The Cricket History of Calderdale and Kirklees

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to 'The Cricketing Heritage of Calderdale & Kirklees' Project website. This Project received a £43,400 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and an in-kind contribution of £7,000 from the University of Huddersfield. The Project is about cricket, community and the local heritage in the Halifax, Huddersfield and Dewsbury areas. More >>

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LATEST HEADLINES - JULY 2009

Latest Site Additions - July 2009 History of Mirfield & District Evening League by David I. Peel (690kb PDF) 2009 New Book: History of Burnley CC (26kb PDF) Web Link Book Review: 'Captain of the Crowd' by Tony Laughton (31kb PDF) Local Cricket Artist Martin Farrar - Prints for Sale (90kb PDF) Project Publications For Sale UPDATED Project Timeline 2004-2009 UPDATED Home & Away: Tony Hutton Photographs UPDATED Press & Media Coverage of Project 2004-9 Cricket Teas Around Calderdale and Kirklees - 2008 (1.2mb PDF) Local Cricket Coaching: www.procricketcoachingacademy.com www.procoachcricketacademy.co.uk www.playinthevcricketbats.com 'Buy & Sell' Small Ads (19kb PDF) Click Here to Play Stumped Google Earth - The Cricket Grounds of Calderdale and Kirklees Like-Minded Sport Heritage Projects: Up & Under, GAA, Tale-Enders 'INDUSTRY AND CRICKET IN CALDERDALE' - NEW EXHIBITION Historical Overview (1.7mb PDF) People (396kb PDF) Grounds (723kb PDF) Teams (266kb PDF) Press Coverage - Halifax Courier (web link) 'INDUSTRY AND CRICKET IN KIRKLEES' - NEW EXHIBITION Historical Overview (1.5mb PDF) People (154kb PDF) Grounds (988kb PDF) Teams (644kb PDF) 'NOTHING TO PLAY FOR' BY DAVE WALKER - MEMORIES OF ALMONDBURY CASUALS CC. Contact Dave via dawalker@doctors.org.uk 1 April - Annual General Meeting (26kb PDF) 2 April - First Game of the Season (24kb PDF) 3 May - A New Cricket Writer on the Block (32kb PDF) 4 May - Not Selected (29kb PDF) 5 May - No Need for a Ringer (28kb PDF) 6 May - Not a Full Side Again (16kb PDF) 7 June - You Have to Catch the Bloody Thing (20kb PDF) Memoirs of a Cricket Graduate (13kb PDF) Senior Moments (15kb PDF) COMING SOON 2009 30 Jun - Talk at Colne Valley Probus (16kb PDF) Web Link 2009 Nov - Talk at Yorkshire CCC Supporters Group (28kb PDF) Web Link 2010 25 Feb - Talk at Dewsbury Matters 2010 20 Mar - 6th Pennine Cricket History Conference (22kb PDF) 2010 13 Oct - Talk at Brighouse Historical Society 2013 Huddersfield Central League History (60kb PDF) Web Link LATEST NEWS JUN 09: Kirklees 'Cricket and Industry' Exhibition JUN 09: Talk at Cragg Vale History Group (78kb PDF) Web Link MAY 09: Project Partners Paddock CC for Car Park Cricket (201kb PDF) MAY 09: Calderdale Cricket & Industry Exhibition (138kb PDF) Web Link MAY 09: Burnley Book Launched (187kb PDF) Web Link 1 Web Link 2 MAY 09: East Bierley Cricket Heritage Exhibition (234kb PDF) MAY 09: Gildersome Award - and 2 West Indians! (275kb PDF) Web Link APR 09: Bats, Balls & Biscuits Magazine Feature (145kb PDF) APR 09: H.Street & M.Wainwright Interview Project Leader (50kb PDF) APR 09: Biscuits Book Review in Wisden Cricketer (46kb PDF) Web Link APR 09: Giants Hospitality for the Frances (44kb PDF) Web Link APR 09: Paper at 'Recording Leisure Lives' Conference (18kb PDF) Web APR 09: New Project Logo (17kb PDF) ACROSS CALDERDALE AND KIRKLEES Snowy Shelley (1.5mb PDF) Profile of Clive Lloyd (Holmfirth & West Indies) by Aaron Gales (17kb PDF) New Linthwaite Photos (397kb PDF) Sir Charles Sykes and the Sykes Cup (324kb PDF) Early Golcar CC Photos (188kb PDF) Profile of Paul Jarvis (Batley & England) by Michael Ward (21kb PDF) Profile of Ronnie Hart, Gomersal/N Zealand, by Ashley Ball (24kb PDF) Profile of Wilf Barber (Gomersal/Brighouse) by Matt Carswell (20kb PDF) PHOTOGRAPHIC CHRONICLE OF THE 2009 CRICKET SEASON 1 JUL: New College v MCC at Lascelles Hall 28 JUN: Old Almondburians v Green Moor 21 JUN: Southowram v Lightcliffe 21 JUN: Elland v Bradshaw (379kb PDF) 21 JUN: Blackley v Booth (598kb PDF) 20 JUN: Broad Oak v Clayton West (473kb PDF) 20 JUN: Cartworth Moor v Mirfield (478kb PDF) 20 JUN: Shepley v Kirkburton (123kb PDF) 13 JUN: Emley v Almondbury 13 JUN: Flockton v Upper Hopton 7 JUN: Augustinians v Rastrick (811kb PDF) 31 MAY: Scholes v Kirkburton (1.5mb PDF) 30 MAY: Elland v Micklehurst (1mb PDF) 30 MAY: Northowram Hedge Top v Jer Lane (1.1mb PDF) 30 MAY: Northowram Fields v Batley (482kb PDF) ARCHIVE CURRENT RESEARCH The Great & the Good: Memorials, Plaques & Dedications A-Z Hall of Fame: The 50 Best Calderdale & Kirklees Cricketers Early Cricket in Calderdale & Kirklees (pre-1900) Women: Interviews, Profiles and Photos Groundsmen: Interviews, Profiles and Photos Webmasters: Interviews and Profiles Poetry & Verse Cartoons & Caricatures Leagues & Cups: Past & Present Municipal Grounds: Fartown, Thrum Hall & Savile Ground CUP FINALS: YEAR BY YEAR Sykes Cup 1920-2008 Paddock Shield 1922-2008 Parish Cup 1888-2008 Crossley Shield 1948-2008 Allsop Cup 1928-2008 Tinker Cup 1926-2008 Heavy Woollen Cup 1883-2008 CLUBS: PAST AND PRESENT Former Clubs in Calderdale, North Kirklees & South Kirklees Club Histories in Local Press A-Z Club Anniversary Brochures Current Quaid-e-Azam Sunday League Clubs Current Sharjah League Clubs Current Huddersfield & District Evening League Clubs HERITAGE GRAPHICS: LOCAL GROUNDS UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT Dalton Fold, Edgerton & Dalton CC (45kb PDF) Upper Lane, Emley CC (42kb PDF) Lockout Park, Flockton CC (102kb PDF) Hall Bower Lane, Hall Bower CC 55kb PDF) Woodhead Road, Holmbridge (62kb PDF) Bridge Fold, Holmfirth (59 kb PDF) EXTRAS Order Now! '180 Not Out' Photographic Anthologies (94kb.Doc) Radio 4 - You & Yours (mp3) - Images (276kb PDF) Radio 4 - Open Country Project Outreach: 10 Perspectives Pennine Cricket History Conferences 2005-8 Meet the Team (1.0mb PDF) - and our Placement Students (1.8mb PDF) Exhibition Launches and Heritage Displays A-Z

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This is a not-for-profit community project which aims to collate images and other items for general public interest. We apologise if there has been any inadvertent breach of copyright. If any oversights have been made, we would be happy to rectify them.

Public Outcomes

Since 2004 the Project has had many public outcomes including the following:

Over 100 exhibitions about local cricket
Electronic cricket archive at www.ckcricketheritage.org.uk
Archives set up at Halifax and Huddersfield town libraries
Oral history interviews conducted and now broadcast on website
Cricket heritage walks devised and now downloadable
Activity packs for schools created and being distributed
Three annual Pennine Cricket History conferences held
'Bat & Ball' course staged & books, booklets and articles published

North Kirklees

South Kirklees

Calderdale

GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS

Cricket in Calderdale

Cricket in Kirklees

Cricket in the Holme Valley

Cricket in the Colne Valley

Altitudes and Distances

SOCIAL THEMES

Asian Cricket

Caribbean Cricket

Women & Cricket

Religion & Cricket

County Grounds: Fartown, Thrum Hall & Savile Ground

AUDIO, TEXT, IMAGES

Oral History: Memories & Reminscences

Creative Writing by Mark Whitcombe

Club History Booklets

Photographic Chronicle of 2007 Season

Photographic Chronicle of 2008 Season

Photographic Chronicle of 2009 Season

PROJECT

Exhibition Launches

Special Long-Term Displays

Story of the Project

The Cricketing Heritage of Calderdale and Kirklees

• Have you got memories of cricket in the local area?

• Do you possess any old cricket club minute books or scorebooks?

• Have you got any old cricket photos or newspaper cuttings?

• Do you have any old bats and balls, pads or stumps, in your attic?

• Have you kept any old cricket trophies or medals?

If you can help, please do get in touch. You can donate materials to the archive or deposit them temporarily.

We could also come and loan items, or photocopy them, or even photograph them, for the website. We would also like to interview you if you’ve got a cricketing story to tell.

Contact Dr Peter Davies, Project Leader, via 01484 472405 or p.j.davies@hud.ac.uk

or c/o Department of History, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD1 3DH

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