Allen Priest Trophy

The Allen Priest Trophy is competed for annually between the top team in each of the three divisions and the Emmerson Cup winners. Both semi finals and the final are played on a Sunday after the end of the season (usually during September).

2026 Competition (held at Scholes CC on Sunday 6th September)

1st Semi final - Ashbrow Garage v Easypave CC

Ashbrow Garage - 153 for 6 (12 overs)

Ashbrow were put in by Easypave on a damp morning at Scholes. After an early setback of losing their first wicket with the score on 7, Ashbrow started to put together a sizeable score. There were partnerships of 37 for the 2nd wicket and 85 for the 3rd wicket with Swift (61) and Hallas (53) the main contributors in a challenging total of 153 for 6 in their 12 overs. On the bowling front, Harrison & Hobson took 2 wickets each.

Easypave CC - 101 for 8 (12 overs)

In reply, Easypave never really got going, losing wickets at regular intervals - their main stand being 35 for the 6th wicket. Top scorers were Redfearn (26 not out) and Hobson (23) and they closed 52 runs short on 101 for 8. The pick of the Ashbrow bowlers was Simpson with 3 for 27, with Berry & Bailey also picking up 2 wickets each.

Ashbrow Garage won by 52 runs

2nd Semi final - Scholes Chapelgaters v St Patricks Catholic Club

Scholes Chapelgaters - 171 for 3 (12overs)

Similar to the first match, Scholes were put in after losing the toss and also went about posting a large total. This was built on a massive 2nd wicket partnership of 143 between Shark (53 not out) and Knight (85). Scholes closed on 171 for 3 with Garthwaite the main wicket taker with 2 for 33.

St Patricks Catholic Club - 83 for 5 (12 overs)

In reply, St Pats were always chasing the game. Dakin top scored (47) but they struggled to maintain the run rate and fell 88 runs short with Boorman the pick of the Scholes bowlers (2 for 11).

Scholes Chapelgaters won by 88 runs

Final - Scholes Chapelgaters v Ashbrow Garage (15 overs)

Ashbrow Garage - 176 for 6 (15 overs)

The final was an all Premiership affair with Ashbrow winning the toss and chosing to bat. They put the hammer down from the off with stands of 42 for the first wicket and 82 for the 2nd. The 3 main contributors with the bat were Midwood (26), Swift (39) and Parr (78), with Shark valiantly taking 4 for 36. Ashbrow closed on an imposing 176 for 6.

Scholes Chapelgaters - 129 all out (14.5 overs)

In reply, Scholes never really got going, losing wickets at regular intervals. Boorman top scored with 25 and some resistance at the end from Firth (25) and Moorhouse (22), got them up to 129 before they were all out with 3 balls left of their 15 overs. For Ashbrow, their stand out bowler was Berry who took 5 for 26.

All in all a convincing 47 run victory for Ashbrow in the final.

Ashbrow Garage won by 47 runs

Many thanks to Scholes for hosting us on the day and to the three umires who officiated across the 3 matches (John Wood, Colin Harris & Caldwell).

2026 Allen Priest Trophy winners - Ashbrow Garage

2025 Competition (held at Lepton Highlanders CC)

Ashbrow After what has been a very warm and dry summer, a very heavy rain "shower" threatened to derail this years Finals Day. Fortunately it stopped fairly quickly and a 90 minute delay ensured that all the matches were completed.

1st Semi final - Almondbury Sunsets v Walkers Arms

Almondbury Sunsets - 109 for 6

Appearing in their second successive Finals Days, Sunsets set a steady, if unspectacular, total. Innings from Mukesh Patel (25), Luke Stanger (26) and Aman Patel (26) were the mainstay but not of them could kick on. Wickets were lost at regular intervals with the pick of the bowlers being Jason Longmore, taking 2 for 34.

Walkers Arms - 110 for 4

Walkers Arms reply was dominated by Josh Moore who scored 63 off 44 deliveries. In spite of losing two of his partners early doors to Pete Patel (2 for 27), the innings progressed at a pace and Walkers secured victory with 14 balls to spare.

Walkers Arms won by 6 wickets

2nd semi final - Edgerton & Dalton v Scholes Chapelgaters

Edgerton & Dalton - 112 for 9

Batting first, Edgerton & Dalton's total was dominated by a fine 75 not out from Raza Shah. Unfortunately he could find no real support at the other end, and with Matthew Borman and Josh Langford taking two wickets each, Chapelgaters managed to restrict the score to 112 over the 12 overs, just as the heavens opened.

Scholes Chapelgaters - 114 for 1

After a 90 minute rain delay, Chapelgaters got off to an excellent start with an opening partnership of 87 from Micky Battywood (65 not out) and Richard Knight (40). That said, Edgerton & Dalton kept the pressure on and it wasn't until the third ball of the final over that the winning runs were hit.

Scholes Chapelgaters won by 9 wickets

Final - Walkers Arms v Scholes Chapelgaters

Walkers Arms - 116 for 6

In spite of some lusty hitting up front from Josh Moore (31) and Liam Rothery (25), Chapelgaters managed to keep pegging Walkers back, taking wickets at regular intervals. The pick of the bowlers was Matthew Smith (2 for 13) and this was backed up by some spectacular fielding, with Richard Knight's catch on the boundary a real highlight. Whilst a score of 116 appeared reasonable, it did look to be a few runs light of a challenging target.

Scholes Chapelgaters - 117 for 1

As in their semi-final, Chapelgaters got off to an excellent start - this time they managed an opening stand of 92 with Richard Knight leading the way with an excellent5 80 not out. They were always well ahead of the run rate and managed to reach their target with nearly 3 overs to spare.

Scholes Chapelgaters won by 9 wickets

An excellent day of cricket, in spite of the huge downpoar. Many thanks to Lepton Highlanders for hosting the day and to Scholes Chapelgaters, who secured the treble of Premiership, Emmerson Cup & Allen Priest Trophy (the latter for the first time in their history). Thanks also go to the umpires - John Wood, Steve Sykes & David Clowes.

2025 Allen Priest Trophy winners - Scholes Chapelgaters

2024 Competition

1st Semi final

Birkby Rose Hill - 172 for 5 off 12 overs

Almondbury Sunsets - 124 for 3 off 12 overs

Birkby Rose Hill won by 48 runs

2nd semi final

Ashbrow Garage - 103 for 6 off 12 overs

Hounds CC - 104 for 8 off 11.6 overs

Hounds CC won by 2 wickets

Final - Birkby Rose Hill v Hounds

Hounds CC - 79 for ? off 5 overs

Birkby Rose Hill - 74 for ? off 5 overs

Hounds CC won by 5 runs

Despite the rain, both teams wanted to get the game played and agreed to play a 5 over game, which turned out to be a great contest between two teams with plenty of batting talent.
Hounds batted first and got off to a very fast start scoring 40 off the first two overs due to some big hitting by Jack Smith (13) and Jack Wadsworth (25), who helped them on their way to a very competitive total of 79 off their 5 overs

Not surprisingly Birkby Rose Hill opened with their star batter from the semi final and as long as Afzal was out there you always felt the target was achievable. Having made a good start scoring 17 off the first over, Jack Wadsworth pegged Birkby back in the second taking a wicket and only conceding 8 runs. The game was going Hounds’ way but even when Birkby needed 21 off the last over they knew with Afzal still at the crease it was far from settled. The pressure of bowling the last over was put on Nathan Wadsworth who had a shaky start with two wides in the first three deliveries but he recovered superbly to prevent any boundaries with his next five balls. This left Afzal requiring 12 off the last two balls to tie the scores and it looked more than possible when he struck the penultimate ball over the rope for six. However Wadsworth held his nerve and fired in a full ball that Afzal (46 no) could only squeeze out for a single leaving Birkby 5 runs short of the Hounds total.

An excellent day of cricket in the end despite the weather being typical of what we’ve endured throughout large parts of the season. Special mention to the umpires for standing out there all day and Almondbury CC for being so accommodating in hosting the day.

2024 Allen Priest Trophy winners - Hounds CC

2023 Competition

Semi Final 1

Lindley Liberal Club - 85 all out

Ashbrow Garage - 88 for 4

Ashbrow Garage won by 6 wickets

Semi Final 2

Lepton 31 - 220 for 5

Broad Oak Royals - 56 all out

Lepton 31 won by 164 runs

Final

Lepton 31 - 132 for 7 (G Thwaite 53 not out, J Robshaw 27, B Sylvester 4 for 28)

Ashbrow Garage - 136 for 3 (I Holt 54 not out, A Sylvester 34, W Swift 23, T Wilson 2 for 30)

Ashbrow Garage won by 7 wickets

After very comfortable wins for both sides in their semi finals, Ashbrow Garage and Lepton 31 locked horns in what would turn out to be a very high scoring final.

Lepton 31 won the toss and decided to bat. However before the match even started, rain came and enforced around an hours delay. Once we were ready to commence, the match had been reduced to 10 overs a side.

As they had done in their semi final, Lepton set off at a rate of knots. The early wickets of Dunston & Mitchell didnt seem to effect the scoring rate with both J Robshaw & G Thwaite impressing as the innings went on with Thwaite, particularly, impressing with an unbeaten half century. Towards the end of the innings, a spell of 4 for 28 by B Sylvester clawed back the scoring rate a little, but Lepton still posted an impressive 132 for 7 in their 10 overs.

Ashbrow Garage needed to get off to a good start, needing over 13 runs per over to win. A tight first over from D Taylor of 6 put further pressure on the Ashbrow openers, but they commenced their assault the very next over, scoring 33 runs off the unfortunate B Robshaw. Even so, they could not rest on their laurels as they still needed to score close on 12 an over for the remaining 8 overs.

Both openers played well, and when W Swift fell, with the score on 77 in the 6th over, they were well on the way. Ashbrow kept the pressure on and an unbeaten 54 by opener I Holt, coupled with a beligerent 34 from A Sylvester, saw Ashbrow home by 7 wickets, with just 4 balls to spare.

A very worthy and exciting final match of the season.

2023 Allen Priest Trophy winners - Ashbrow Garage (team pictured below with Allen Priest Trophy, Emmerson Cup, Section 1 Trophy & Fielding Trophy - the latter won by Cody Parr & Adam Sylvester)

2022 Competition

It was a fine and bright morning at the fabulous ground of Thongsbridge. The wicket and surroundings were superb and the scene was set for an exciting day of cricket.

Semi Final 1

Thongsbridge - 103 for 5 (Aston 25, Leo Berry 27, M Berry 3 for 29)

Ashbrow Garage - 104 for 4 (Holt 46 not out, Bottomley 29, Oldroyd 3 for 16)

Ashbrow Garage won by 6 wickets

Ashbrow won the toss and electing to field on a damp and heavy outfield was quite astute. Thompson opened the batting for Thongsbridge and was kept at bay by tight bowling from D Berry. Thompson was steady and lofted a superb shot into the air towards the boundary. Ashbrow looked on course to take the catch but a fumble ensured Thompson was to continue. Battyford entered into the fray being selective and clever with his ball placing and clever use of his eye in avoiding the excellently placed fielders. He looked comfortable and could have provided costly for Ashbrow had he not been caught off the thinest of nicks by the keeper from the bowling of Sylvester.

Some vicious and powerful bowling by B Sylvester brought about Thompsons demise after some promising shots. Thackeray, aka Jonah, saw fit to try and stem the flow, but some superb hitting by Oldroyd despatched Jonah for 4, but Jonah not to be outdone kept his pace and excellent accurate bowling resulting in fine shots being played by Thongsbridge only to be thwarted for singles by tight and committed fielding by Ashbrow. After 7 overs Thongsridge were at 45. Oldroyd continued to try and find a way through to the boundary and hit a beautiful but lofted shot only to be caught on the boundary by Sylvester. Leo Berry stepped up for the team hitting a 3 on his opening shot, he continued to thwart the bowlers with the clever use of his feet and great shot selection added depth to the scoresheet.
Thongsbridge continued to try and make inroads, but the sharp and persistent tight fielding and accurate bowling made Thongsbridge work for every run - Berry was finally dismissed for 27 off a fine delivery by N Thackeray and an outstanding catch by R Bottomley. Thongsbridge finished on 104 following a cheeky run on the final ball and the throw missing the stumps.

The opening bowlers for Thongsbridge were more sedate than Ashbrow but none the less effective Mason taking his first victim (Winterbottom) for 3 on the back of a superb catch by Wadsworth.  Bottomley was caught and bowled for 29 by Oldroyd, but whether it was the heat or fatigue the bowlers began to miss their target and the wides and no balls began to creep in which took their toll on the game.

Notwithstanding the bowlers there was some tight and committed fielding throughout, but the winning 4 was delivered by B Sylvester just after his dad was dismissed for nought trying to win the game for Ashbrow. His son, however, did the honours to win the game at 104.

Semi Final 2

Scholes Chapelgaters - 150 for 9

Lepton 31 - 91 for ?

Scholes Chapelgaters won by 59 runs

Lepton won the toss and elected to field. Hirst opened the bowling for Lepton and whilst appeared a little nervy was very steady. Scholes Chapelgaters seemed to hit the ground running and they took the game to Lepton with Moorhouse and Sykes having a fine stand of 93 before Shipman delivered the killer blow with an outstanding catch by Niall in the deep. Not to be outdone Shipman continued to enjoy success dismissing the other opening batsman taking 3 wickets the last being LBW to Bradley. Robshaw enjoyed success taking a further 3 wickets supported in the field by some athletic ball chasing and safe hands. Scholes Chapelgaters finally finished on 150 for their 12 overs.

Shaw and Mitchell opened the batting for Lepton with Shaw hitting Louis' opening ball for 4, but as hard as they tried their efforts to secure further boundaries seemed thwarted and tight fielding ensured they were kept at bay. The bowling of Boorman initially seemed expensive taking 1 for 17 in his opening over, but maybe he just lured them into a false sense of security as his figures proved outstanding taking a total of 4 wickets for 24 - the catalyst almost seemed to be the outstanding throw in from the boundary by Lou Sykes hitting the stumps of the opener Shaw, off the opening bowling of Boorman. From here the Chapelgaters seemed to go from strength to strength. The middle order of Mulhall along with Shipman seemed to steady the ship but Mulhall fell to a fine catch by Coleman off the bowling of Knight. The young talent of Tom Hirst with some stylish shots and thoughtful play had the crowd cheering but a mix up in the middle cost him his wicket. It was unfortunately a tall order for Lepton who nonetheless fought to the end but finished on 91, but their commitment and sharp fielding made them worthy competitors.

Final

Ashbrow Garage - 164 for 4 (Holt 71, Winterbottom 30, Bottomley 23, Knight 2 for 38)

Schles Chapelgaters - 150 for 5 (Moorhouse 55, Parr 28 not out, Knight 21, D Berry 2 for 23, B Sylvester 2 for 44)

Ashbrow Garage won by 14 runs

The final was an all Section 1 affair between the teams that finished first and third during the season.

Ashbrow batted first and got off to a great start with an opening stand of 81 between Dale Winterbottom & Ian Holt. Winterbottom was bowled by Ricahrd Knight for 30 but Holt went on to a fine 71 before being stumped off the bowling of Coleman. A further contribution of 23 from Bottomley, plus a few lusty blows from B Sylvester at the very end, got Ashbrow up to a good score of 164 for 4. The pick of the bowlers for Scholes was Knight who returned figures of 2 for 38.

In their reply Scholes lost Sykes early with the score on 7. A 50 partnership between Moorhouse and Coleman steadied the ship but Scholes lost two wickets on 61 & 62. A further two wickets were lost at 100 & 106, with Knight falling for 21. An unbroken stand of 44 between Parr (28 not out) and Boorman (16 not out) threatened to get Scholes over the line but, in the end, they just fell short by 14 runs. D Berry posted excellent figures of 2 for 23 with support from B Sylvester (2 for 44).

2022 Allen Priest Trophy winners - Ashbrow Garage (pictured below)

2021 Competition

On a gloomy afternoon it was a delayed 12.30pm start due to Rastrick Gentlemen Spoofers withdrawing from the competition, thus giving Hounds CC a bye into the final. As a result there was only one semi final.

Semi Final

Scholes Chapelgaters - 131 for 2 (Lewis Sykes 50, Richard Knight 49)

Thongsbridge - 132 for 7 (Sam Thompson 35, Leo Berry 32)

Thongsbridge won by 3 wickets

The semi-final commenced between Thongsbridge and Scholes Chapelgaters in a 12 over match, with the Chapelgaters batting first and scoring an impressive 131 runs for the loss of 2 wckets with Lewis Sykes scoring 50 runs and Richard Knight 49 runs. A few dropped catches in the field making Thongbridge‘s task an uphill one.

They started off soundly with Sam Thompson 35 runs and Leo Berry 32 runs, but wickets started to fall and it got to the final over with Thongsbridge needing 10 runs to win. A caught and bowled by Richard Knight followed by a run out and the scores were level with one ball left. At this point the Chapelgaters would have won due to having fewer wickets down but a scrambled single by Thongsbridge gave them the victory, finishing on 132 runs for 7 wickets.

A dramatic finish to a very entertaining game - but more was to come.

Final

Hounds CC - 95 for 7 (Josh Dickinson 30, Lewis Berry 29, Brad Wright 3 for 17)

Thongsbridge - 98 for 9 (Ben Oldroyd 23 not out, Harry Ashton 21, Jamie Arundel 4 for 22)

Thongsbridge won by 1 wicket

The final was reduced to 12 overs a side due to the threat of rain expected late afternoon.

Hounds batted first and got off to a very slow start with some tight bowling by Brad Wright (3 wickets for 17 runs) and some good catching in the field. But with Josh Dickinson scoring 30 runs and Lewis Berry scoring 29 runs Hounds finished on 95 runs for 7 wickets down. This left Thongsbridge with a task of scoring a run a ball to win the game.

They started off by losing wickets and some good bowling by Jamie Arundel for Hounds, taking 4 wickets for 22 runs, left Thongsbridge falling behind the required run rate. Harry Ashton 21 runs and Ben Oldroyd 23 not out got them to requiring 10 to win off the last 2 overs and 3 to win off the last over. But wickets were also tumbling and with a run out and a further wicket falling, this left them 9 wickets down. They now required 2 runs off the last 3 balls. With all the Hounds fielders in around the wicket they hit a four to win the game.

Well done to Thongsbridge for winning the Allen Priest Trophy in their first season and all teams and umpires for producing some excellent cricket entertainment to a very large crowd and for Thongsbridge Cricket Club providing food and music at their excellent facilities.

2021 Allen Priest Trophy winners - Thongsbridge (pictured below)