Off The Hook
Hanging Heaton spill a dolly catch offered by a Moorlands batter mistiming a fine leg hook during a Heavy Woollen District Challenge Cup second round tie at Mirfield Memoral Park. The let-off didn't prevent Bradford League Premier Division high-flyers Hanging Heaton steamrollering to an eight-wicket victory over their Huddersfield League Premiership hosts. Former Yorkshire batter Gary Fellows starred for the visitors. He struck an impressive 97 off 85 balls before being caught near the boundary after a slightly mistimed big hit. Hanging Heaton clinched victory - and a place in the quarter-finals - with a spectacular, down-the-ground six onto the adjacent A644.
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Admission: free. Programme: none. Attendance: 115. Moorlands won the toss and elected to bat. Moorlands 192 off 42 overs (Chris Stott 46 not out, Andrew Fortis 33, Jared Maxwell 27, Muhammed Rameez 3-30, David Stiff 2-33) lost by eight wickets to Hanging Heaton 198-2 off 29 overs (Gary Fellows 97, Richard Foster 35 not out, Nick Connolly 31, David Winn 2-42).
The present Moorlands Cricket Club were founded in 1884 as Dewsbury Moorlands Methodist Church Cricket Club. Initially, they played in a Sunday School competition, but in 1911 became founder members of the Dewsbury & District League. After a spell on a mill owner's field, they used a sloping pitch at Church Lane, in the Crow Nest Park area of the town, close to Dewsbury Moor, until the 1950s when the site was subject to a compulsory purchase order. Houses now stand on the site. They switched to a local authority pitch at Sands Lane before, in 1986, quitting Dewsbury for neighbouring Mirfield. The club moved into a ground at local authority-owned Memorial Park. It had been vacated by Mirfield Cavaliers CC upon their merger with Mirfield Parish Church. Moorlands agreed to take on a debt Cavaliers owed to a brewery, but were less enamoured with a council suggestion they incorporate 'Mirfield' in their name. In the end, they simply dropped the 'Dewsbury' prefix. Moorlands stepped up to the Huddersfield Central League in 1988. Since 2013, they have played in the Huddersfield League. After securing back-to-back promotions in 2013 and 2014, Moorlands are now members of the Premiership, the league's top flight.
Off The Hook
Hanging Heaton spill a dolly catch offered by a Moorlands batter mistiming a fine leg hook during a Heavy Woollen District Challenge Cup second round tie at Mirfield Memoral Park. The let-off didn't prevent Bradford League Premier Division high-flyers Hanging Heaton steamrollering to an eight-wicket victory over their Huddersfield League Premiership hosts. Former Yorkshire batter Gary Fellows starred for the visitors. He struck an impressive 97 off 85 balls before being caught near the boundary after a slightly mistimed big hit. Hanging Heaton clinched victory - and a place in the quarter-finals - with a spectacular, down-the-ground six onto the adjacent A644.
Match statistics:
Admission: free. Programme: none. Attendance: 115. Moorlands won the toss and elected to bat. Moorlands 192 off 42 overs (Chris Stott 46 not out, Andrew Fortis 33, Jared Maxwell 27, Muhammed Rameez 3-30, David Stiff 2-33) lost by eight wickets to Hanging Heaton 198-2 off 29 overs (Gary Fellows 97, Richard Foster 35 not out, Nick Connolly 31, David Winn 2-42).
The present Moorlands Cricket Club were founded in 1884 as Dewsbury Moorlands Methodist Church Cricket Club. Initially, they played in a Sunday School competition, but in 1911 became founder members of the Dewsbury & District League. After a spell on a mill owner's field, they used a sloping pitch at Church Lane, in the Crow Nest Park area of the town, close to Dewsbury Moor, until the 1950s when the site was subject to a compulsory purchase order. Houses now stand on the site. They switched to a local authority pitch at Sands Lane before, in 1986, quitting Dewsbury for neighbouring Mirfield. The club moved into a ground at local authority-owned Memorial Park. It had been vacated by Mirfield Cavaliers CC upon their merger with Mirfield Parish Church. Moorlands agreed to take on a debt Cavaliers owed to a brewery, but were less enamoured with a council suggestion they incorporate 'Mirfield' in their name. In the end, they simply dropped the 'Dewsbury' prefix. Moorlands stepped up to the Huddersfield Central League in 1988. Since 2013, they have played in the Huddersfield League. After securing back-to-back promotions in 2013 and 2014, Moorlands are now members of the Premiership, the league's top flight.