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Transfer Centre: Yorkshire’s ECB Premier Leagues for 2018

April 24, 2018 by John Fuller

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A warm welcome to Cricket Yorkshire’s transfer news exclusive with all four ECB Premier Leagues in Yorkshire. This is compiled for this website and isn’t available anywhere else…if you get value out of the read, please share it on Twitter/Facebook using the buttons top or bottom of this page.

Who has moved to a new club? What are the teams across all of the leagues including those newly promoted for 2018?

Get ready all the transfer news for each of the Bradford Premier League, ECB Premier Premier League North, ECB Yorkshire South Premier League and the North Yorkshire & South Durham Cricket League.

Editor’s note – This was correct as possible at the time of writing (week that the season starts) but transfer news is always fluid so the picture at clubs may alter somewhat but this should give you a handy snapshot. 

 

Yorkshire Premier League North

YORKSHIRE PREMIER LEAGUE NORTH: Acomb, Castleford, Clifton Alliance, Driffield Town, Harrogate, Scarborough, Sessay, Sheriff Hutton Bridge, Stamford Bridge, Woodhouse Grange, York, Yorkshire Academy.

Champions York have not rested on their laurels over winter and snapped up wicketkeeper-batsman Jonathan Tattersall who has a contract with Yorkshire County Cricket Club. They will hope both Leaning and Tattersall are available around county commitments as the club saw Yorkshire allrounder Matthew Waite move on to Methley.

Batting resources have been topped up with Leeds Bradford MCCU batsman Oliver Batchelor heading to Clifton Park. York stalwarts Duncan Snell and Dan Woods should feature prominently in the runs and wickets respectively as they so often do.

David Foster (Harrogate CC)

Harrogate have lost spinner David Foster (above) who is now with Adel in the Aire-Wharfe Cricket League for 2018 but another from the Leeds Bradford MCCU squad, Jack Potticary, arrives at St George’s Road to enhance the batting and wicketkeeping departments.

Woodhouse Grange have made two intriguing signings from the North Yorkshire & South Durham League with Barnard Castle captain James Finch heading south alongside his Barney teammate Simon Tennant.

Finch and Tennant each hit over 500 league runs in 2017 with left-arm spinner Finch also snapping up 56 wickets.

Scarborough see wicketkeeper Jonathan Read return to his old club from Yorkshire Academy.

Sam Drury has joined as captain from Driffield Town, ex-Scarborough batsman James Pick is back for 2018 and Dunnington opening bowler Jonny Anderson has also agreed to move.

Scarborough have signed wicketkeeper Jonathan Read who returns to his old club from Yorkshire Academy. Sam Drury is inked in as captain from Driffield Town, ex-Scarborough batsman James Pick is back at North Marine Road along with Dunnington opening bowler Jonny Anderson.



Full transfers:

Player New Club Old Club
Stuart Boyle Acomb Stamford Bridge
Oliver Collins Acomb
Sandwich Town (Kent CL)
Eitan Litvin Castleford Harrogate
Murray Coyle Castleford Dringhouses
Jacob Green Castleford Dringhouses
Matthew Rees Castleford
Sheffield & Phoenix United (South Yorkshire CL)
Matthew Clegg Castleford
Pledwick (Pontefract & District)
Sam Lingard Castleford Dringhouses
Hamid Khan Clifton Alliance Easingwold
Kevin Bradley Clifton Alliance Acomb
David Taylor Clifton Alliance
Llanrwst (North Wales CL)
Andy Inns Driffield Town Pocklington
Andrew Waller Easingwold
Cople (Bedfordshire County League)
Corrie Keable Harrogate
Ockbrook & Borrowash (Derbyshire County CL)
Jack Potticary Harrogate
Shenfield (Essex Premier CL)
Ollie Driver Harrogate Pannal
James Pick Scarborough Driffield
Sam Drury Scarborough Driffield
Jonathan Read Scarborough
Yorkshire Academy
Jonathan Anderson Scarborough Dunnington
Sam Ullyott Scarborough
Middleton & North Dalton
Joshua Edwards Scarborough Pickering
Andy Exton Scarborough Pickering
Babu Mathew Scarborough
Scarborough Nomads (club discontinued)
Midhun Singh Scarborough
Scarborough Nomads (club discontinued)
Chris Star Sessay
Northallerton (North Yorks South Durham)
Josh Moate Sheriff Hutton Stillington
Tom Wilson Sheriff Hutton Bridge Easingwold
Tommy Hudson Sheriff Hutton Bridge Beverley Town
Adam Sutcliffe Stamford Bridge Dunnington
Ollie Bocking Stamford Bridge
Colchester (Essex Premier CL)
James Finch Woodhouse Grange
Barnard Castle (North Yorks South Durham)
Simon Tennant Woodhouse Grange
Barnard Castle (North Yorks South Durham)
Ryan Lockwood Woodhouse Grange Pocklington
George Baty Woodhouse Grange Pocklington
Simon Baty Woodhouse Grange Pocklington
Ted Baty Woodhouse Grange Pocklington
Sam Tennant Woodhouse Grange Stamford Bridge
Jonathan Tattersall York Harrogate
David Mason York Bolton Percy
Joseph Stewart York
Hartlepool (North Yorks South Durham)
George Keeley York
Rowledge (Southern Premier CL)
Ashley Gregson York
Lytham (Liverpool & District)
Oliver Batchelor York
Normandy (Surrey Championship)

 

ECB Yorkshire Premier League North transfers page on their website (with clubs from York & District Senior Cricket League too): http://ypln.play-cricket.com/website/web_pages/227592

 

ECB Yorkshire South

YORKSHIRE SOUTH PREMIER LEAGUE: Appleby Frodingham, Aston Hall, Barnsley Woolley Miners, Cleethorpes, Doncaster Town, Hallam, Sheffield Collegiate, Treeton, Wakefield Thornes, Whiston Parish Church, Whitley Hall, Wickersley Old Village

Wakefield Thornes, having topped this league in 2016 and 2017, going on to first win and then get pipped last season to the Yorkshire Champion Club Final, can reasonably claim to be top-ranked cricket club in Yorkshire right now (my words, not theirs). Though Hanging Heaton of the Bradford League who beat them by three runs might have something to say about that.

wakefield thornes david toft

Thornes will want batsman David Toft (above) to prosper again as well as Yorkshire CCC bowlers Josh Shaw and Jared Warner when commitments allow.

The big blow is the loss of Sri Lankan Akila Isanka who didn’t qualify for a visa as a Tier 5 professional. His replacement is Pakistani slow left-arm bowler Qaisar Ashraf, who managed over 50 wickets for Cleckheaton in the Bradford League last season.

Sheffield & Phoenix United and Tickhill were relegated while Doncaster Town and Whiston Parish Church are promoted to South Yorkshire’s top flight. The latter club are in the ECB Yorkshire South Premier League for the first time and have secured the overseas signing of Sajid Khan, an off-spinning all-rounder from Peshawar in Pakistan, who has first class experience back home.

Yorkshire CCC off-spinner Jack Shutt is now with Doncaster Town who have been busy with winter recruitment including Stuart Guy who switches from Wickersley Old Village.

Treeton will be pleased to have bolstered their squad from Wickersley with batsman Shajahan ‘Johnny’ Younis and bowler Iftikhar Afzal while wicketkeeper Andrew Joburns arrives from Elsecar.

**Note: Transfers below don’t cover overseas players.

Full transfers:

Player New Club Old Club
Ben Whitehead Aston Hall Whitley Hall
Harry Ashton Barnsley Eckington
Jacob Heseltine Barnsley Sheffield and Phoenix United
Daniel Wood Barnsley Shepley
Matthew Higgins Barnsley Welbeck
James Exley Barnsley Sheffield & Phoenix Utd
Stuart Guy Doncaster Town Wickersley OV
Curtis Free Doncaster Town Cleckheaton
Jack Shutt Doncaster Town Yorkshire Academy
James Stuart Doncaster Town Tickhill
Jamie Carrington Sheffield Collegiate Rotherham
Jack Timby Sheffield Collegiate Woodhall Spa
Andrew Joburns Treeton Elsecar
Ifitaz Azal Treeton Wickersley
Lewis Pike Treeton Barnsley
Shajahan Younis Treeton Wickersley
Mohsin Ahmed Whiston PC Millhouses
Matthew Godden Whitley Hall Hallam
Abhishek Kulkarni Whitley Hall Sheffield Collegiate
James Alder Whitley Hall Barnes CC
Jack Riley Whitley Hall Barnsley
Luke Shutt Wickersley Sheffield Collegiate
Gareth Purshouse Wickersley Cuckney
Nathan Smith Wickersley Conisborough

 

Bradford Premier League

BRADFORD PREMIER LEAGUE: Bradford & Bingley, Cleckheaton, East Bierley, Farsley, Hanging Heaton, Lightcliffe, Methley, New Farnley, Pudsey St Lawrence,
Townville, Scholes, Woodlands

Bradford League and Yorkshire Champion Club Hanging Heaton were unable to bring back their prolific left-arm spin bowler Muhammad Rameez for 2018 again due to no longer qualifying as a Tier 5 overseas player.

Instead, ex-Batley left-arm spinner Aqsad Ali joins as a like-for-like replacement and the Bennett Lane faithful can look forward to also seeing top order batsman Ben Kohler-Cadmore (from Driffield) and Josh Hollins from Pudsey Congs in action. Batting bankers Gary Fellows and Nick Connolly will aim to replicate an opening partnership that flourished last season.

Bilal Muhammad, whose 40+ wickets for New Farnley cemented his reputation as a promising young quick, will strengthen Woodlands’ bowling attack who have Brice, Ahmed and Lawson as a three-pronged spin trio.

They have signed Ashfaq Ahmed as their overseas player for 2018 and will hope his batting at three and spin potential will allow them to follow up on Woodlands’ strong Bradford League finish and Heavy Woollen Cup win over Hoylandswaine from last term.

Tom Kohler-Cadmore

Yorkshire opening batsman Tom Kohler-Cadmore joins the Bradford League and is off to Cleckheaton, where his county Head Coach Andrew Gale once developed his game.

Meanwhile, two Leeds-Bradford MCCU lads (one current and the other a past graduate) have signed for New Farnley as Steve Bullen beefs up the batting and Alex Lilley’s left-arm rockets are aimed at pastures new.

It can be a foolish game to make too many predictions but you can never rule out Pudsey St Lawrence who were champions in 2016 and have retained their squad and added Jordan Thompson from the Yorkshire Academy as their only signing. Chris Marsden takes over from James Smith as captain at Tofts Road.

Farsley have lost Yorkshire CCC batsman Harry Brook who has moved to Bradford & Bingley with Joe Greaves and Vishal Shaw moving in the other direction. Matthew Lumb joins from Methley with Farsley able to call on ex-Yorkshire CCC talent in abundance: the batting of Joe Sayers and Dan Hodgson to fast bowling prowess of James Wainman and leg-spin of Tom Craddock.

They have just revealed on Twitter tonight that their overseas signing is a 23-year-old South African batsman Patrick Kruger who won the 2017 CSA T20 Africa Cup Rising Star award at the annual Cricket South African Awards.

Farsley Patrick Kruger

Full Transfers:

Player New Club Old Club
Harry Brook Bradford & Bingley Farsley
Joseph Halstead Bradford & Bingley Lowerhouse
George Hanson Bradford & Bingley Otley
Bradley Reeve Bradford & Bingley Rawdon
Jonathan Whitehead Bradford & Bingley Woodbank
Ed Brown Bradford & Bingley Burley
Nick Walker Cleckheaton New Farnley
Tom Kohler-Cadmore Cleckheaton Driffield
Joshua Thurwell Cleckheaton Carlton
Toby Thorpe Cleckheaton Undercliffe
David Paynter Cleckheaton Pool
Jonathan Whiteoak Cleckheaton Lightcliffe
Rizwan Ali East Bierley Omars
Danish Hussain East Bierley Pudsey Congs
Marrawat Hussain East Bierley Idle
Ismail Nazir East Bierley
Bowling Old Lane
Shabir Rashid East Bierley Batley
Awaise Hussain East Bierley Armitage Bridge
Taufeeq Ahmed East Bierley Mytholmroyd
Ibrar Younas East Bierley Skelmanthorpe
Ben Tempest East Bierley Farsley
Saqab Muhammed East Leeds
Buttershaw St Paul’s
Joe Greaves Farsley
Bradford & Bingley
Vishal Shaw Farsley
Bradford & Bingley
Matthew Lumb Farsley Methley
Ben Kohler-Cadmore Hanging Heaton Driffield
Jordan Geldart Hanging Heaton Denby Dale
Milo Jennings Hanging Heaton North London
Aqsad Ali Hanging Heaton Batley
Josh Holling Hanging Heaton Pudsey Congs
Mark Gill Lightcliffe East Bierley
Yassir Abbas Lightcliffe
Bradford & Bingley
Josh Wheatley Lightcliffe Pudsey Congs
Adal Islam Methley East Bierley
Matthew Waite Methley York
Joshua Marsden New Farnley Rawdon
Steve Bullen New Farnley Corsham
Billy Whitford New Farnley Undercliffe
Alex Lilley New Farnley Beckwithshaw
Christopher Dennison Scholes Copley
Jude Roberts Scholes Queensbury
Alex Kennedy Scholes Lightcliffe
Kasir Maroof Scholes Lightcliffe
Haris Mohammad Scholes Birstall
Tahir Saif Scholes Hunslet Nelson
Harry Clewett Townville Cleethorpes

 

North Yorkshire South Durham Cricket

NORTH YORKSHIRE & SOUTH DURHAM CRICKET LEAGUE: Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Great Ayton, Hartlepool, Marske, Marton, Middlesbrough, Richmondshire, Seaton Carew, Stokesley, Thornaby

Champions Great Ayton have lost the services of batsman Chris Allinson who moves to Marton after being Great Ayton’s leading run-scorer (853 runs) in 2017. Overseas pro Pitigala Jeewantha can be expected to supply bountiful runs and wickets as he did last time around.

Talking to Richmondshire captain Gary Pratt in the last week, he anticipates his squad will win the NYSD title and that confidence is off the back of a second-place finish in 2017 and with West Indian allrounder Alston Bob unable to get a visa due to lack of first-class games, Pratt’s Cumberland team-mate, batsman and leggie Matthew McKiernan (below) joins as an England-qualified pro.

Richmondshire Matthew Mckiernan

Barnard Castle have lost their captain James Finch whose absence will be keenly felt and batting stalwart Simon Tennant also leaves for Woodhouse Grange in the ECB Yorkshire Premier League North.

They have signed Newcastle’s Alasdair Appleby whose 835 league runs in 2017 points to a handy replacement.

At the time of writing, not all clubs had revealed their overseas signings due to delays with visas.

Professionals – Overseas
Darlington – Don Rajeewa Frank Weerasinghe
Great Ayton – Pitigala Jeewantha
Marton – Aamer Sajjad
Seaton Carew – Usman Arshad
Stokesley – Shrikant Wagh
Thornaby – Tharindu Rathnayake
Professionals – England Qualified
Barnard Castle – Alasdair Appleby
Darlington – Liam Coates
Great Ayton – Chris Batchelor
Hartlepool – James Lowe
Marske – Lee Hodgson
Marton – Muhammed Zahid
Middlesbrough – Steve Reeves, James Middleton
Richmondshire – Gary Pratt, Matthew McKiernan
Stokesley – James Weighell
Thornaby – Lewis Harper
Major transfers
Chris Allinson – Great Ayton to Marton
Jonathan Rickard – Hartlepool to Thornaby
Neil Coverdale – Hartlepool to Thornaby
Alasdair Appleby – Newcastle to Barnard Castle
James Lowe – Middlesbrough to Hartlepool
Lewis Harper – Marske to Thornaby
Matthew McKiernan – Leigh to Richmondshire
Dale Marshall – Darlington to Richmondshire
James Middleton – Walsall to Middlesbrough
Jack Lacey – Seaham Harbour to Bishop Auckland
Gary Burlinson – Whitburn to Bishop Auckland

 

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