Bradford League

Mark Robertshaw is hoping his Pudsey St Lawrence side can continue their impressive start to teh new Bradford Premier League Premier Division season

Robertshaw wants Pudsey to grind out more wins after strong start to new season
WHEN it comes to who will be in title contention in the Gordon Rigg Bradford Premier League Premier Division this season, people tend to talk about New Farnley, Woodlands and Townville.

Mark Lawson took five wickets for New Farnley. Picture: Ray Spencer.

Lawson stars as New Farnley go top of Bradford League

Oakworth's under-13s, pictured winning the Upper Airedale Junior Cricket Association Festival at Sandylands back in 2016. Picture: Terry Thompson.

Upper Airedale junior cricket thriving as records set and girls going great

Otley fought back to claim victory against New Rover

Otley fight back as Ilkley suffer heavy home defeat

Yorkshire's Harry Brook has been called up to the England Test squad, alongside regulars Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root. Picture: Ray Spencer.

Cricket star from Bradford District gets maiden England Test call-up

Matthew Fisher, pictured celebrating a wicket against Gloucestershire last month, is currently out with a back injury. Picture: PA.

Yorkshire and England star's back injury worse than first feared

Andrew Pinfield hits the ball behind square for Low Moor on his way to 79 at Queensbury. Picture: Alex Daniel.

Thornton cause change at summit as Low Moor come good at Queensbury

Sam Frankland hit a sparkling 88, and spoke to the T&A's Bill Marshall after the game. Picture: Ray Spencer.

Woodlands wallop Wakefield in national cup opener as Ashes hero up next

Matthew Waite (centre) in action for Yorkshire in a cup semi-final at Headingley. Picture: Richard Sellers/PA Wire.

Waite leaves Yorkshire for Worcestershire on short-term deal

Jonny Teale took four wickets as Bingley Congs II earned a shock win. Picture: Andy Garbutt.

Congs come good in the end as they end 19-match losing run

Dawid Malan was dismissed by Jimmy Anderson on the final day, but Yorkshire held on for a Roses draw. Picture: Ray Spencer.

Yorkshire grind out Roses draw despite Anderson heroics

Hanging Heaton’s Ben Kohler-Cadmore scored an unbeaten century in his side’s Bradford League win

Kohler-Cadmore's century helps Hanging Heaton to first win of season

Former Australia player Andrew Symonds has died (Gareth Copley/PA)

Australian cricket hero Andrew Symonds killed in Queensland car crash

Great Horton Park Chapel skipper Adam Beesley saw his side survive a cup scare. Picture: Simon Waites.

Great Horton and Thornton survive Parish Cup scares to go through

Police are investigating an alleged assault on a player following a match at Honley Cricket Club

Bradford League 'deeply saddened' by alleged attack on cricket player

Adam Lyth has been going for over a decade and a half now with Yorkshire. Picture: Ray Spencer.

Lyth to mark major Yorkshire milestone as Roses rivalry resumes

Skipper Neil Copping led Bingley Congs to victory over Cowling on Saturday

Bingley Congs top of Craven League after third straight win

Toby Priestley hit 128 for Denholme in the Wynn Cup on Sunday

Sad day for cricket as four Wynn Cup matches end as walkovers

Yasir Abbas bowled a tight line for Bradford & Bingley in the Heavy Woollen Cup

Miller and other teens star for Bradford & Bingley in Heavy Woollen Cup win

Harry Brook scored 123 for Yorkshire in their County Championship draw with Essex. Picture: Ray Spencer

Coach Gibson left frustrated after Yorkshire draw in mixed start to season

Tom Kohler Cadmore, here playing for Yorkshire, made his first appreance for Cleckheaton in a defeat in the Bradford Premier League Premier Divison. Picture: Ray Spencer

Bradford & Bingley fall to defeat while Yorkshire star returns for Cleckheaton

Ed Brown (B&B) bowls to Morley’s Henry Rush in a previous campaign. Picture: Richard Leach

Bradford and Bingley playing with freedom and rewarded for fast start

The much-loved Alan Igglesden (left), the former England cricketer who died last year after a long battle with an inoperable brain tumour. Picture: Bob Smith.

Late Bingley Congs and England bowler honoured at PCA Festival of Cricket

Harry Brook made his maiden Championship hundred for Yorkshire at the home of today's hosts Essex. Picture: Ray Spencer.

Yorkshire talent Brook back to where it all began as England calls grow

Joe Root is back in the Yorkshire ranks for their four-day game against Essex this week. Picture: Ray Spencer.

Batting obsessive Root impresses Yorkshire coach ahead of return

Andy Stothart has been around for many years, and he is delighted to be playing in the top-flight and Priestley Cup for Bankfoot. Picture: Stephen Garnett.

Veteran spinner proud to go on as Bankfoot enjoy Priestley Cup win

Sam Mitchell took 3-41 for Wilsden but they lost by 23 runs against Haworth Road Meths. Picture: Richard Leach.

Four in four for Hepworth & Idle bowler in Craven League masterclass

Thornton had a bad day, and were beaten by 38 runs in their game against Warley. Picture: Alex Daniel.

Thornton brothers get blues as sterling Halifax League efforts in vain

Farewell to former Bantams and Man City player, Allan Windle

Keighley Cricket Club

Keighley club plans for indoor cricket nets facility

Raqeeb Younis was unbeaten at the end as Jer Lane thumped Baildon at Jenny Lane. Picture: Ray Spencer.

B&B ransacked by Townville but Jer Lane stay unbeaten

Harry Brook hit a sensational 194 in Yorkshire's only innings. Picture: Ray Spencer.

Gibson left frustrated as Yorkshire chase chance ruined by weather

Raqeeb Younis holding the T20 trophy last season, one of the two trophies they won last year. Pic: Ray Spencer.

Jer Lane in Division One dreamland after lighting quick start

Ben Morley (batting) has been elected as Rawdon's new captain

Warm weather brings out the best of the Aire-Wharfe Division

The deal being celebrated at Headingley.

Yorkshire youngsters set to benefit from huge and inclusive new deal

Walking cricket sessions are starting up in Bradford

Walking cricket sessions aimed at over 50s starting up in Bradford

Sri Lanka's Dimuth Karunaratne would love to come back to Yorkshire at the back end of the campaign, after his initial three-game stint. Picture: PA.

Updated Sri Lanka star wants to add to Headingley memories with Yorkshire

Queensbury Cricket Club secretary Neil Myers confirmed that Saturday saw the club's lowest score in their history. Picture: Anthony McMillan.

Queensbury record lowest score in history as Thornton win Bradford derby

Keith Dibb. Picture by SWNS

HOWZAT? Britain’s longest-serving cricket umpire returns for his 71st season

Johandre Barnard (right) is back at Bingley Congs, but it was his opening partner George Hicks who shone over the weekend.

South African back but Hicks the hero for Congs in Craven League

Woodlands (pictured with the trophy in 2017) have a good record of late in the Heavy Woollen Cup, but they are out already, along with Undercliffe, who were beaten by 46 runs in our feature game. Picture: Ray Spencer.

Undercliffe destroyed by Sri Lankan as Woodlands lose heavyweight cup clash

Harry Brook's early season form with the bat for Yorkshire could put him in the England frame this summer. Picture: PA.

Yorkshire glad England boys are putting hands up with hundreds

Yasir Abbas (bowling) took five wickets as Bradford & Bingley recorded a superb win over Woodlands. Picture: Anthony McMillan.

Bradford & Bingley stun champions in Bradford League thriller

Matthew Revis hit 31 for Yorkshire in their first innings, but it was his bowling that really stood out against Northamptonshire, as he claimed six wickets in the match. Picture: Ray Spencer.

Yorkshire head coach proud of Hill and Revis in Northants draw

Brad Schmulian took 5-22 in Woodlands’ opening day win. Picture: Ray Spencer.

New Woodlands skipper insists team can get even better ahead of huge double bill

Thornton, pictured batting in a recent match against Triangle, were dismissed cheaply, but almost roared back to beat Mytholmroyd. Picture: Alex Daniel Photography.

Sweet comeback for Thornton falls just short

The Bradford Mutual Sunday School League teams lining up in their new kits for the Rizues T20 Cup ahead of the season starting.

Allerton lose Super Over as Bradford league's T20 cup gets off to super start

Pakistan's Haris Rauf may not be much cop with the bat, but he is currently one of the most exciting pace bowlers in the LV= Insurance County Championship. Picture: PA.

Updated Gough insists wreck it Rauf on the cards for Yorkshire

New Saltaire captain Sajad Ali (right) knows his reigning champions have work to do, after they were thumped by Collingham & Linton on the opening day. Picture: Richard Leach.

Champions Saltaire slump as bowlers dominate Aire-Wharfe League openers

Dimuth Karunaratne at Headingley for a Test match between England and Sri Lanka. Picture: PA.

Yorkshire snap up Sri Lanka skipper in huge coup

Tim Jackson hit 70 in Woodlands' dramatic win over Townville. Picture: Ray Spencer.

Wild finish sees Woodlands stun Townville in Bradford League opener

Harry Brook added a half-century to his first-innings century in the impressive six-wicket win over Gloucestershire in the opening round of the 2022 LV= Insurance County Championship. Picture: Ray Spencer.

Malan and Brook guide Yorkshire to opening victory

Phil Sharples has organised the league.

New West Yorkshire cricket league seeks umpires

Joe Root has announced he is stepping down as England Test cricket captain

Yorkshire star quits as England Test cricket captain after series defeat