Barnsley Cricket Club play in the Yorkshire ECB County Premier League

Yorkshire ECB County Premier League

The Yorkshire ECB County Premier League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in Yorkshire, England, and since 1999 has been a designated ECB Premier League.-Winners:-External links:* - official site* - Play-Cricket site...

 http://barnsley.play-cricket.com/home/aboutUs.asp, winning the league title in 2006 for the first time in their history. The club is based at Shaw Lane (Cricket Ground) which hosted four Benson and Hedges Cup ties in the 1970s and one first class match between Yorkshire and an All England XI in the 19th century.

Many famous cricketers began their careers at Barnsley

Barnsley

Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Dearne, north of the city of Sheffield, south of Leeds and west of Doncaster. Barnsley is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, of which Barnsley is the largest and...

, notably Geoff Boycott and Dickie Bird while chat show host Michael Parkinson

Michael Parkinson

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 also batted for the team. The trio are all vice presidents of the club while other players to have played for Barnsley in recent years include Arnie Sidebottom

Arnie Sidebottom

Arnold "Arnie" Sidebottom is an English former footballer and cricketer, who played cricket for Yorkshire and played one Test match for England.-Football:...

, Steve Oldham, Graham Stevenson

Graham Stevenson

Graham Barry Stevenson is an English former cricketer, who played in two Tests and four One Day Internationals from 1980 to 1981....

, Martyn Moxon

Martyn Moxon

Martyn Douglas Moxon is a former English cricketer, who played ten Tests and eight One Day Internationals for England and appeared for Yorkshire for 17 seasons from 1981 to 1997...

, Darren Gough

Darren Gough

Darren Gough is a retired English cricketer and former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The spearhead of England's bowling attack through much of the 1990s, he is England's highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals with 234, and took 229 wickets in his 58 Test matches, making him...

, Mark Beardshall

Mark Beardshall

Mark Beardshall was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Derbyshire in 1987....

, Peter Heseltine, Alex Morris

Alex Morris

Alex Morris is an English former first-class cricketer...

, Azeem Rafiq

Azeem Rafiq

Azeem Rafiq is an English cricketer. A right arm off-spin bowler with a scholarship to Yorkshire, Azeem he current loan short-term signing of Derbyshire season 2011. Azeem was also captain of the England Under-15s and Under-19s, and the first Yorkshire cricket player of an Asian background to...

, and Oliver Hannon Dalby

The club has four senior teams being :

1st XI (Yorkshire ECB County Premier League

Yorkshire ECB County Premier League

The Yorkshire ECB County Premier League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in Yorkshire, England, and since 1999 has been a designated ECB Premier League.-Winners:-External links:* - official site* - Play-Cricket site...

)

2nd XI (South Yorkshire Cricket League

South Yorkshire Cricket League

South Yorkshire Cricket League is a cricket league based in South Yorkshire, England. It was formed in 1947. It has six divisions mainly of 12 teams each. It operates a two up/two down promotion and relegation system...

)

3rd XI "Clarence" (South Yorkshire Cricket League

South Yorkshire Cricket League

South Yorkshire Cricket League is a cricket league based in South Yorkshire, England. It was formed in 1947. It has six divisions mainly of 12 teams each. It operates a two up/two down promotion and relegation system...

)

4th XI "Beechfield" (Pontefract & District Cricket League)

External links

• Barnsley Cricket Club - official site
• Barnsley Cricket Club - Play-Cricket site