> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://cricketyorkshire.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # National Village Cup: Woodhouse Grange, Patrington & Ackworth still in - URL: https://cricketyorkshire.com/national-village-cup/ - Published: 2023-06-14T17:30:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-28T17:53:17.000Z - Author: John Fuller - Tags: Club Cricket, #wp The largest knockout cricket competition in the UK has reached the National Rounds. The Voneus Village Cup, organised by *The Cricketer*, has witnessed 35 villages lift the trophy since 1972 - will a Yorkshire side do it in 2023? There's still some way to go. The NVC final is played each September at Lord’s and Yorkshire’s villages have a proud record of making it to the latter stages or winning. By my reckoning, they’ve won it 12 times so about a third of all NVC winners are from Yorkshire. We've had the 2023 regional rounds and regional final so now it's time for villages to pack up their kit bags, put their bat in the car and hit the road to clubs and leagues (sometimes) far away. This Sunday 18 June, Woodhouse Grange travel to the other side of Hull to Patrington for Round 5\. It pits two Yorkshire groups against each other, presumably to cut down on the road miles. They'll know each other quite well, as they have already played this season in the league. Meanwhile, Ackworth host Stayley in West Yorkshire. *(Stayley are members of the Greater Manchester Cricket Club).* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ee/73/ee73d104-a6c6-4e5c-a4b8-854785d36d20/content/images/2026/05/voneus-national-village-cup-cy-4.jpg) Woodhouse Grange are going for their fifth title which already sees them as the most successful village cricket side ever. Having won in 1995, 2007, 2014 and 2015 and been finalists in 1999, 2008 and 2012, the men of Derwent have a pedigree that's hard to ignore. Besides, their North Yorkshire (North) Group was arguably the toughest in the country just to get out of. Their opening game was against the 2018 winners Folkton & Flixton, the last Yorkshire village to be victorious at Lord’s. An early test that was safely navigated - Woodhouse Grange (160-4) winning by six wickets. Two walkovers followed before a thumping 144 run-victory over Rockliffe Park of the NYSD as a serious statement of intent. I caught up with Steve Burdett, Woodhouse Grange’s second-team captain and someone who has played in all seven appearances in a final at Lord’s. They are back in the Village Cup for the first time since 2015 and keen to make the most of it: "Woodhouse Grange has a long-standing history with the National Village Cup, to again be entered into the competition has created a real buzz within the club." For Steve, there’s the carrot of one last hurrah. It can probably feel a bit surreal as a captain of a cricket club at Lord’s; one for the scrapbook. “My fondest memory would be winning the competition as captain, addressing an audience on the steps of Lord’s and leading a team through the Long Room is something I will always cherish - but to see the club defend a national competition in 2015 was also very special.” This year, it’s all change with Woodhouse Grange fielding a second eleven as their firsts aren’t eligible because they play in the ECB Yorkshire Premier League North. **Have a read below for results and the latest fixtures...** ![National Village Cup: Houghton Main Cricket Club take the field at Lord's](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ee/73/ee73d104-a6c6-4e5c-a4b8-854785d36d20/content/images/2026/05/houghton-main-field.jpg) **Group 3 - North Yorkshire (North)** **RESULTS** *Preliminary round – April 9* - **Hensall** beat Heslerton by **walkover** *Round One – April 23* - **Woodhouse Grange** 160-4 beat Folkton & Flixton 157 by **6 wickets** - **Hensall** beat Silton by **walkover** - Moorsholm lost to **Great Habton** - **Thornton Watlass** beat Sheriff Hutton Bridge by **walkover** \*\*\* - Cayton lost to **Thornton le Moor** by **walkover** - **Ebberston** 289-2 beat Forge Valley 128-6 by **161 runs** - **Sutton-on-Hull** beat Blubberhouses by **walkover** - South Holderness lost to **Rockliffe Park** by **walkover** *Round Two – May 7* - **Woodhouse Grange** beat Hensall by **walkover** - Great Habton lost to **Thornton Watlass** by **walkover** - **Thornton le Moor** 185 beat Ebberston 159 by **26 runs** - Sutton-on-Hull 128 lost to **Rockliffe Park** 179-8 by **51 runs** *Round Three – May 21* - **Woodhouse Grange** beat Thornton Watlass by **walkover** - Thornton le Moor 87 lost to **Rockliffe Park** 91-1 by **9 wickets** *Regional final – June 4* - **Woodhouse Grange** 298-3 beat Rockliffe Park 154 by **144 runs** {image} **Group 4 - North Yorkshire (South)** ***(No Round 1).*** Patrington are Woodhouse Grange's opponents on Father's Day and play in the same league and division (Yorkshire Premier League North, Championship East). They've had two walkovers in the National Village Cup so far before comfortably defeating Carlton Towers by six wickets. The McKinleys (Ashley & Connor) are two to watch out for with the bat, having both hit fifties against Woodhouse Grange in the league back in April. *Round Two – May 7* - Staxton lost to **Alne** by **walkover** - Killinghall 136 lost to **Carlton Towers** 262-7 by **126 runs** - **Harome** beat Addingham by **walkover** - East Ardsley lost to **Patrington** by **walkover** *Round Three – May 21* - Alne 191-4 lost to **Carlton Towers** 192-2 by **8 wickets** - Harome lost to **Patrington** by **walkover** *Regional final – June 4* - Carlton Towers 183-8 lost to **Patrington** 185-4 by **6 wickets** ![ackworth Cricket club](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ee/73/ee73d104-a6c6-4e5c-a4b8-854785d36d20/content/images/2026/05/ackworth-cc-jpeg.jpg) **Group 5 - West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire & Humberside** Does this group cover the largest area in the country? There’s a trivia question for you. Probably - except Scotland obviously. Well, Ackworth are once again on a roll after being the [**last Yorkshire village left standing**](https://cricketyorkshire.com/national-village-cup-2022/) in the 2022 competition. They've beat Outcasts, Slaithwaite and Broughton before a six-wicket defeat of Kippax Welfare in the Regional Final. Group 5 had Houghton Main who won it in 2006 and were 2019 finalists. Over 350 teams began the 52nd edition of the Village Cup with the preliminary round having taken place on 9 April 2023. *Round One – April 23* - **Houghton Main** won Thornton **by committee** - Bye v Frickley Colliery - Kippax Welfare v Bye - **Streethouse** beat Rodley by **walkover** - **Slaithwaite** beat Drighlington by **walkover** - **Ackworth** beat Outcasts by **10 wickets** - **Broughton** 210-9 beat Middleton & North Dalton 133 by **77 runs** - Oulton 155-7 lost to **Great Preston** 156-7 by **3 wickets** *Round Two – May 7* - **Houghton Main** 113 beat Frickley Colliery 108 by **5 runs** - **Kippax Welfare** 218 beat Streethouse 159-9 by **59 runs** - Slaithwaite lost to **Ackworth by committee** - **Broughton** 109-8 beat Great Preston 92 by **17 runs** *Round Three – May 21* - Houghton Main 145 lost to **Kippax Welfare** 184 by **39 runs** - **Ackworth** 140-4 beat Broughton 136 by **6 wickets** *Regional final – June 4* - Kippax Welfare 179 lost to **Ackworth** 180-4 by **6 wickets** ![National Village Cup: houghton main bowling](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ee/73/ee73d104-a6c6-4e5c-a4b8-854785d36d20/content/images/2026/05/houghton-main-bowling.jpg) **Fixtures** - Round 5 – June 18 - Round 6 – July 2 - Quarter-finals – July 16 - Semi-finals – July 30 - Final – September 3 ![National Village Cup Cup Final](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ee/73/ee73d104-a6c6-4e5c-a4b8-854785d36d20/content/images/2026/05/nvc-cup-final-1.jpg) **Winners of the National Village Cup** ***(\*Yorkshire winners denoted with asterisk)*** 1972 Troon 1973 Troon 1974 Bomarsund 1975 Gowerton 1976 Troon 1977 Cookley 1978 Linton Park 1979 East Bierley\* 1980 Marchwiel 1981 St Fagan’s 1982 St Fagan’s 1983 Quarndon 1984 Marchwiel 1985 Freuchie 1986 Forge Valley\* 1987 Longparish 1988 Goatacre 1989 Toft 1990 Goatacre 1991 St Fagan’s 1992 Hursley Park 1993 Kington 1994 Elvaston 1995 Woodhouse Grange\* 1996 Caldy 1997 Caldy 1998 Methley\* 1999 Linton Park 2000 Elvaston 2001 Ynystawe 2002 Shipton-under-Wychwood 2003 Shipton-under-Wychwood 2004 Sully Centurions 2005 Sheriff Hutton Bridge\* 2006 Houghton Main\* 2007 Woodhouse Grange\* 2008 Valley End 2009 Glynde 2010 Sessay\* 2011 Woodhouses 2012 Reed 2013 Cleator 2014 Woodhouse Grange\* 2015 Woodhouse Grange\* 2016 Sessay\* 2017 Reed 2018 Folkton & Flixton\* 2019 Reed 2020 Colwall 2021 Calmore Sports 2022 Dumbleton (With thanks to the [ACS - Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians](https://acscricket.com/?page%5Fid=3095&ref=cricketyorkshire.com)) Good luck to all of Yorkshire’s teams… for reports, scorecards and stats from the competition, visit: [https://www.nationalvillagecup.com](https://www.nationalvillagecup.com/?ref=cricketyorkshire.com).