Halifax Cricket League

The Halifax Cricket League is the premier cricket competition in the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

In the league, there are also clubs from the nearby Calder Valley, city of Bradford, town of Huddersfield and the Spen Valley. [1]

League beginnings

The league was established at a meeeting on 29 July 1913 at the Upper George Hotel in Halifax. The following year, the Halifax Parish Cricket League began with 10 members - Triangle, Greetland, Sowerby Bridge, Stainland, Illingworth St Mary's, Lightcliffe, Siddal, Clifton Britannia, Norwood Green and Elland Edge [2] Six of the original clubs are still playing in the league. In 1926, the league was renamed the Halifax Cricket League.[2]

Competitions

There are currently three divisions. The Premier, 1st Division and 2nd Division for each of the 33 teams, 1st and 2nd teams. They play on Saturdays throughout the summer. [3]

There is also the Sunday League, which has four divisions and includes clubs from outside the Halifax Cricket League. The Sunday teams are usually known as the "3rd XI".[4]

There are two cup competitions for the full format (45 overs a side), for the Parish Cup for the 1st X1 and the Crossley Shield for the 2nd XI teams.^[citation needed]

There is also a Twenty20 competition - the Vocation Brewery T20 Trophy. [5]

Member Clubs

Source:[6][7]

Augustinians (Woodhouse) Blackley Booth Bradley & Colnebridge Bradshaw Bridgeholme Clayton Copley Cullingworth Great Horton Park Chapel Greetland

Illingworth St Mary's Leymoor Low Moor Holy Trinity Luddendenfoot Mount Mytholmroyd Oakworth Old Town Outlane Oxenhope Queensbury Shelf Northowram Hedge Top

Southowram Sowerby Bridge Sowerby Bridge Church Institute (SBCI) Sowerby Bridge St Peters Stainland Stones Thornton Triangle Upper Hopton Warley & Elland

Current Sunday League Clubs that play in other leagues

Almondbury Wesleyians (Huddersfield Cricket League) Barkisland (Huddersfield Cricket League) Birkby Rose Hill (Huddersfield Cricket League and Quaid-E-Azam League) Buttershaw St Pauls (Bradford Premier League) Crossflatts (Bradford Premier League)

Golcar (Huddersfield Cricket League) Lightcliffe (Bradford Premier League) Northowram Fields (Bradford Premier League) Rastrick (Huddersfield Cricket League)

References

1. "Halifax Cricket League on X (former known as Twitter)". x.com.
2. "Six of the original 10 member clubs still going strong as cricket in Halifax looks forward to another 100 years at the crease". Yorkshire Post. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
3. "Halifax Cricket League - League Format 2025". hcl.play-cricket.com.
4. "3 Young Villagers hit first LCC 50s on same Sunday afternoon!! by Paul Ramsden - July 1 2024". Lightcliffecricketclub.co.uk.
5. "Rob Laycock hits two hundreds in a day as Booth retain T20 trophy - July 21 2023". cricketyorkshire.com.
6. "Halifax Cricket League". hcl.play-cricket.com.
7. "Halifax Cricket League 2024 Final League Tables 2024". hcl.play-cricket.com.