GALLERY OF OUR
OVERSEAS PLAYERS


Rahul Mankad
(India)
1977-1980


Paul Robinson
(South Africa)
1978


Vijay
Mohan Raj
(India)
1980



P Venkatmurthy
(India)
1981


Abey
Kuruvilla
(India)
1994-1995


Kanwaljeet
Singh
(India)
1999


Aaron Fuller
(New Zealand)
2000


Derek Brand
(South Africa)
2001


Faisal Irfan
(Pakistan)
2002/2004


Faisal Shaikh
(India)
2005


Khurram Shehzad
(Pakistan)
2006


Mohammad Zaman
(Pakistan)
2007




























































BRADFORD CRICKET LEAGUE
DIVISION ONE

CLECKHEATON CRICKET CLUB
MAIN SPONSOR:
GAGGIA UNITED KINGDOM LTD.


The Pavilion,
Moorend,
CLECKHEATON.
West Yorkshire.
BD19 3UD.

Tel: 01274 873410


Secretary: Ian Fearnley, 87 Darley Road, LIVERSEDGE. W.Yorks. WF15 6QZ ~ 01274 869798.




Some photographs appearing on this page
have been reproduced with the kind permission of the JCT600 Bradford Cricket League






*** CLUB NEWS ***

YOUTHFUL SALTAIRE SURPRISE THE MOORENDERS
An understrength Saltaire were more committed to their cause springing a shock against a Cleckheaton side without influential leg spinner Tom Pringle, playing for his University. Saltaire bereft of their overseas player Indian Rahul Kanwat (yet to arrive), and all-rounder Tim Linley included three promising juniors in their line-up and showed much more desire than the hosts. The first of their youngsters Tuseif Arshad opening the bowling, and taking the first 4 wickets, reduced Cleckheaton to 3 for 34. Even though they recovered through a patient knock form Ian Nicholson (53) and the more belligerent Craig Thornton (32), the final score of 160 looked less than par and so it proved as Awais Ijaz (50) produced a match-winning innings to take winning points.

CUP PROGESS FOR BOTH TEAMS
Both 1st & 2nd teams progressed to the 2nd Round of this season's Priestley Cup and Priestley Shield at the expense of Bankfoot.

PRIESTLEY CUP.

BANKFOOT. 121 All Out.
Mike Hutchins 33, James Lee 29, Craig Johnstone 16.
Mohammad Zaman 10-2-25-3, Craig Thornton 10-2-20-2.

CLECKHEATON. 125 for 6 Wickets.
Mohammad Zaman 72no.
Greg Colehan 5.1-1-19-2, James Lee 10-1-40-2.

PRIESTLEY SHIELD.

BANKFOOT 87 All Out.
Atif Khokhar 20, Asin Khokhar 19.
Fraser Green 10-1-32-4, Marcus Walmsley 7-1-14-3.

CLECKHEATON 88 for 1 Wicket.
Chris Stott 34no, Marcus Walmsley 31.


A CAPTAIN'S CONFIDENCE
Each year I look forward to a successful season. However, this season represents a real,opportunity for Cleckheaton to stamp its mark on the Bradford League and become a team that is able to challenge for both league and cup honours. I was extremely proud of my team last year and having the opportunity to take the side to a cup final was an extremely enjoyable experience. If Craig Wiseman and Iain Wardlaw, backed by Tom Pringle and a couple of us "oldies", continue to develop as they did last year, our bowling attack looks extremely strong. I anticipate many teams will not relish batting against us. The addition of Louis Aspeling and Neil Nicholson has given us the experience we lacked last year in our batting lineup and both are looking forward to a successful first season with the club. I feel our team is complete and having the opportunity to field the same team each week, barring injuries, will help us achieve our goals. This, along with a real team spirit and desire for each other to succeed makes, playing for and captaining Cleckheaton a real pleasure. I once again look forward to your continued support throughout the season and hope we can enjoy great success together.

John Wood






THANKS TO THE GENEROUS SPONSORSHIP OF
and

all players of Cleckheaton's 1st & 2nd teams are provided this season with
a 6-piece playing kit incorporating individual squad numbers.

Club members can also purchase cricket shirts & sweaters, and a range of
training, polo and sweat shirts in a variety sizes and colours.

Click on the link below to see the available range and prices.

Our On-line Catalogue and Price List is not yet available.

 Go to Cleckheaton Cricket Club on-line catalogue and Price List

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Rehmani Sports is a full time business that lives, eats, and sleeps cricket 7 days
per week, 52 weeks per year. Like any successful business it relies on customers coming back to them time and time again, and because of that it prides itself in
both the quality of the professional players it provides and the cricket equipment
with customer service that is second to none.

The REHMAN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AGENCY
is a free service which we at Cleckheaton Cricket Club have used for many years. Established in 1999, the agency is now the UK's leading professional overseas
cricket agency with 70 cricketers placed with clubs in 2006, including players
with county clubs. The quality of the agency's service is the reason why many
clubs return each year, and is the major provider to many of the top leagues in
the UK, including the Bradford Cricket League.

With an extensive range of CV's to choose from, including many international
players, the Rehman Professional Sports Agency is sure that it can provide any club with a player to suit their needs and budget.


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HOW TO FIND US

The Cleckheaton Sports Club complex is situated just off Junction 26 (Chain Bar) on the M62. The club is accessible from all parts and visitors should have no problems finding the complex. Ample parking is available both in our large car park, around the ground, or on the street close to the Club House.

To enter the car park you will have to take the A638 from Chain Bar and head towards Cleckheaton and Dewsbury. After travelling only a couple of hundred yards you will see on your left the car park entrance.

To park closer to the Club House take the A58 signposted for Leeds and turn right at the first set of traffic lights. The Club House is located on the left hand side about 150 yards from the traffic lights.

For teams using the changing facilities the car park entrance is more convenient

Click on the link below to see a map of the location.



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THE MOORENDERS' BEST SEASON EVER !!

Back: Ian Nicholson, Ian Wood, John Wood (Capt), Iain Wardlaw, Craig Wiseman, Sam Wilson.
Front: Mally Nicholson, Mohammad Zaman, Tom Pringle, Zubair Raje, Craig Thornton.

A win at Idle in the last match of the season saw the Moorenders finish a very creditable 4th in the League. Only once before have they bettered this position back in 2000 when Chris Pickles was at the helm. That season the team finished 3rd, but this year we also made it to our very first Priestley Cup Final even though we finished as runners-up to an experienced Pudsey Congs.

The 1st X1 finished 4th in the League behind Woodlands, Pudsey Congs and East Bierley with 271 points. The team fought its way to the final of the Priestley Cup. After a bye in the first round we played away in every other round including the final where we met an experienced Pudsey Congs team on their own Britannia Ground. Unfortunately, we lost this match, but we were not disgraced and our youthful, inexperienced side made many new friends.

Our 2nd X1, under the leadership of Neil Shackleton, carried all before them 55 points clear at the top of the 2nd Division, 2nd Teams table. Their only defeat during the season was in their very first game against eventual runners-up Spen Victoria.

The Club won further acclaim after staging an inaugural Floodlit 20/20 Competition, the "Thompson, Davis & Co Ltd Floodlit Super/20 Trophy" eventually won by the JCT600's Bradford League team which beat Cleckheaton Crusaders in the final.

At the Bradford League Dinner in November, two packed tables of Cleckheaton supporters witnessed the Club picking up six trophies. Chris Dobson was the recipient of the Bruce W Moss 2nd Division, 2nd Teams Batting Average. 1st team leg spinner Tom Pringle picked up the Ernest Lodge Trophy presented to the Young Spinner of the Year, but pride of place must go the Michael "Mally" Nicholson who collected an unparalleled four trophies, all three of the awards available for his wicketkeeping prowess plus the very much deserved "Gordon Bowers" Young Cricketer of the Year Award. Congratulations Mally!!


"Mally" Nicholson Tom Pringle Neil Shackleton
2nd Team League Champions.

SEASON 2007

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THE MOORENDERS TO PLAY AN OPEN AGE TEAM
IN THE WAKEFIELD & DISTRICT CRICKET UNION in 2008.
With a surfeit of senior and junior players vying for 2nd team spots, the club has entered a 3rd team in the Wakefield & District Cricket Union. These fixtures to be played on Sundays will provide extra games for senior and under 17 players unable to command a regular 2nd team place. The captain of this team has yet to the announced.

A list of fixtures and results is available on the 2008 web page.

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SEASON
2008



2008 PRIESTLEY CUP & PRIESTLEY SHIELD.
All Matches commence at 1.00pm.
The draw for the 1st Round of both competitions is below:
Priestley Cup 1st Round
Monday, 5th May 2008
Matches not commenced on 5th May will be played on Sunday, 11th May 2008.

Keighley. 160 All Out.
Yeadon
East Bierley
Lightcliffe. 46 All Out.
Brighouse. 123 All Out.
Windhill. 229 All Out.
Bowling Old Lane.
Pudsey Congs.
Undercliffe. 191 for 6 Wkts.
Bankfoot. 121 All Out. 		vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs 		Great Horton. 163 for 8 Wkts.
Hanging Heaton
Spen Victoria
Idle. 47 for 2 Wkts.
Esholt. 125 for 3 Wkts.
Farsley. 230 for 3 Wkts.
Gomersal.
Pudsey St Lawrence.
Bradford & Bingley. 192 for 5 Wkts.
Cleckheaton. 125 for 6 Wkts.


Priestley Shield. 1st Round.
Monday, 5th May 2008.

Cleckheaton have won the right to stage the Priestley Shield Final at Moorend on 10th August 2008.
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Great Horton. 133 All Out.
Hanging Heaton. 232 for 9 Wkts.
Spen Victoria. 102 All Out.
Lightcliffe. 124 All Out.
Brighouse. 139 All Out.
Farsley. 195 for 8 Wkts.
Gomersal
Pudsey Congs. 223 for 8 Wkts.
Undercliffe. 172 for 9 Wkts.
Bankfoot. 87 All Out. 		vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs 		Keighley. 134 for 4 Wkts.
Yeadon. 151 All Out.
East Bierley. 104 for 1 Wkt.
Idle. 130 for 4 Wkts.
Esholt. 140 for 9 Wkts.
Windhill. 173 All Out.
Bowling Old Lane.
Pudsey St Lawrence. 118 All Out.
Bradford & Bingley. 124 All Out.
Cleckheaton. 88 for 1 Wkt.

The following teams have byes in both competitions.
Baildon, Hartshead Moor, Manningham Mills, Morley, Saltaire, Woodlands.


Priestley Cup & Shield. 2nd Round.
Sunday, 1st June 2008.
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Priestley Cup & Shield. 3rd Round
Sunday, 29th June 2008.
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Priestley Cup & Shield. Semi Final.
Sunday, 13th July 2008
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Priestley Shield Final.
Sunday, 10th August 2008. 		Priestley Cup Final.
Sunday, 24th August 2008.



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The
"Thompson, Davis & Co Ltd Floodlit Super/20 Trophy"
at Moorend, Cleckheaton
on September 4th, 5th & 6th 2007.


                   Winners ~ JCT600's Highlight of the season (no pun intended) was how the Bradford Cricket League's Annual Report announced the JCT600 team's victory in the floodlit 20/20 competition staged at our club. Further reported was that this event, a joint venture between Cleckheaton and Morley enjoyed higher than expected attendances on all three evenings, and that members from both clubs carried out the tasks assigned to them without question, thus ensuring that the event was a hugh success.

For a more detailed report visit the
2007 Season web page 		    
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CALDERDALE & KIRKLEES
CRICKET HERITAGE LOTTERY PROJECT

A little over two years ago Dr Peter Davies, Honorary Historian of the Halifax Cricket League received a £43,400 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to enquire into the heritage and social history of cricket in Calderdale, a brief which was extended to encompass Kirklees and ultimately Cleckheaton Cricket Club.

Peter who teaches History at the University of Huddersfield acquired a further £7,000 funding from the university and the project began. Although a Lancashire supporter, with the able assistance of Rob Light who became a research assistant on the project and numerous other helpers which included Lee Booth who took on board the website and Sue Brant who travelled around the clubs producing line drawings to support the project, he attacked the project with enthusiasm.

The drawing below depicting the Cleckheaton Cricket Ground is one of Sue Brant's line drawings which can obtained by contacting her by email at susan@brant5.wanadoo.co.uk , by telephoning 01484 607081 or from the Club. Both A5 Unframed prints and packs of 10 notelets cost £ 5.00 each.




The enthusiasm of Dr Davies and his team has seen exhibitions staged for most of the teams he has researched.The exhibits relating to our club were on show at Spenborough Library until Christmas of 2005. All the exhibits are now owned by our club and will periodically be on dispay in our clubhouse. The project has spawned several interesting publications of data and photographs which can be ordered by visiting the Cricket Heritage website.

This website is a phenominally comprehensive site covering a pictorial history of all the clubs researched, and it is well worth clicking on the links below; but be prepared to spend a few hours on this wonderful site.

To visit the site click on
Heritage Lottery Fund
and you will find details of Cleckheaton Cricket Club in the North Kirklees section.

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John Wood dismissing England skipper Michael Vaughan 		 

John Wood, the former Durham and Lancashire fast bowler has agreed to remain as skipper for the 2008 season. At a pre-season meeting held recently he told the players that they should not fear any team in the league, and needed to strive to improve on last season's 4th spot. Details of our new team members can be located in the "2008 Season" page.

In a First-Class career spanning 1992 to 2004, John has captured 318 wickets at an average of 33.92 whilst contributiong a further 174 in Limited Overs cricket. Although his First Class top score is only 64, he has already proved himself a capable batsman in the Bradford League, in his last season at Spen Victoria he made over 500 runs in little over half a season.      

 

JOHN WOOD SKIPPERS THE MOORENDERS FOR A 4th SEASON.
Born at Crofton, Wakefield
on 22nd July 1970.
At the end of the 2004 season, Lancashire decided not to renew his contract. The quick bowler had joined
the Red Rose county from Durham in 2001, and had received his county cap in 2003. He has career-best first-class bowling figures of seven for 58, and a top score of 64.

The Lancashire Cricket Manager Mike Watkinson said: "John has given excellent service to the club and I would like to wish him all the best in his future career."

John is eagerly looking forward to the 2008 season after the team's undoubted successes last term. He feels that finishing fourth in the league and reaching the Priestley Cup Final for the first time is just the beginning for the current side which he confidently expects will soon win a trophy. He hopes to retain his promising youngsters for seasons to come whilst being in a position to welcome some of the club's crop of quality juniors into the senior side.

The club has retained the majority of last year's team whilst adding an experienced middle order batsman in Neil Nicholson, the ex Windhill, Pudsey Congs, and Idle player. His sons Ian & Mally are looking forward to playing with their father again. The capture of Cape Province born batsmen Louis Aspeling will bring experience to the opening spot where the team looked vulnerable last season.

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Our Function Co-ordinator will be pleased to discuss your requirements to ensure the success of your event. We can help you choose a band or disco, or you can arrange the entertainment yourselves.

We would be very happy to host your meetings, conferences, exhibitions or training sessions.

Being located just a few yards from Junction 26 of the M62 makes Cleckheaton Sports Club an ideal venue for all your functions.
      
THE FUNCTION ROOM

 The Function Room at Cleckheaton Sports Club is probably one of the best in the area catering for all types of activity. Ideal for parties, you can choose to provide for your own catering or use our own nominated caterer. Sit down meals, silver service, or just a buffet, anything can be arranged. With excellent facilities and a fully stocked bar be assured of great service at all times.

  

To arrange your function contact Irene Hall, our Functions Co-ordinator on 01274 873041
or contact the club on 01274 873410.


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