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BARKISLAND CC

Woodfield, Scammonden Road, Barkisland HX4 0DE  View Map

Altitude: 240 Metres/787 Feet

Huddersfield League

Halifax Junior League

Volunteer Contacts:

Dave Greenwood & Brian Crabtree

Club Website 1   Club Website 2

 
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Founded: 1899
Previous Ground: Norland Moor
Nearest Landmark: The village church and the village school – both are situated adjacent to the ground
Nearest Railway Station: Sowerby Bridge
By Bus: 556/559 from Halifax; 900 from Huddersfield
Nearest Other Club: Greetland

Club

Timeline (40kb PDF)

Early Years (396kb PDF)
Later Years (2.2mb PDF)

Halifax Courier Club History (2006) (121kb PDF)

History of Ground and Club - Extract from Home Soil (67kb PDF)

Concise History of Club (10kb PDF)


1939-63 Gate Receipts (10kb PDF)

1940s Whist Drive & 1949 Balance Sheet (116kb PDF)

1950s Team Photos, Balance Sheets & Other Documents (540kb PDF)

1960s Gate Money, Finance, General Meetings & Averages (80kb PDF)

1970s Minutes, Fixture Card, Finance & Scorebook v Northowram Hedge T. (508kb PDF)

1977-9 Parish Cup Wins (46kb PDF)


2005 (18 Jun) Programme v Golcar (66kb PDF)

2005 Barkisland v Shepley (web link)
2005 Paddock Shield Final - Barkisland v Meltham (330kb PDF)

2006 'Friday Nights' (10kb PDF)

2006 Barkisland v Shepley (web link)

2006 Examiner Eights (web link)

2006 '100 Club' Members (17kb PDF)

2006 '100 Club' Winners (8kb PDF)

2006-7 '100 Club' (1mb PDF)

2007 Club Dinner (12kb PDF)

2007 Charity 20/20 Tournament (17kb PDF)

2007 Golf Day (23kb PDF)

2008 Pre-Season Training by Mark Edmonds (19kb PDF)

2008 Season Preview by Mark Edmonds (35kb PDF)

2008 BOLA Cricket Machine by Mark Edmonds (43kb PDF)

2008 Clubmark Award Scheme (49kb PDF)

2008 Membership Fees (432kb PDF)

2008 (12 Jul) Teamsheet (88kb PDF)

2008 3rd XI Tea Rota (58kb PDF)

2008 Cricket School (54kb PDF)

Club Badge (42kb PDF)
History of Club in Shelley CC Programme (156kb PDF)

Link with University of Huddersfield by Mark Edmonds (12kb PDF)

'No Smoking' Notice (18kb PDF)

Website ' Welcome to Club' by Mark Edmonds (48kb PDF)

LEAGUES: Halifax League, Huddersfield League (web link)

People

Who's Who (130kb PDF)

Memorials, Plaques & Dedications (157kb PDF)

Love Ablish   2008 Overseas Player - Profile by Mark Edmonds (18kb PDF)

Krishna Arjune   2005 Club Professional (1.6mb PDF)    Cricinfo

Simon Bennett   Bench Dedication (28kb PDF)

Steve Casaru   Club Chairman - Profile by Mark Edmonds (24kb PDF)

Keith Colman   Administration Secretary - Profile by Mark Edmonds (31kb PDF)

Brian Crabtree

Bob Friend   Sponsorship Secretary - Profile by Mark Edmonds (33kb PDF)

Dave Greenwood

Jack Hallowell   1925-1998 (56kb PDF)

George Hamer   1911-2003 (37kb PDF)

Andrew Kitchen

Paul Kitchen

Tinashe Panyangara   2007/8 Overseas Player - by Mark Edmonds (16kb PDF)   Cricinfo

James Rothwell   'Lifelong Member and Friend of the Club' (42kb PDF)

Brad Roworth   Overseas Player - Cricinfo

Arthur Schofield   'Member and Friend' (40kb PDF)

Harry Schofield   'Lifelong Clubman' 1921-2006

Arthur Smith   'Lifelong Member and Friend' (42kb PDF)

Matthew Steers   Spinner & Vice-Captain - Profile by Mark Edmonds (20kb PDF)

Jack Taylor   'Long Serving Member' 1909-91 (32kb PDF)

Barry Tennyson   Trophy-Winning Captain - Profile by Mark Edmonds (19kb PDF)

Paul Winrow   Q&A with Mark Edmonds (21kb PDF)

Team Photos

1920s (16kb PDF)

1940s (200kb PDF)

1950s (146kb PDF)

1970s (354kb PDF)

1980s (354kb PDF)

1990s (75kb PDF)

Ground

Story of Woodfield (496kb PDF)

2006 (27 Aug) Barkisland v Shepley (1.2mb PDF)

2007 (10 Jun) Barkisland v Booth (1.8mb PDF)

3D Map & Aerial Photograph (250kb PDF)
Line Drawing by Sue Brant

Action

Environs (466kb PDF)

Flowers (277kb PDF)

General Views

Marquee (123kb PDF)

Mini-Stand (74kb PDF)

Nets (438kb PDF)

On the Boundary

Pavilion

Players

Scorebox

Signage (536kb PDF)

Spectators

Teatime (305kb PDF)

Wicket & Square (38kb PDF)

Oral History - Dave Greenwood

Church and School Involvement (audio)
Club Volunteers (audio)
Funding & Sponsorship (audio)
Overseas Players (audio)
Piggy Racing Tournament (audio)
The Ambassadors (audio)

Club Mark (audio)

Local Context

Profile of Barkisland (274kb PDF)

Christ Church, Barkisland (web link)

Barkisland Primary School (web link)

Barkisland Hall (web link)

The Village Voice (web link)

Mansions of Barkisland (web link)

The Fleece Pub (web link)

Former Cricket Clubs in Local Area (web link)

Further Reading

Halifax Courier (Barkisland News)

D.Cliff, Sowerby Bridge (Tempus, 2006)


With grateful thanks to Brian Crabtree, Dave Greenwood and Andrew and Paul Kitchen (BCC) and Mark Edmonds and Adam Woods (University of Huddersfield).

If you have any information about this club or any others in this area that could be of use please feel free to contact us via p.j.davies@hud.ac.uk.

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Greatest Moment

A hat-trick of Parish Cups – 1977, 1978 and 1979.

Local Hero

Barry Tennyson – successful stumper and skipper, and now chairman of the Halifax Cricket League.

Bizarre Fact

In 2005 a local protester drove on to the Woodfield square and held up play for a short time!

Mills, Halls and Royalists

Barkisland - 'Bark' to those who know it well; 'Bark-island' to those who don't know it at all - is a small village situated to the north of Rishworth, to the east of Ripponden, and six miles south-west of Halifax.

It is a quintessential Yorkshire community surrounded by luscious greenery, and in days gone by Barkisland was the name of an ancient township in the parish of Halifax.


Barkisland Mill and Barkisland Hall (which dates from 1638) are two of the most celebrated buildings in the village. Its most famous ex-resident is Richard Gledhill, or Richard de Barkisland, who met his death close by in 1644, fighting for royalist forces. Another claim to fame: the York-Chester Roman road ran through Barkisland.

Early Moorland Home


The village has had a cricket club since 1899. In the early days, home games were played at Norland Moor, but in the 1920s the club upped sticks to Woodfield.

At first, Barkisland were members of the Halifax Association; in the 1930s they moved into the Halifax League; and in 2001 they switched into the Huddersfield League. (The 3rd XI still play in the Sunday Section of the Halifax League).

The club's traditional foes are Triangle CC and Stones CC, but the rivalry is not too intense. For a period, Barkisland and Stones were actually joint owners of a 1930s tractor roller.

Picture-Postcard Quality


The cricket ground is wedged between Stainland Road and Saddleworth Road. Close by lie the village church, the local school, housing both old and new, and two pubs regularly frequented by Barkisland cricketers: The Griffin and The Fleece.

And all things considered - setting, pavilion, and the quality of the playing surface - the venue must be one of the most attractive in the Halifax area. It is no surprise to discover that Barkisland CC have taken part in the National Village Cricket Championship.


A young Barkisland batsman explains: 'The pavilion facilities are excellent, the teas are superb, and most important of all, it's a good wicket to bat on - most of the time anyway. In one recent match, the team batting first scored 200, and the chasing side was all out for 11…'

From a distance, the ground has a picture-postcard quality about it. Close up, it continues to impress. Granted, the playing area slopes slightly down to the Scammonden Road side, but it is well kept and has a pristine look about it. The hanging baskets outside the pavilion add a touch of class, as do the handsome wooden benches dotted around the perimeter of the ground and the high-quality net facilities at the far end.

Go-Ahead Organisation


Originally, the Woodfield pavilion was a wooden construction sited where the scorebox is now. This building was bought from Southowram CC - and then sold back to the same club.

In the early 1970s, club members set to work on building a new pavilion by the main entrance, and in 1975 it was officially opened. One club official said: 'A builder provided the shell - we did the rest!'

But this is not the only sign that Barkisland CC is an extremely go-ahead organisation: the club tracksuit carries an array of sponsors' logos; two groundsmen tend to the field and the facilities; the sightscreens are excellent; and the enthusiastic Aussie pro mucks in with all the youngsters at Friday-night net sessions.

And that's not forgetting the fact that, in 1983, the club became the first in Yorkshire to own a fully automated scorebox. Again, club members did the grafting - erecting it and wiring it up.


Two other features of the Woodfield ground should not be overlooked either: the small 'stand' that lies to the left of the pavilion (it can house about four supporters!) and the cat's cradle that, when it's not being used for catching practice, doubles as a resting area for young spectators in need of a lie down.

Disclaimer - Designed and programmed by Lee Booth.

 
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