Huddersfield Cricket League

The Drakes Huddersfield Cricket League is the premier cricket competition in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.

The league has been in existence since 1891 and has 30 teams representing suburbs of Huddersfield and villages in the Huddersfield District area. There are now teams from South Yorkshire and Saddleworth in the League.

A number of local players have come from the Huddersfield League to play for in the English County Championship, mainly for Yorkshire and then have gone on to represent England. Other county players have played club cricket in the Huddersfield League.

Contents 1 Notable players 2 Overseas professionals 3 Member Clubs 2010 4 Champions 2009 5 External links

Notable players

Many Huddersfield Cricket League players have gone on to play First-class and Test cricket.

Almonbury Eddie Leadbetter - Yorkshire Warwickshire and England Armitage Bridge Schofield Haigh - Yorkshire and England Robert Moorhouse - Yorkshire Fred Moorhouse - Warwickshire Elland Richard Blakey - Yorkshire and England Emley Clarence Matthew Wood - Yorkshire Golcar Arnie Sidebottom - Yorkshire and England Holmfirth Allan Lamb - Northamptonshire and England Arnie Sidebottom - Yorkshire and England Ryan Sidebottom - Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and England Honley Arnie Sidebottom - Yorkshire and England Craig White - Yorkshire and England Matthew Wood - Yorkshire Kirkheaton George Hirst - Yorkshire and England Wilfred Rhodes - Yorkshire and England

Lascelles Hall Arnie Sidebottom - Yorkshire and England Matthew Wood - Yorkshire Linthwaite Barrie Leadbeater - Yorkshire (umpire) Chris Schofield - Lancashire, Surrey and England Meltham Ryan Sidebottom - Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and England Paddock Chris Balderstone - Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England Percy Holmes - Yorkshire and England Willie Watson - Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England. Primrose Hill Ken Taylor - Yorkshire and England Shepley Darren Gough - Yorkshire, Essex and England Skelmanthorpe Ronnie Irani - Lancashire, Essex and England

Overseas professionals

Most of the teams have had professional players who have come from overseas. A few notable ones include:

Golcar Atul Bedade - India Sonny Ramadhin (guest) - West Indies Holmfirth Tony Gray - West Indies Andrew Hudson - South Africa Honley Ian Harvey (guest) - Australia Kirkheaton Andrew Hudson - South Africa Linthwaite Deighton Butler - West Indies

Lascelles Hall Garth Le Roux - South Africa Marsden Atul Wassan - India Abdur Rehman - Pakistan Meltham Dilip Doshi - India Madan Lal - India Shahid Mahmood - Pakistan Paddock Mansoor Akhtar - Pakistan Gary Sobers (guest) - West Indies Scholes Wasim Jaffer - India

Member Clubs 2010

• Drakes Premiership

Barkisland | Broad Oak | Delph & Dobcross | Elland | Golcar | Holmfirth | Honley | Hoylandswaine | Kirkburton | Marsden | Scholes | Shepley | Skelmanthorpe | Slaithwaite

• Cedar Court Conference

Almondbury | Clayton West | Hall Bower | Kexborough | Lepton Highlanders | Meltham | Micklehurst | Shelley

• Frank Platt Conference

Armitage Bridge | Emley Clarence | Kirkheaton | Lascelles Hall | Linthwaite | Paddock | Rastrick | Thongsbridge

• Drakes Premiership 2nd XI

Armitage Bridge II | Barkisland II | Broad Oak II | Elland II | Emley Clarence II | Golcar II | Holmfirth II | Honley II | Kirkburton II | Marsden II | Scholes II | Shepley II | Skelmanthorpe II | Slaithwaite II

• Cedar Court Conference 2nd XI

Delph and Dobcross II | Hoylandswaine II | Kexborough II | Kirkheaton II | Lepton Highlanders II | Meltham II | Micklehurst II | Thongsbridge II

• Frank Platt Conference 2nd XI

Almondbury II | Clayton West II | Hall Bower II | Lascelles Hall II | Linthwaite II | Paddock II | Rastrick II | Shelley II

Champions 2009

Drakes Premiership

• Winners - Scholes Runners Up - Skelmanthorpe

Conference Winners

• Cedar Court Conference - Hoylandswaine
• Frank Platt Conference - Kirkburton

Cup Competitions

• Romida Sports Sykes Cup - Golcar

• Spectrum Interiors Paddock Shield(2nd XI Cup) - Scholes

• Romida Twenty20 Trophy - Hoylandswaine

External links

• Drakes Huddersfield Cricket League website
• The Cricket History of Calderdale and Kirklees - find out about Histories of many of the Drakes League teams