Girl Power

Yorkshire Girls Under 15 Cricket team are County Champions. They defeated Gloucestershire in the final at Lullington Park Cricket Club, Derbyshire.


The four Performance Group winners met in a two day event. In the semi-final Yorkshire defeated Warwickshire by 138 runs, Yorkshire making 250 for 9 in their 40 overs and bowling out the opposition for 112. Gloucestershire, undefeated throughout the season, beat Essex in the other semi-final.

Yorkshire batted first in the final and found runs difficult to come by against the hard working Gloucestershire attack well backed up by some outstanding fielding. Gritty knocks by Maddie Walsh and Rebecca Newark, and unselfish batting by the middle order in the search for quick runs allowed  Yorkshire to set a challenging total of 167 for 7.

Teresa Greaves produced an outstanding spell of opening bowling to take three early wickets and dismiss the Gloucestershire top order. A battling performance by the remaining girls enabled Gloucestershire to reach 92 all out.

Warwickshire beat Essex by 7 wickets in the play off for third place.

The County Championship win was a just reward for all the hard work put in by the excellent Yorkshire squad, all of whom made positive contributions throughout the season.

Girls' cricket is increasing in popularity. 23 counties competed in the four regional groups from which the finalists emerged. Below the performance groups, a further 13 counties competed in development groups.

Lullington Park Cricket Club, who play in the Derbyshire Premier Cricket League, were  fine hosts and their ground set in parkland is well worth visiting if you are in the area.

We are grateful to David Thorpe for this report