The Huddersfield Cricket League is the premier cricket competition in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.
The league has been in existence since 1891 with teams representing suburbs of Huddersfield and villages in the Huddersfield district area. There are now 41 teams in the league. Now there are teams from South Yorkshire and Saddleworth, as well as clubs that have joined the league from the now defunct Huddersfield Central Cricket League and former Central Yorkshire Cricket League.
A number of local players have come from the Huddersfield League to play for in the English County Championship, mainly for Yorkshire and have gone on to represent England. Other county players and international players have played club cricket in the Huddersfield League.
Member clubs
The league currently, as of 2021, is split into 7 sections, where club's first and second teams play.
Elland has had the most 1st XI competitions, leagues and various cups, with 42 trophies in the history of the league. Broad Oak with 32 trophies have had most success in 2nd XI competitions.
Here are the clubs playing in the league during the 2021 season (they are linked to the locality where they are based):
Almondbury
Almondbury Wesleyans
Armitage Bridge
Barkisland
Birkby Rose Hill
Broad Oak
Cartworth Moor
Clayton West
Cumberworth United
Delph & Dobcross
Denby
Denby Dale
Edgerton & Dalton
Elland
Emley Clarence
Flockton
Golcar
Hall Bower
Holmbridge
Holmfirth
Honley
Hoylandswaine
Kirkheaton
Kirkburton
Lascelles Hall
Lepton Highlanders
Linthwaite
Marsden
Meltham
Mirfield
Mirfield Parish Cavaliers
Moorlands CC
Rastrick
Scholes
Shelley
Shepley
Skelmanthorpe
Slaithwaite
Thongsbridge
Thurstonland
Upperthong
Former clubs
Bradey Mills
Cawthorne
Friarmere
Halifax
Huddersfield
Kexborough
Linthwaite Hall
Lockwood
Meltham Mills
Micklehurst
Paddock
Primrose Hill
Notable players
Many Huddersfield Cricket League players have gone on to play First-class and Test cricket.
Almondbury
Eddie Leadbeater (1927–2011) – Yorkshire Warwickshire and England
Almondbury Wesleyans
Gurman Randhawa - Durham
Armitage Bridge
Schofield Haigh – Yorkshire and England
Robert Moorhouse – Yorkshire
Fred Moorhouse – Warwickshire
Broad Oak
Charlie Roebuck - Yorkshire
Steven Crook - Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Middlesex
Gurman Randhawa - Durham
Tony Palladino - Derbyshire
Henry Cooper- Northern Districts and New Zealand A
Cawthorne
Nathan Buck - Northamptonshire
Delph & Dobcross
Arron Lilley – Lancashire
Kyle Hogg – Lancashire
Michael Smethurst – Lancashire
Elland
Richard Blakey – Yorkshire and England
Ajmal Shahzad – Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and England
Emley Clarence
Matthew Wood – Yorkshire
Golcar
Arnie Sidebottom – Yorkshire and England
Holmfirth
Allan Lamb – Northamptonshire and England
Arnie Sidebottom – Yorkshire and England
Ryan Sidebottom – Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and England
Tom Craddock – Essex
Max Morley – Durham (Max is more commonly known for winning the ITV 'Love Island' television programme in 2015)
Honley
Arnie Sidebottom – Yorkshire and England
Craig White – Yorkshire and England
Matthew Wood – Yorkshire
Steven Crook – Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Middlesex
Hoylandswaine
Ryan Robinson – Durham
Alex Morris – Yorkshire, Hampshire
Zac Morris – Hampshire
Richard Wilkinson – Yorkshire
Kirkheaton
George Hirst – Yorkshire and England
Wilfred Rhodes – Yorkshire and England
Lascelles Hall
Arnie Sidebottom – Yorkshire and England
Matthew Wood – Yorkshire
Lepton Highlanders
Phil Mustard – Durham and England
Linthwaite
Barrie Leadbeater – Yorkshire (umpire) Chris Schofield – Lancashire, Surrey and England