The end game is in sight for Townville Cricket Club’s 1st XI after a stunning season. Their first-team squad are in contention – just – for their debut Bradford Premier Cricket League title, while also in the national final of the Vitality Club T20 Cup. To cast an eye over this rollercoaster, I caught up […]
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Latest reviews of Brews on the Boundary (September)
Brews on the Boundary: Travels to Yorkshire’s cricket clubs is my new club cricket book that was published on 8 June 2026. This is an entertaining travelogue around Yorkshire’s cricket clubs from the 2024 & 2025 seasons with my adventures, conversations and observations. Stories include the pavilion moved across a motorway, a clubhouse bought on […]
Neale spell sets up four-run win for Colton over Menston
Colton’s ground features a large, gently sloping oval tucked into a residential corner of east Leeds, screened from most of the city noise despite there being shops and busy roads nearby. The clubhouse is compact, practical and features a well-stocked bar, with seats arranged in front, while the bowls green, junior football pitch and old […]
Kohler-Cadmore: Hoylandswaine 1st XI eye landmark season
Ben Kohler-Cadmore, captain of Hoylandswaine Cricket Club’s first eleven, is gearing up for a seismic last push of the season. They have already lifted the Huddersfield Premier Cricket League’s ECB Premiership title and the Sykes Cup for good measure. In this interview, Ben and I pick over the season so far, chat about captaincy, ambition, […]
Upper Wharfedale postcard: The hash, Stripey Badger and sixes
Saturday took us to the Yorkshire Dales village of Grassington for a bite to eat and the Theakston Nidderdale Cricket League. Upper Wharfedale, league leaders in Division 1, were at home against Ben Rhydding. First, a very important pit stop at Cobblestones Café, where their breakfast hash of potato, sausages and fried bacon was beautifully […]
North Halifax clinch Prem 2 title in last-ball thriller
Four teams, three matches and a cup ultimately decided by just one run on the last ball. The West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League’s Premier 2 Finals Day from Low Moor Holy Trinity delivered plenty of drama. As Mark Doherty reports, it was the kind of showpiece that makes cricket the game we all […]
Cyborgs, centuries and sightscreen standoff
I’m pleased to say that Hollywood sequels and eclipsed by a comeback met with a cacophony of approval (thanks for the emails) – so here is another news round-up with my own take from the past week. Enjoy, have a read and please share it around the world. 😁 Cutts to the quick Darley Cricket […]
Hollywood sequels and eclipsed by a comeback
A round-up of club cricket news in Yorkshire that caught my eye from Hollywood sequels to a comeback eclipsing a rare cosmic show. Woodlands vs New Farnley IV Quiz question… how many times have Woodlands 1st XI played New Farnley 1st XI this season? I make it three so far which is bordering on Fast […]
Pateley Bridge dig in but Whixley defeat the Badgers
The trip to Pateley Bridge takes you into the heart of Nidderdale, the roads threading between rolling hills before the steep drop from Coldstone Cuts towards the cricket ground that is hidden away in what is the showground. I arrived just before one o’clock in beautiful sunshine, with barely a cloud overhead. and the smallest […]
Kirkby century gets South Kilvington past Sessay Raskelf
Another Saturday dawned and I had my sights set on a ground I have never been to. I had covered the club on their travels, as they visited clubs in and around Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon. South Kilvington is one of the very few clubs in the Theakston Nidderdale League that I haven’t visited over […]