Greatest Moment

1984 - celebrating 100 years of cricket on the Arkenley Lane ground.

Local Hero

Jack Taylor - former teacher, pace bowler and currently club president.

Bizarre Fact

In 1988 a 65-year-old club blazer was presented to OACC for their archives.

Arkenley Lane

Old Almondburians play their home games in a particularly pleasant and leafy part of Almondbury. It is very much the 'posh' part of the village. Things are very comfortable, and a little bit hilly, in this neck of the woods.

Arkenley Lane is on the south side of Almondbury. It is wedged between the centre of the village and Woodsome Hall golf course. Rushfield Dike runs nearby and Fenay Bridge is just round the corner - down Fenay Lane and past Fenay Hall. King James's School is located on St. Helen's Road, almost adjacent to the cricket field.

From the cricket ground, the views out over the nearby countryside are lovely. The field is surrounded by attractive trees and bushes. This adds to the ambience of the place, but it also causes the occasional anxiety. At a league meeting in September 1981, 'Old Almondburians' representative stated that the Kirklees Authority would deal with the problem of overhanging branches in October or November.'