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 […]
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Buy Brews on the Boundary: Travels to Yorkshire’s cricket clubs
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. 👋 You can read an extract from the book here. It’s a […]
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 […]
Playing at altitude: Yorkshire’s highest cricket grounds
The idea for this highest cricket grounds in Yorkshire feature came after I did one on the smallest grounds that got quite a bit of attention and discussion. Before researching to come up with a shortlist, I set some criteria to judge by. You’d think that was simple enough but there are a surprising number […]
Rawdon lift Archer Cup in a day and night showpiece
Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon, is known for her beauty and usually depicted wearing a crescent moon in her crown while riding a chariot drawn by stallions across the night sky. Selene was the daughter of Hyperion and Theia, her brother was Helios – the sun god, and her sister was Eos – […]
Latest on Clickgate & what it means for clubs and leagues
The Clickgate scandal has thrust Saltburn Cricket Club into the spotlight with global condemnation. It revolves around a live steamed Division Two fixture in the North Yorkshire and South Durham League. Saltburn’s second XI beat Norton by 159 runs but the dismissal of Noman Shabir sparked the controversy. There is a case to answer as […]
Village Cup: Woodhouse Grange eye Lord’s return
Woodhouse Grange are on the threshold of the National Village Cup Final at Lord’s, with Sunday’s semi-final at Cuckney to come. The cricket club, to the south-east of York, are out on their own on several fronts. Both geographically speaking amid a patchwork of fields but also with the proud record of four National Village […]
New Farnley set up Hoylandswaine Heavy Woollen Semi
The Heavy Woollen Cup quarter-final between Castleford and New Farnley offered knockout cricket in a prestigious tournament between two ECB Premier League champions. I’ll bundle up the travel prelude by saying the Knottingley service from platform 13b at Leeds station might wheeze and rattle but is stoutly reliable. The walk to Savile Park could be […]
Tiny but mighty: Yorkshire’s smallest cricket grounds
I’ve been thinking about small cricket grounds in Yorkshire of late. Back in June, the plan had been to go and watch Mirfield Parish Cavaliers in the ECB Premiership of the Huddersfield Premier Cricket League. Their opponents were league leaders Hoylandswaine and both clubs play on postage stamps although Swaine’s HQ is a windswept home […]