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The Drakes Huddersfield Cricket League is the premier cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

competition in Huddersfield

Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....

, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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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

South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...

and Saddleworth

Saddleworth

Saddleworth is a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It comprises several villages and hamlets amongst the west side of the Pennine hills: Uppermill, Greenfield, Dobcross, Delph, Diggle and others...

in the League.

A number of local players have come from the Huddersfield League to play for in the English County Championship

County Championship

The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...

, mainly for Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

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

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

and Test cricket

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

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Almonbury

Eddie Leadbetter - Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...

and England

Armitage Bridge

Schofield Haigh
Schofield Haigh
Schofield Haigh was a Yorkshire and England cricketer. He played for eighteen seasons for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, for England from the 1898/99 tour to 1912, and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1901....

- Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

and England
Robert Moorhouse
Robert Moorhouse
Robert Moorhouse was an English first-class cricketer, who played 206 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1888 and 1899. He also played first-class cricket for the MCC and an XI of Yorkshire .He was born in Berry Brow, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England...

- Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
Fred Moorhouse - Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...

Elland

Richard Blakey
Richard Blakey
Richard John Blakey is a former English cricketer who played in two Tests and three ODIs from 1992 to 1993.-Life and career:...

- Yorkshire and England

Emley Clarence

Matthew Wood - Yorkshire

Golcar

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:...

- Yorkshire and England

Holmfirth

Allan Lamb
Allan Lamb
Allan Joseph Lamb is a former England cricketer and captain who played for the first class teams of Western Province and Northamptonshire, the latter as an Overseas player...

- Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...

and England
Arnie Sidebottom - Yorkshire and England
Ryan Sidebottom
Ryan Sidebottom
Ryan Jay Sidebottom is an English cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Yorkshire. He is a primarily a left-arm fast-medium bowler. Sidebottom played his first Test match in 2001 against Pakistan, but failed to take a wicket and was dropped for six years...

- Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...

and England

Honley

Arnie Sidebottom - Yorkshire and England
Craig White
Craig White
Craig White is an English former first-class cricketer, and latterly cricket coach.-Life and career:...

- Yorkshire and England
Matthew Wood - Yorkshire

Kirkheaton

George Hirst - Yorkshire and England
Wilfred Rhodes
Wilfred Rhodes
Wilfred Rhodes was an English professional cricketer who played 58 Test matches for England between 1899 and 1930. In Tests, Rhodes took 127 wickets in and scored 2,325 runs, becoming the first Englishman to complete the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in Test matches...

- Yorkshire and England

Lascelles Hall

Arnie Sidebottom - Yorkshire and England
Matthew Wood - Yorkshire

Linthwaite

Barrie Leadbeater
Barrie Leadbeater
Barrie Leadbeater is a retired English first-class cricketer and umpire.Leadbeater played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club as a middle-order batsman from 1966 to 1979, although he preferred to open the innings...

- Yorkshire (umpire)
Chris Schofield
Chris Schofield
Christopher Paul Schofield is an English cricketer, one of the few leg-spinners to play Test cricket for England in recent times....

- Lancashire, Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...

and England

Meltham

Ryan Sidebottom - Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and England

Paddock

Chris Balderstone
Chris Balderstone
John Christopher Balderstone was an English professional in cricket and football, and one of the last sportsmen to combine both sports over a prolonged period. He played football as a midfielder for Huddersfield Town, Carlisle United, Doncaster Rovers and Queen of the South...

- Yorkshire, Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....

and England
Percy Holmes
Percy Holmes
Percy Holmes was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire and England.Holmes was born in Oakes, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England...

- Yorkshire and England
Willie Watson
Willie Watson (England cricketer)
William "Willie" Watson, was an English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England. He was a double international, as Watson was also a footballer who played for England's national team.-Cricket career:...

- Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England.

Primrose Hill

Ken Taylor
Ken Taylor (cricketer)
Ken Taylor is an English former cricketer, who played in three Tests for England from 1959 to 1964. He also played first-class cricket for Yorkshire...

- Yorkshire and England

Shepley

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...

- Yorkshire, Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...

and England

Skelmanthorpe

Ronnie Irani
Ronnie Irani
Ronald Charles "Ronnie" Irani is a former England cricketer who spent most of his career at Essex County Cricket Club, latterly as captain. He is of Irani descent, the Iranis being a community of Persian Zoroastrians who immigrated to India during the British Raj...

- 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
Atul Bedade
Atul Chandrakant Bedade is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Baroda and represented India in 13 One Day Internationals making his debut versus UAE at Sharjah in 1994....

- India
Indian cricket team
The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
Sonny Ramadhin
Sonny Ramadhin
Sonny Ramadhin was a West Indian cricketer, and a dominant bowler of the 1950s. He was the first West Indian cricketers of Indian origin, and was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1951.- Biography and career :...

(guest) - West Indies
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...

Holmfirth

Tony Gray
Tony Gray
Anthony Hollis Gray is a former West Indian cricketer who played five Tests and 25 One Day Internationals.Gray was a tall fast bowler who hails from Trinidad...

- West Indies
Andrew Hudson
Andrew Hudson
Andrew Charles Hudson was a South African Test and ODI cricketer. The right-handed batsman played 35 Tests and 89 One Day Internationals for South Africa in the 1990s. His career spanned 16 consecutive summers, playing for both his country and his province KwaZulu-Natal...

- South Africa
South African cricket team
The South African national cricket team represent South Africa in international cricket. They are administrated by Cricket South Africa.South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council, also known as ICC, with Test and One Day International, or ODI, status...

Honley

Ian Harvey
Ian Harvey
Ian Joseph Harvey is an Australian cricketer. He is an all-rounder. He was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2004.-Australian career:...

(guest) - Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...

Kirkheaton

Andrew Hudson - South Africa

Linthwaite

Deighton Butler
Deighton Butler
Deighton Calvin Butler is a West Indies cricket player who played five One-day International matches and one Twenty20 international in 2005 and 2006....

- West Indies

Lascelles Hall

Garth Le Roux
Garth Le Roux
Garth Stirling Le Roux in Kenilworth, Cape Town is a former South African first class cricketer. He went to Wynberg Boys High School, graduating in 1973....

- South Africa

Marsden

Atul Wassan
Atul Wassan
Atul Satish Wassan is a former Indian cricketer. After retirement, he has become a cricket commentator.-External links:**...

- India
Abdur Rehman
Abdur Rehman
Abdur Rehman is a Pakistani cricketer in the Pakistan national cricket team. He is a Slow left-arm orthodox bowler. However he is a left hand batsmen and also likes scuba-diving and baseball....

- Pakistan

Meltham

Dilip Doshi
Dilip Doshi
Dilip Rasiklal Doshi is a former Indian cricketer who played in 33 Tests and 15 ODIs from 1979 to 1983....

- India
Madan Lal
Madan Lal
Madan Lal Udhouram Sharma is a former Indian cricketer and Indian national cricket coach. He currently coaches Delhi Giants in the Indian Cricket League...

- India
Shahid Mahmood
Shahid Mahmood
Shahid Mahmood is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 1962. He is known for being the first man from Pakistan to take all ten wickets in a first class innings. He again replicated the feat some years later....

- Pakistan
Pakistani cricket team
The Pakistan cricket team is the national cricket team of Pakistan. Pakistan, represented by the Pakistan Cricket Board , is a full member of the International Cricket Council, and thus participates in , and cricket matches....

Paddock

Mansoor Akhtar
Mansoor Akhtar
Mansoor Akhtar is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 19 Tests and 41 ODIs from 1980 to 1990....

- Pakistan
Gary Sobers (guest) - West Indies

Scholes

Wasim Jaffer
Wasim Jaffer
Wasim Jaffer is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman and an occasional right arm off-break bowler.-Early years:...

- India

Member Clubs 2010

Drakes Premiership

Cedar Court Conference

Frank Platt Conference

Drakes Premiership 2nd XI

Cedar Court Conference 2nd XI

Frank Platt Conference 2nd XI

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
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...

Trophy - Hoylandswaine

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