Safe As Houses
Buttershaw St Paul's on the defensive at Berry Lane during an 80-run victory over Great Preston in the first round of the All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League's Jack Hampshire Cup. It was a meeting of the top two in the league's Conference division. Victory enabled Buttershaw to extend to five games their 100 per cent start to the 2016 season. A partnership worth 88 for the sixth wicket between Benjamin Platt (52no) and James Robson (48) saw Saints recover from 87-4 to post a total Great Preston's slipshod batting never threatened to get anywhere near. The visitors clinched a place in round two by taking all but one catching opportunity.
Match statistics: Buttershaw St Paul's 210-6 off 40 overs (Benjamin Platt 52no, James Robson 48, Adam Wainwright 28, Lee Russell 2-21, Ian Newton 2-62) beat Great Preston 130 off 34.3 overs (Danusha Ranasinghe 37, Stuart Ruddick 27, Lee Russell 21, Dharmesh Mistry 4-20, Benjamin Platt 3-23, Thomas Baker 2-27) by 80 runs. Great Preston won the toss and elected to bat. Admission: free. Programme: none. Attendance: 45.
Great Preston have played on the Berry Lane ground since their formation in 1884. Their original name was Great Preston Old Hall Cricket Club. Owing to the village's geographical position, close to the boundaries of East, North and West Yorkshire, Great Preston have played in several leagues, namely the Sagar-Musgrave Challenge Cup (1891), the Woodlesford & District (1893), the Barkston Ash (1899), the Leeds (1970), the Wetherby (2000) and the Central Yorkshire (2015). They moved competitions against over the winter of 2015-16 when the Bradford and Central Yorkshire leagues merged to create a four-division structure.
The village has close links with coal mining. The National Coal Board bought the Berry Lane ground in 1947 and erected a new pavilion, extant today. Subsidence caused by mining meant in the 1974 season Great Preston had to play every game away from home. Closure of the village's miners welfare in 2006 threatened the club's existence but the efforts of the committee and the community ensured they survived. Under a naming rights sponsorship deal, the Berry Lane ground is this season known as the Neil's Carpets Oval.
Safe As Houses
Buttershaw St Paul's on the defensive at Berry Lane during an 80-run victory over Great Preston in the first round of the All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League's Jack Hampshire Cup. It was a meeting of the top two in the league's Conference division. Victory enabled Buttershaw to extend to five games their 100 per cent start to the 2016 season. A partnership worth 88 for the sixth wicket between Benjamin Platt (52no) and James Robson (48) saw Saints recover from 87-4 to post a total Great Preston's slipshod batting never threatened to get anywhere near. The visitors clinched a place in round two by taking all but one catching opportunity.
Match statistics: Buttershaw St Paul's 210-6 off 40 overs (Benjamin Platt 52no, James Robson 48, Adam Wainwright 28, Lee Russell 2-21, Ian Newton 2-62) beat Great Preston 130 off 34.3 overs (Danusha Ranasinghe 37, Stuart Ruddick 27, Lee Russell 21, Dharmesh Mistry 4-20, Benjamin Platt 3-23, Thomas Baker 2-27) by 80 runs. Great Preston won the toss and elected to bat. Admission: free. Programme: none. Attendance: 45.
Great Preston have played on the Berry Lane ground since their formation in 1884. Their original name was Great Preston Old Hall Cricket Club. Owing to the village's geographical position, close to the boundaries of East, North and West Yorkshire, Great Preston have played in several leagues, namely the Sagar-Musgrave Challenge Cup (1891), the Woodlesford & District (1893), the Barkston Ash (1899), the Leeds (1970), the Wetherby (2000) and the Central Yorkshire (2015). They moved competitions against over the winter of 2015-16 when the Bradford and Central Yorkshire leagues merged to create a four-division structure.
The village has close links with coal mining. The National Coal Board bought the Berry Lane ground in 1947 and erected a new pavilion, extant today. Subsidence caused by mining meant in the 1974 season Great Preston had to play every game away from home. Closure of the village's miners welfare in 2006 threatened the club's existence but the efforts of the committee and the community ensured they survived. Under a naming rights sponsorship deal, the Berry Lane ground is this season known as the Neil's Carpets Oval.