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.

Notable players

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

Almondbury

Eddie Leadbeater (1927–2011)^[1] – Yorkshire Warwickshire and England

Almondbury Wesleyans

Gurman Randhawa - Durham

Armitage Bridge

Delph & Dobcross

Arron Lilley - Lancashire
Kyle Hogg - Lancashire
Michael Smethurst - Lancashire

Elland

Richard Blakey – Yorkshire and England
Ajmal Shahzad – Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire 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
Tom Craddock – Essex
Max Morley - Durham (Max is more commonly known for winning 'Love Island' 2015)

Honley

Arnie Sidebottom – Yorkshire and England
Craig White – Yorkshire and England
Matthew Wood – Yorkshire
Steven Crook - Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Middlesex

Hoylandswaine

Ryan Robinson - Durham
Alex Morris - Yorkshire, Hampshire
Zac Morris - Hampshire
Richard Wilkinson - Yorkshire

Kirkheaton

George Hirst – Yorkshire and England
Wilfred Rhodes – Yorkshire and England

Lascelles Hall

Arnie Sidebottom – Yorkshire and England
Matthew Wood – Yorkshire

Lepton Highlanders

Phil Mustard – Durham and England

Linthwaite

Barrie Leadbeater – Yorkshire (umpire)
Chris Schofield – Lancashire, Surrey and England

Meltham

Ryan Sidebottom – Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and England
Neil Carter - Warwickshire

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

Scholes

Keith Noble – Scholes

Shelley

Matthew Friedlander – Northamptonshire, Boland
Mohammed Azharullah - Northamptonshire

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:

Barkisland

Tinashe Panyangara – Zimbabwe

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
Vikram Rathour – India

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

Shelley

Muthumudalige Pushpakumara – Sri Lanka
Mohammad Ramzan – Pakistan

Shepley

Trent Copeland – Australia

Slaithwaite

Pragyan Ojha – India

Member clubs in 2012

Drakes Premiership

Cedar Court Conference

Frank Platt Conference

Drakes Premiership 2nd XI

Cedar Court Conference 2nd XI

Frank Platt Conference 2nd XI

New Clubs as of 2013 Season

Almondbury Wesleyans | Denby | Denby Dale | Moorlands

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

References

↑ Warner, David (2012). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2012 Yearbook (114th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. pp. 81–82. ISBN 978-1-905080-06-9.

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