Bradford Cricket League

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The Bradford Cricket League is a cricket league in Yorkshire, which has often provided players for Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

The League was founded in 1903, and is often described as the strongest amateur cricket competition in England [1].

Although the league has traditionally served as a feeder system for Yorkshire CCC, the county side's rule, maintained until the early 1990s, that their cricketers had to be Yorkshire-born excluded immigrants from Pakistan and India, who instead continued to play in the Bradford League.

Famous clubs in the league include Bowling Old Lane, who have had a number of players go on to play at Test level, including Bill Athey, Martyn Moxon and Darren Gough for England [2], and Yousuf Youhana for Pakistan [3].

In April 1999, Kathryn Leng became the first woman to play in the Bradford League, representing Yorkshire Bank.