Huddersfield Cricket League

The Huddersfield Cricket League is the premier cricket competition in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.

The league has been in existence since 1891 with teams representing suburbs of Huddersfield and villages in the Huddersfield district area. There are now 41 teams in the league. Now there are teams from South Yorkshire and Saddleworth, as well as clubs that have joined the league from the now defunct Huddersfield Central Cricket League and former Central Yorkshire Cricket League.

A number of local players have come from the Huddersfield League to play for in the English County Championship, mainly for Yorkshire and have gone on to represent England. Other county players and international players have played club cricket in the Huddersfield League.

Member clubs
The league currently, as of 2024, is split into 7 sections, where club's first and second teams play.

Elland has won the most 1st XI competitions, leagues and various cups, with 42 trophies in the history of the league. Broad Oak with 32 trophies have had most success in 2nd XI competitions.

Here are the clubs playing in the league during the 2024 season (they are linked to the locality where they are based):


 * Almondbury
 * Almondbury Wesleyans
 * Armitage Bridge
 * Barkisland
 * Birkby Rose Hill
 * Broad Oak
 * Cartworth Moor
 * Clayton West
 * Cumberworth United
 * Delph & Dobcross
 * Denby
 * Denby Dale
 * Edgerton & Dalton
 * Emley Clarence
 * Flockton
 * Golcar
 * Hall Bower
 * Holmbridge
 * Holmfirth
 * Honley


 * Hoylandswaine
 * Kirkheaton
 * Kirkburton
 * Lascelles Hall
 * Lepton Highlanders
 * Linthwaite
 * Marsden
 * Meltham
 * Mirfield
 * Mirfield Parish Cavaliers
 * Moorlands CC
 * Rastrick
 * Scholes
 * Shelley
 * Shepley
 * Skelmanthorpe
 * Slaithwaite
 * Thongsbridge
 * Thurstonland
 * Upperthong

Former clubs
Source:


 * Bradey Mills
 * Cawthorne
 * Elland
 * Friarmere
 * Halifax
 * Huddersfield
 * Kexborough
 * Linthwaite Hall
 * Lockwood
 * Meltham Mills
 * Micklehurst
 * Paddock
 * Primrose Hill

Notable players
Many Huddersfield Cricket League players have gone on to play First-class and Test cricket.

Almondbury
 * Eddie Leadbeater (1927–2011) – Yorkshire Warwickshire and England

Almondbury Wesleyans
 * Gurman Randhawa - Durham

Armitage Bridge
 * Schofield Haigh – Yorkshire and England
 * Robert Moorhouse – Yorkshire
 * Fred Moorhouse – Warwickshire

Broad Oak


 * Charlie Roebuck - Yorkshire
 * Steven Crook - Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Middlesex
 * Gurman Randhawa - Durham
 * Tony Palladino - Derbyshire

Cawthorne
 * Nathan Buck - Northamptonshire

Delph & Dobcross
 * Arron Lilley – Lancashire
 * Kyle Hogg – Lancashire
 * Michael Smethurst – Lancashire

Elland
 * Richard Blakey – Yorkshire and England
 * Ajmal Shahzad – Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and England

Emley Clarence
 * Matthew Wood – Yorkshire

Golcar
 * Arnie Sidebottom – Yorkshire and England

Holmfirth
 * Allan Lamb – Northamptonshire and England
 * Arnie Sidebottom – Yorkshire and England
 * Ryan Sidebottom – Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and England
 * Tom Craddock – Essex
 * Max Morley – Durham (Max is more commonly known for winning the ITV 'Love Island' television programme in 2015)

Honley
 * Arnie Sidebottom – Yorkshire and England
 * Craig White – Yorkshire and England
 * Matthew Wood – Yorkshire
 * Steven Crook – Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Middlesex

Hoylandswaine
 * Ryan Robinson – Durham
 * Alex Morris – Yorkshire, Hampshire
 * Zac Morris – Hampshire
 * Richard Wilkinson – Yorkshire

Kirkheaton
 * George Hirst – Yorkshire and England
 * Wilfred Rhodes – Yorkshire and England

Lascelles Hall
 * Arnie Sidebottom – Yorkshire and England
 * Matthew Wood – Yorkshire

Lepton Highlanders
 * Phil Mustard – Durham and England

Linthwaite
 * Barrie Leadbeater – Yorkshire (umpire)
 * Chris Schofield – Lancashire, Surrey and England

Meltham
 * Ryan Sidebottom – Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and England
 * Neil Carter – Warwickshire

Paddock
 * Chris Balderstone – Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England
 * Percy Holmes – Yorkshire and England
 * Willie Watson – Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England.

Primrose Hill
 * Ken Taylor – Yorkshire and England

Scholes
 * Peter Drysdale – Northern Districts

Shelley
 * Matthew Friedlander – Northamptonshire, Boland
 * Mohammed Azharullah – Northamptonshire

Shepley
 * Darren Gough – Yorkshire, Essex and England

Skelmanthorpe
 * Ronnie Irani – Lancashire, Essex and England

Overseas professionals
Most of the teams have had professional players who have come from overseas. A few notable ones include:

Barkisland
 * Tinashe Panyangara – Zimbabwe
 * Tim Seifert - New Zealand

Broad Oak
 * Vikram Rathour - India
 * Amay Khurasiya - India
 * Henry Cooper - Northern Districts and New Zealand A

Golcar
 * Atul Bedade – India
 * Sonny Ramadhin (guest) – West Indies

Holmfirth
 * Tony Gray – West Indies
 * Andrew Hudson – South Africa

Honley
 * Ian Harvey (guest) – Australia

Kirkheaton
 * Andrew Hudson – South Africa

Linthwaite
 * Deighton Butler – West Indies
 * Vikram Rathour – India

Lascelles Hall
 * Garth Le Roux – South Africa

Marsden
 * Atul Wassan – India
 * Abdur Rehman – Pakistan

Meltham
 * Dilip Doshi – India
 * Madan Lal – India
 * Shahid Mahmood – Pakistan

Paddock
 * Mansoor Akhtar – Pakistan
 * Gary Sobers (guest) – West Indies

Rastrick Scholes
 * Amir Sohail  Pakistan
 * Asif Afridi  Pakistan
 * Wasim Jaffer – India

Shelley
 * Muthumudalige Pushpakumara – Sri Lanka
 * Mohammad Ramzan – Pakistan

Shepley
 * Trent Copeland – Australia

Slaithwaite
 * Pragyan Ojha – India