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PADDOCK CC

West View Rise, Paddock, Huddersfield HD1 4UR
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  Paddock CC
 

Founded: 1872
Nearest Landmark: Paddock Village Hall
Nearest Railway Station: Huddersfield
By Bus: 356/357 from Huddersfield town centre
Nearest Other Club: Birkby Nuffield CC

Club

Timeline (40kb PDF)

Early Years (387kb PDF)
Later Years (1.8mb PDF)

Centenary Brochure 1872-1972 (3.5mb PDF)
Club History in Express & Chronicle Newspapers (124kb PDF)

Concise History of Club (11kb PDF)

History of Club - Extract from Pennine Pitch (72kb PDF)

1884 Agreement (47kb PDF)

1926 Averages (45kb PDF)

1936 Grand Bazaar (943kb PDF)

1947 Programme v Lascelles Hall (284kb PDF)

1960 Club Officers (161kb PDF)

1972 Centenary Brochure & Club Photo (232kb PDF)

1974 (28 Oct) Committee Meeting Minutes (136kb PDF)

1976 Fixture List (168kb PDF)

1976 Receipt (322kb PDF)

1979 (26 Nov) Committee Meeting Minutes (164kb PDF)

1983 (27 Mar) Committee Meeting Minutes (80kb PDF)

1989 (2 Jul) Committee Meeting Minutes (77kb PDF)

1991 Scorecard v Slaithwaite (181kb PDF)

1994 (5 Sep) Committee Meeting Minutes (77kb PDF)

2005 Heritage Exhibition Launch Poster (71kb PDF)

2005 Heritage Exhibition Launch Tickets (69kb PDF)
2005 Heritage Exhibition Launch Programme (923kb PDF)

2008 Paddock Share 'History & Heritage' Award (web link)

CASC Clubs (web link)

Awards Night - undated (75kb PDF)

LEAGUES: Combination, Association, Alliance, Huddersfield League

People

Who's Who (291kb PDF)

Memorials, Plaques & Dedications (686kb PDF)

Mansoor Akhtar   1985 Professional (147kb PDF)   Cricinfo  

Chris Balderstone   Profile by Peter Redding (34kb PDF)   Photos (69kb)   Cricinfo

'Bert'   Pavilion Inscription (13kb PDF)

Guy Booth   Pavilion Plaque (38kb PDF)

Peter & Jan Booth   Photos (1.8mb PDF)

Ken Brooks   1972 President (230kb PDF)

Arnold Clay   Pavilion Inscription & Plaque (32kb PDF)

J.M.Crossley   1937 Professional (32kb PDF)

Peter Dibb   1982 Photo (121kb PDF)

Richard Draper   Chairman & Trustee (681kb PDF)

Andrew Faber   2004 Professional (45kb PDF)

Jack Foster   1977 Prizes (905kb PDF)

J. France   Junior Award-Winner (36kb PDF)

Ken Fretwell   1985 Club Official (46kb PDF)

H.Gee   Pavilion Inscription (17kb PDF)

Ted Gill   1968 Sykes Cup (131kb PDF)

Andrew Hindle   1985 Club Official (46kb PDF)

Percy Holmes   Profile (33kb PDF)   Biog   1972 Plaque   Photo   Poem   Cricinfo

Stuart Jakeman   1977 Prizes (905kb PDF)

Wright Jessop   Profile (8kb PDF)

A.W.Kaye   Pavilion Inscription (16kb PDF)

Eric Langton   1965 Photo (39kb PDF)

Ron Lawrence   Australian Professional (46kb PDF)

Steve Lightfoot   Pavilion Inscription & Report (62kb PDF)

Sam Livesey   Profile & Plaques (102kb PDF)

C.Martin   Pavilion Inscription (11kb PDF)

R.& K.Massey   Pavilion Inscription (23kb PDF)

A.McGlynn   Pavilion Inscription (17kb PDF)

David Milner 

Jim Netherwood   1995 Club Official (46kb PDF)

W.Noble   Pavilion Inscription & Plaque (58kb PDF)

Roy Plowman   Photos (143kb PDF)

Mr & Mrs N.Renshaw   Pavilion Inscription (24kb PDF)

Herbert Robinson   Profile & Plaques (213kb PDF)

Joan Rose   Pavilion Inscription (14kb PDF)

Sue Slater   1994 Secretary (124kb PDF)

Sir Gary Sobers   Profile (18kb PDF)   Biog (28kb PDF)   Report (50kb PDF)   Cricinfo

A.Teal   Pavilion Inscription (57kb PDF)

L.Turner   1977 Prizes (905kb PDF)

J.W.Walker   Pavilion Inscription (20kb PDF)

Willie Watson   Photos of Willie Watson (40kb PDF)   Biog (55kb PDF)   Cricinfo

Team Photos

1900s (161kb PDF)

1920s (101kb PDF)

1930s (206kb PDF)

1940s (192kb PDF)

1950s (66kb PDF)

1960s (555kb PDF)

1980s (7mb PDF)

2000s (71kb PDF)

Undated (147kb PDF)

Ground

Story of West View (693kb PDF)

1951 West View (32kb PDF)

1957 'Ground Troubles' (287kb PDF)

2007 (9 Jun) Paddock v Lepton Highlanders (1.2mb PDF)

2008 (26 Jan) West View in Winter (766kb PDF)

Watercolour by Tony Haigh

Clubhouse (740kb PDF)

Around the Ground (433kb PDF)

On the Boundary (533kb PDF)

Action (927kb PDF)

Scorebox (221kb PDF)

Spectators (554kb PDF)

Environs (1.3mb PDF)

Aerial Views (299kb PDF)

General Views (344kb PDF)

Local Context

Profile of Paddock by Lindsay Pollick (72kb PDF)

Paddock (Wikipedia)

Paddock Community Forum (web link)

Paddock Junior & Infant School (web link)

Former Cricket Clubs in Local Area (web link)

Further Reading

E.Lockwood, Colne Valley Folk (Heath Cranton, 1936)

D.Clark, Colne Valley, Radicalism to Socialism (Longman, 1981)

J.W.Bamforth, Colne Valley Circular Walks (Colne Valley Society, 1992)

Huddersfield Examiner

Colne Valley Chronicle

 

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The Ground
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Greatest Moment

1937 - winning League and Sykes Cup 'Double', and for good measure the 2nd XI also bagged their divisional title.

Local Hero

Garry Sobers - the world's greatest all-rounder starred for Paddock in 1962.

Bizarre Fact

The club was originally called Paddock Rangers and played rugby!

Methodist Heritage

Paddock CC was born in 1872, a direct descendant of Paddock Methodists CC.

The story of West View is fascinating. An onlooker wrote in 1951: 'One would doubt if ever a club ground was made under more heart-breaking and back-breaking circumstances…[It] had to be made and thousands of tons of tipping had to be used. Night after night, month in and year out, the early enthusiasts toiled with barrow and spade, and fruits of their labour can still be seen for the "Johnny Moor Hill" side has a tipped banking which causes a stiff climb when the ball is sent over the boundary.'


And when you visit West View today, you are instantly struck by its unique geological and geographical location. Over one boundary fence, a raw, narrow railway quarry (only a few hundred yards down the line from the main Huddersfield station); over the other, the aforementioned Johnny Moor Hill; and in the distance, massive grass banks, new industrial units and the glory of the Colne Valley. It is not pretty but there is something magnificent about the rawness of the immediate industrial environment.

Builders and Leases


Paddock CC - in its early days, a traditional village club - celebrated its centenary earlier than many other clubs (1972) and has packed a lot into its 130-year history.

In 1882 the then club secretary David Lea signed a £13 ground lease agreement with John Foster of Gledholt Bank - to be paid in instalments. This secured West View for the club, but in time the ground became the property of Huddersfield Corporation.

In 1934, 'arrangements were made in order to prevent the ground being taken over by a builder', and a 50-year lease granted, 'on condition that a pavilion costing not less than £100 excluding equipment was erected.' At this time, the club was suffering severe financial problems.

One account has it that the club was in debt to the tune of £350; a framed document in the clubhouse today reveals that four trustees (H. Robinson, A. Teal, A. Clay and W. Noble) helped to clear the club mortgage during the period 1937-47. In time, the club was given the option of further leases on the ground.

Holmes, Watson and Co.

The history of Paddock CC is dominated by a few key people. Percy Holmes and Willy Watson - two great names in English cricket - both learnt their cricket at West View.

The late Chris Balderstone was an ex-Paddock pro, who staged a special game at the club during his testimonial year in 1984. On the admin side, mention should be made of Sam Livesey - stalwart of the club in its formative years - and Guy W. Booth, former chairman, treasurer and general committee member (and honoured with a plaque in the clubhouse). One recent professional was Akhtar Bangaish, from Pakistan.


Paddock CC is in fact part of a bigger organisation: Paddock Cricket and Bowling Club. The clubhouse, a big, extended red-brick building by the car park, is used for many and varied social events, and its inside walls are covered in old photos of bowling, darts and snooker teams, as well as famous cricket elevens (for example, those of 1924, 1937, 1955, 1962 and 1968).


On matchdays, the teas are served in the clubhouse, while the two sets of players change in the newly refurbished pavilion at the far end of the ground. From the new pavilion (which also houses the scorebox) you get a good view of Paddock (or 'Parock'/'Parrock', as the hamlet-cum-village used to be known in the sixteenth century).

You see the tower of All Saints parish church, the tops of old houses and cottages, and bits of greenery round about. (You can also see Castle Hill, in all its splendour, out to the right). Curiously, Paddock, the place, has no connections with horse racing; rather, 'Paddock' denotes 'enclosure'.

A framed aerial photo of West View and a framed painting of the ground (1972) both adorn the clubhouse wall. In the early days, West View also used to be the home of Paddock Rangers FC.

Disclaimer - Designed and programmed by Lee Booth.

 
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