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SCHOLES CC

Chapelgate, Scholes, Holmfirth HD9 1SE   View Map

Altitude: 252 Metres/827 Feet

Huddersfield League

Huddersfield Junior League

Volunteer Contacts:

Mel Booth & Duncan Dyson

Club Website 1   Club Website 2

 
  Scholes CC
 

Founded: c.1876
Nearest Landmark: Scholes Methodist Church
Nearest Railway Station: Brockholes
By Bus: H1/H2 from Holmfirth Bus Station, 313 from Huddersfield Bus Station
Nearest Other Club: Cartworth Moor
Nearest Pub: Boot & Shoe

  • Club
  • People
  • Team Photos
  • Ground
  • Oral History
  • Local Context
  • Further Reading

Club

Timeline (40kb PDF)

Early Years (1.3mb PDF)
Later Years (3.4mb PDF)

125th Anniversary Brochure 1876-2001 (1.9mb PDF)

Club History in Express & Chronicle Newspapers (119kb PDF)

History of Club and Ground - Extract from Pennine Pitch (122kb PDF)

Concise History of Club (9kb PDF)

1876 v Hepworth & New Mill (59kb PDF)

1887 Scholes Moor (112kb PDF)

1888 Scholes Clarence (27kb PDF)

1897 Fixture Card (39kb PDF)

1907 Association Cup Winners 1st XI (259kb PDF)

1914 Fixture List (77kb PDF)

1920s & 1930s Recollections of the Holme Valley (77kb PDF)

1927 Tinker Cup Winners (112kb PDF)

1943 Huddersfield Central League Champions (183kb PDF)

1945 Holden Cup Winners (270kb PDF)

1951 Holden Cup & Tinker Cup Winners (259kb PDF)

1958 Huddersfield Central League Champions (700kb PDF)

1962 Dinner (92kb PDF)

1964 Allsop Cup & Tinker Cup Winners (693kb PDF)

1966 Allsop Cup & Huddersfield Central League Winners (458kb PDF)

1970 Double Winners (88kb PDF)

1971 'Ground Sale Disallowed' (280kb PDF)

1976 Centenary (30kb PDF)

1976 Juniors (146kb PDF)

1970s Supporters (435kb PDF)

1981 Fundraiser (1.4mb PDF)

1984 Sykes Cup v Slaithwaite (287kb PDF)

1987 Huddersfield Central League Runners-Up & Walker Cup Finalists (414kb PDF)

1988 1st Year in Huddersfield League (1.3mb PDF)

1989 International Festival (1.1mb PDF)

1992 2nd XI Double Winners (202kb PDF)

1993 1st XI Section 'B' Runners-Up (174kb PDF)

1996 Sykes Cup/Paddock Shield Winners & Chetan Sharma Match (627kb PDF)

1998 Paddock Shield Winners & Wasim Jaffer Signing (604kb PDF)

1999 2nd XI Champions (413kb PDF)

2000 Huddersfield League Champions (593kb PDF)

2001 Byrom Shield Winners (269kb PDF)

2001 125th Anniversary & Johnson Cup Winners (741kb PDF)

2002 Premiership 2 Champions (348kb PDF)

2004 Paddock Shield Winners (636kb PDF)

2005 (17 Sep) Wasim Jaffer Run Spree (147kb PDF)

2005 Heritage Exhibition Launch Event (96kb PDF)

2007 Scholes v Skelmanthorpe (web link)

2007 Scholes v Skelmanthorpe (web link)

2007 20/20 Champions (web link)

2008 'Built in Quality' Award (56kb PDF)

2009 Sponsors (46kb PDF)

2009 Tea Room Prices (42kb PDF)

CASC Clubs (web link)

Club Badge (56kb PDF)

Lord's Taverners Support (41kb PDF)

Naked Cricket at Scholes (9kb PDF)

Team Photos - undated (529kb PDF)

LEAGUES: Huddersfield Combination, Central League, Huddersfield League

People

Who's Who (666kb PDF)

J.Armitage

Mel Booth   In Sri Lanka (28kb PDF)

Steve Booth

Anthony Coldwell   Photos (30kb PDF)

Paul Ibbotson   Club Webmaster (30kb PDF)

Wasim Jaffer   Cricinfo   Profile by Michael Ward (18kb PDF)

Clifford Oldroyd   Profile (30kb PDF)

Ashley Pamment

Chetan Sharma   Cricinfo   1994 Signing (210kb PDF)

Paul Wharton

Steve Whitwam

Team Photos

1900s (124kb PDF)

1940s (55kb PDF)

1950s (202kb PDF)

1970s (137kb PDF)

1980s (2.4mb PDF)

1990s (1.9mb PDF)

2000s (2.3mb PDF)

Undated (407kb PDF)

Ground

Story of Chapelgate (463kb PDF)

1991 Ground Centenary (606kb PDF)

1991 Pavilion Subscribers (374kb PDF)

2006-7 New Clubhouse (145kb PDF)

2007 Greenwood Trophy Winners (39kb PDF)

2007-8 New Clubhouse - Photos (68kb PDF)

2007 Scholes v Honley (793kb PDF)

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

Action (418kb PDF)

General Views (445kb PDF)

New Clubhouse (227kb PDF)

Old Clubhouse (99kb PDF)

On the Boundary (531kb PDF)

Pavilion (266kb PDF)

Players (211kb PDF)

Spectators (862kb PDF)

Oral History

Clifford Oldroyd

Paul Wharton

Club Women (audio)
Ethnic Minorities (audio)
Finances (audio)
Junior Teams (audio)
Key Personalities (audio)
Rivalries (audio)

Local Context

Profile of Scholes by Lindsay Pollick (1.0mb PDF)

Scholes (Wikipedia)

Scholes Junior & Infant School (web link)

Scholes Methodist Church (web link)

Holmfirth Web (web link)

The 'Scholeses' (web link)

Former Cricket Clubs in Local Area (web link)

Further Reading

G.Redmonds, Holmfirth Place-Names and Settlement (1994)

Huddersfield Examiner

Holme Valley Express

 

With grateful thanks to Mel Booth, Duncan Dyson and Paul Wharton.

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

Winning the Huddersfield League title in consecutive summers, 2000 and 2001.

Local Hero

Wasim Jaffer - prolific former club professional and Indian Test opener.

Bizarre Fact

The club was known as both Scholes Moor and Scholes Clarence in its early days.

Peaceful Chapelgate

Scholes' ground is both peaceful and distinguished. It is set high above Holmfirth, amid glorious moorland scenery.

You can access the ground by various means - over the wall, through the gate near the far field, or via the path near the garage.

When you enter the arena, you are struck first of all by the fantastic views on offer.

For the most part, you catch sight of tranquil greenery, but if you look close enough you can spot a windmill in the mid-distance and a football pitch in the near-distance.

Around the perimeter of the ground, there are lots of empty beer barrels and a number of benches for spectators' use.

Two in particular bear rather moving dedications: 'IN MEMORY OF HENRY WARDELL 1923-1999 - SUPPORTER AND FRIEND' and 'THESE SEATS ARE DONATED IN MEMORY OF J.W. HEYWOOD (BILL) WHO DIED 4TH JANUARY 1988 - A LIFELONG SUPPORTER OF SCHOLES CC.'

Poetry in the Pavilion

The locals are also keen on their poetry. As you order your drinks at the bar you can read various bits of verse on the club noticeboard: Scholes Lament, Scholes Balls and All and also this little ditty in honour of the Chapelgate groundsmen:

These three chaps appear frequently on the cricket pitch at Scholes
Days of bat and ball are over, 'T'roller now along they bowls…
Two 'undred and seventeen years 'etween 'em, That's how long they've done so far
T'owdest rollers in the business, Yet they still prop up the bar.

Scholes Moor and Clarence

The club moved into Chapelgate around 1880. Their first HQ was a field just below the Boot and Shoe Inn, but they only played there for a few years.

In this early period, Scholes were known as Scholes Moor, and then Scholes Clarence, but we are not told why they switched names so frequently.

The first recorded match at Scholes took place on 29 April 1876, when the village team entertained New Mill C.C. - with the game ending in a draw.

In the same year, the club pitted its wits against other village sides: Denby Dale, Farnley Tyas, Hepworth, Holmbridge, Lockwood Mechanics Institute and Skelmanthorpe.

It should also be noted that in this year, their debut season, Scholes were already employing a professional - Mr. Dalton, a gifted all-rounder who scored 23 and took 7-41 in the game against Hepworth.

We are told that in 1897 the club had 15 vice-presidents (including two local vicars) and 13 committee members…and that subscriptions were due by 16 July.

Silverware and Fundraising


Today, Scholes play in the Huddersfield League, but previously they were members of the Huddersfield & District Combination and the Huddersfield Central League.

The last decade has been silverware-laden for the Chapelgate boys.

And much of the 1st XI's success has been down to the excellent batting performances of stylish Indian batsman Wasim Jaffer, the club pro in 1999, 2000 and 2001.


Back in the old days, Scholes had to rely heavily on villagers for support.

In 2001 club member Paul Ibbotson wrote a 'nostalgia' piece for the SCC 125th Anniversary brochure. 'It seems that fundraising was as big an issue 80 years ago as it is now,' he explained.

He went on: 'The club had to raise the funds to pay for everybody's kit, unlike today, and there was no bar to provide a steady income. Clifford [an octogenarian club member] recalls walking round the village aged 16 with a friend, knocking on every door they could find, asking for contributions to keep the club going. 3d, 6d, a shilling or two bob were all gratefully received, and half a crown got you a vice-presidency!'

Disclaimer - Designed and programmed by Lee Booth.

 
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