Posted by Peter Davies
Saturday 15 May
A Hopton Mills afternoon. Quite possibly, one of the most beautiful cricket grounds in the area, located amid a large, rolling estate in Hopton, near Mirfield. Hopton is actually famous for many things, including another cricket club, Upper Hopton CC, and a gorgeous carvery me and my Dad frequent occasionally.
East Ardsley were the visitors today in the Central Yorkshire League. East Ardsley?Not a place I know at all. The sun was shining and the clubhouse was busy, as in fact was the ground in general, with many spectators enjoying the mid-afternoon weather.
I popped into the clubhouse and ordered a tea for me and my Dad - which we would share - plus two mugs of tea. This is the kind of regime I approve of: food available all day and punters can buy a tea whenever and don't have to wait until the tea interval of after.
So I helped myself to some delicious egg mayo sandwiches, some tuna and some ham. A few salad accessories too. Very nice indeed - in fact, more than enough for two of us to enjoy together. Dad went on a stroll round the ground, while I parked myself where I was and enjoyed the sunny afternoon.
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About the project:
This blog was originated in 2008 as an offshoot of the separate website ‘The cricket history of Calderdale and Kirklees’ which covered in depth the histories of every league cricket club in these two areas of West Yorkshire. Unfortunately this site fell into disuse although there are now plans to reinstate it by the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation.
Meanwhile the blog has gone its own way and has expanded into a review of cricket at all levels throughout the north of England, both past and present. The three current bloggers are all Yorkshire based. Tony Hutton and John Winn are both members of Durham and Yorkshire county clubs and Brian Sanderson is an active member of the Yorkshire archives committee.
We have now recruited Lancashire based Mike Latham, well known in both cricket and rugby league circles, to provide an ever wider coverage of cricket from the north.
1 comment:
If you have ever driven through J41 of the M1, the junction just south of the M62 turnoff, then you have driven through East Ardsley. The ground is only a few hundred yards off the motorway just before the petrol stn heading towards Bradford.
It has good views to the west but can be a bit blowy.
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