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Sue Mulholland and the therapy of cricket teas

June 16, 2024 by John Fuller 4 Comments

The extraordinary story of Sue Mulholland blends the human spirit with the therapeutic power of baking and cricket teas. 

I met Sue, who has been making the cricket teas at Darlington Cricket Club for years, back in 2016 at Headingley.

She had prepared a lavish spread for the Premier League Championship Semi-Final and it was staggeringly impressive.

Tables laden with freshly baked cakes, sandwiches zinging with fillings and sausage rolls that I still dream about. People were literally stuffing food into pockets with goofy smiles on their faces.

Congratulations to Sue Mulholland of @DCC_Feethams who wins 2018 #CY50 before I’ve researched it. No-one will rival her epic cricket teas. pic.twitter.com/mu7AwmU9Gj

— Cricket Yorkshire (@cricketyorks) September 24, 2017

Cricket Yorkshire readers will know that I need little excuse to wax lyrical about cricket teas but the latest podcast episode with Sue is more than mere eye-rolling at sweet treats.

To understand Sue’s relationship with baking, we have to go back to an incredibly difficult time.

In her fifties, Sue suffered a brain haemorrhage, nearly died and was left unable to speak or walk.

The NHS and her family painstakingly helped her to gradually regain all the skills we take for granted: to walk, talk, read and write.

Baking and following recipes became a therapy as she was forced to give up work as a teacher and retire.

As you’ll learn if you can listen to the podcast interview on cricket teas, it has since snowballed with clubs and the North Yorkshire & South Durham League using the services of the ‘Darlington Delia’ (copyright Cricket Yorkshire 😀).

It would be fair to say she has forged quite a reputation and it doesn’t hurt that she’s the loveliest woman you could ever meet. Mrs Cricket Yorkshire notwithstanding, obviously.

We discuss how cricket teas have helped Sue’s recovery and why she hoped they’d be embraced by cricket clubs once again in 2022.

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Filed Under: Club cricket, Cricket teas, North Yorkshire & South Durham Cricket League

About John Fuller

Founder of Cricket Yorkshire, Author of Dales, Bails and Cricket Club Tales, All Wickets Great & Small and Last of the Summer Wickets.

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Comments

  1. Mike Bailey says

    September 16, 2021 at 7:17 pm

    Great feel-good story. Very glad to hear that she has managed to make a good recovery.

    Reply
    • John Fuller says

      September 16, 2021 at 7:28 pm

      Hi Mike, good to hear from you, it’s a wonderful, uplifting listen and Sue was a great form. Winter well!

      Reply
  2. Tony Hutton says

    September 16, 2021 at 8:27 pm

    Having sampled Sue’s catering several times in the past we were sorry to miss a game at Hartlepool this season when we were told she would be there. First time we have learned of her incredible story.

    Reply
  3. Leigh Beaumont says

    September 17, 2021 at 5:43 pm

    Legend in the cricket tea world!

    Reply

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