Bill Marshall talks to Craven League secretary, Peter Foster, about the challenge of losing clubs and the committee’s plans to give the league a new lease of life. Just how does a grassroots cricket league stop the haemorrhaging of clubs from within their membership? Of course, some leagues react too late to the bleeding, while […]
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Bradford Cricket League: Floodlit charity match at Wagon Lane
Bradford Cricket League cricketers, past and present, came together at Wagon Lane to support Dementia UK. A floodlit charity cricket match at Bradford & Bingley Cricket Club has been hailed as a success, and certainly won’t be forgotten in a hurry by the club’s scorer Judith Wragg. She was stung on the neck by a […]
Thrills and hills at Lascelles Hall for T20 quarter-finals
Andrew Gallon savours the history and heritage at Lascelles Hall and the Huddersfield Cricket League North Light Physio T20 Shield quarter-final with Championship rivals Elland. Lascelles Hall Cricket Club have been around since 1825, making them the oldest in Kirklees. They joined the Huddersfield Cricket League in 1892 and remain members to this day. Cricket, […]