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So the league season has come to an end after a very wet and frustrating few months!

We held our End of Season meeting at Rastrick Cricket Club recently, at which all outstanding issues were finalised, including individual League awards. 


Final League Positions

Congratulations go to the following teams, who won their Sections:-

Premiership - Ashbrow Garage

Bottomley Conference - Birkby Rose Hill

Stallard Conference - Almondbury Sunsets

Please click on the League Table tab for full details.


Other 2024 Season winners

Emmerson Cup
- Hounds CC
Victor Muff Salver (results over the last 7 scheduled league games) - Easypave CC (won 7 out of 7)
Allen Priest Trophy - Hounds CC
Batting - Michael Midwood (Ashbrow Garage) - average 118 runs
Bowling - Krishan Patel (Almondbury Sunsets) - average 6.44 runs per wicket
Fielding - Michael Midwood & Paul Hamer (both Ashbrow Garage) - 6 catches each
Wicket-keeping - Ian Holt (Ashbrow Garage) - 12 victims
Jason Metcalfe Memorial Trophy - Richard Edge

Congratulations to all our winners this season.


Presentation/Comedy Evening - Friday 15th November - 7.30pm at Rastrick Cricket Club

Our Presentation Evening returns this year, in a slightly amended and more informal format.

Three comedians, all our trophy presetations and a one course meals - all for the amazing price of £12.50 per head.

Will all secretaries please start to finalise numbers attending. Tickets will be on sale at Almondbury Cricket Club on 21st October at 7pm.

Let's have a great turnout. 


Cheers

Mike
23rd September 2024






Twenty20 cricket is not a new phenomenon. The Huddersfield Evening Cricket League was founded in 1937, just before the outbreak of the Second World War, and its structure is remarkably similar to the “new” format that has taken the world of cricket by storm.
The League was established with a very simple goal. To provide competitive cricket for players who either did not have time for weekend cricket or did not consider themselves good enough. With a couple of minor changes, this is how the League runs to this day. Most players playing in any other competitive leagues are not eligible to play in the Evening League.
 
All matches start at 6.30pm on weekday evenings with the season running from late April to early August. Matches vary in length depending on the evening weather and can be as little as 10 eight ball overs, up to a maximum of 15 eight ball overs. The number of balls in the over means that there is less time wasted in changing ends.
 
The League is split into three sections and currently provides “friendly” competition for 18 teams. There are also two knockout competitions, the Emmerson Cup and the Priestley Cup, and an end of season playoff, the Allen Priest Trophy. The latter sees two semi finals and one final, played out on the same day in mid September - what does this remind you of? Even we, however, have succumbed to new fashions as, since the start of the 2010 season, all matches have been played with an orange ball.
 
Participating teams vary from works teams, to pub teams, to old boy’s teams. If you have a group of players that want to play on a competitive basis, the Evening League is ideal.
 
The Huddersfield Evening Cricket League has stood the test of time – long may it continue.




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