The 576 Halifax bus from Bradford wheezed and strained its way up Great Horton Road, up, up and away, further into the clouds until reaching the village of Queensbury. Deposited opposite Oxford Road, the last bit on foot takes the intrepid traveller up a quiet country lane to the highest (league) cricket ground in England, […]
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Foss Evening League: Retreat vs Tigers
If there’s one thing guaranteed in Yorkshire, it’s that you’ll find superb amateur cricket stories round every corner. In this case, the Retreat is a specialist mental health provider whose sprawling complex of buildings are on Heslington Road in York. The Retreat Cricket Club plays within the grounds and dates back to 1889 with the […]
Disability cricket showcased at Roses fixture
On a Sunday morning where brooding clouds grizzled along the skyline, punctuated only by light drizzle, cricket felt a slim possibility. But happily, as it turns out, the Roses disability game at Undercliffe Cricket Club high above Bradford was to be a remarkable showcase for the game we all love. First, a mention for the […]
Leeds Bradford MCCU scorch to Lord’s Final win
Leeds Bradford MCCU got their hands on some silverware at the third time of asking in an eventful season with a convincing victory over Cardiff at Lords. The squad lost out in two semi-finals in June in other formats but this 117-run triumph at the home of cricket (after Scarborough, obviously) will go some way […]
Yorkshire Women dominate at Harrogate
Yorkshire Women visited Harrogate Cricket Club on Sunday for the Royal London One Day Cup against Middlesex; a chance to see how Mark Loker’s squad fared in this fifty-over competition. Packed with England internationals from Lauren Winfield to Katherine Brunt, Yorkshire had firepower in abundance, on paper at least, to cover everything the visitors could […]
Aaron Finch returns from injury at Barnsley
On a roasting hot day at Barnsley Cricket Club, Yorkshire 2nd XI took on Northamptonshire seconds in back-to-back T20s. The prospect of seeing Vikings overseas signing and current Australia T20 captain Aaron Finch make his long-awaited return from a hamstring injury ensured an even healthier crowd. Deckchairs were parked in prime locations and the white […]
Leeds Bradford MCCU’s T20 triumph at Weetwood
After being given a ‘bye’ because their morning opponents Newcastle University had been unable to field a team, Leeds Bradford MCCU took on Durham MCCU at Weetwood in the afternoon sunshine for a place at the MCC / Red Bull T20 Finals Day on Monday 15th June. The winners of that mid-June extravaganza in Oxford […]
Bradford Park Avenue cricket
Do you remember that weirdly warm few weeks in April when summer briefly gatecrashed spring and the mercury soared? During that balmy period, there was the chance to go and watch a cricket match at Bradford Park Avenue where two teams from the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League, Interlink and Omar, were shaking off winter […]
Aire Wharfe Cricket: Olicanian vs Calverley
After a stint covering the action at Ilkley Cricket Club on Saturday, the proximity of more cricket was too tempting to pass up so it was on to Olicanian Cricket Club whose firsts were at home and taking on Calverley St Wilifrid’s CC. From Ilkley’s ground, you scooch down Denton Road, passing Ilkley Lido on […]
Ilkley Cricket Club vs Rawdon
It was a productive Saturday of club cricket with the sun out although a fierce wind that could strip the warmth from bone marrow in seconds made it a three-jumper strategy out on the cricket fields around Ilkley. Cricket Yorkshire was there, alternating between a barrage of images with the DSLR camera and then driven […]