Cricket Club where their 1st XI hosted Knaresborough Forest CC 3rd XI in this Theakston Nidderdale League Division Seven fixture. It’s a Bit Chilly – Not! If I had found myself standing where I was at 1pm on Saturday 31st May…maybe 20,000 years ago…Little Ribston’s ground would potentially have been […]
Lofthouse and Middlesmoor: Sawdust and scenic Nidderdale
As Douglas Adams wrote in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy… “Stress and nervous tension are now serious social problems in all parts of the galaxy, and it is in order that this situation should not be in any way exacerbated, that the following facts now be revealed in advance.” It did in fact rain […]
Glasshouses pull out of the Nidderdale League
In news that saddened me, I learnt that Glasshouses Cricket Club had withdrawn from the Theakston Nidderdale Cricket League – due to a lack of players. Importantly, the cricket club will not fold but for now, it has no players and no fixtures. Mothballed if you will but with future plans that we’ll come to. […]
Season off to a flier at Pannal amid cake and conversations
Our first outing of the 2025 club cricket season involved a trip to Pannal Cricket Club to watch Pannal play Pannal. The inter-club friendly was a gentle way to catch some overs on a day that promised a bit of warmth, while also keeping a keen ear flapping for any gossip and presenting Penny Barrett […]
Sessay & Raskelf join forces in groundshare partnership
Sessay Cricket Club and Raskelf Cricket Club have announced a partnership that will see a sharing of player talent and grounds. There will be no change to Sessay in the YPLN – with the club sharing a new signing in Jacob Wintle, an Australian-born pace bowler who took 35 wickets for Boyne Hill in the […]
Caught Light: Reflections from a busy club cricket season
A rough count of grassroots cricket games I’ve been to this season, seems to come out at around 65. That is a personal best for a single season in the last decade, and I must admit for the vast majority of visits, it has been a real pleasure. As October arrives, I wanted to sit […]
Close call: Sicklinghall snatch second and go up on net run rate
The last day of the Theakston Nidderdale League threatened to feature the same weather that dominated it in April. The forecast on Wednesday/Thursday suggested an overcast day with spells of light rain, and potentially the worst weather of the weekend at any rate. However, on Saturday morning I pulled the bedroom curtains apart like a […]
At the Crease: Latest club cricket news from around Yorkshire
White Rose Trophy finalists decided It’ll be a New Farnley Cricket Club vs Richmondshire Cricket Club final at Castleford Cricket Club this Saturday 28 September. New Farnley bowled out hosts Cleethorpes for 207. Tom Keast (79), Gurman Randhawa (3-33), Usman Arshad (3-41) and Fletcher Coutts (3-39). In reply, Steve Bullen (70) led the way as […]
Darley beat the rain and claim the points over Birstwith
The weekend’s weather forecast was poor, with Saturday’s oulook slightly better than Sunday. In the end, Sunday was a complete washout with persistent rain falling most of the daylight hours. Looking out of the window on Saturday morning, it was murky and damp. Autumn had arrived in force, with a healthy mist blanketing a lot […]