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LEAGUE WINNERS ATKINSON-SWIRES WINNERS BARRETT CUP WINNERS WATH CUP WINNERS PETER BENTLEY CUP WINNERS PLAYER RECORDS 1894-2024 BEST INDIVIDUAL INNINGS BEST INDIVIDUAL BOWLING MOST RUNS - SEASON MOST WICKETS - SEASON AWARDS 1894-2024 DIVISION ONE - BATTING DIVISION ONE - BOWLING DIVISION TWO - BATTING DIVISION TWO - BOWLING DIVISION THREE BATTING DIVISION THREE BOWLING DIVISION FOUR BATTING DIVISION FOUR BOWLING DIVISION FIVE BATTING DIVISION FIVE BOWLING DIVISION SIX BATTING DIVISION SIX BOWLING DIVISION SEVEN BATTING DIVISION SEVEN BOWLING DIVISION EIGHT BATTING DIVISION EIGHT BOWLING DIVISION NINE BATTING DIVISION NINE BOWLING Welcome to the SPONSORED BY THEAKSTON BREWERIES Get In Touch Get In Touch PROUDLY SPONSORED BY League History. The Nidderdale League first commenced in 1894. Prior to then clubs had mostly played only friendly cricket, although there was a competition in the 1880’s at both Kirkby Malzeard, in which a Pateley Bridge & District team competed, and similarly at Thornton Watlass. The earliest record of a match involving a Nidderdale League club was between an 8 of Burton Leonard against 8 of Knaresborough at Riggs Moor in 1796. In the first season of the league 6 clubs took part. Dacre Banks, Hampsthwaite, Birstwith, Glasshouses, Pateley Bridge and Ripley. The competition commenced in May and within a month there was correspondence in the local press complaining about umpiring decisions, laying to rest any misconceptions that such disputes are of recent origin. Dacre Banks were the first winners when they defeated Glasshouses in a match at Birstwith in front of 1500 spectators in September. Amongst those playing in the Dacre Banks side was Willie Sutcliffe, the father of Herbert Sutcliffe, who was born in Summerbridge in November 1894. The next winners were Pateley Bridge, and then Glasshouses won the league for three years in succession and, under the rules of the competition, claimed the trophy as their own. It re-emerged in the 1970’s as the Charles Spence Memorial Trophy and is played for by Nidderdale Ladies Cricket League. After 1898 the clubs went back to playing friendly cricket. The league was re-formed in 1912. Birstwith were the first winners followed by New Park in 1913. The Hon E. Wood, coincidentally a patron of Birstwith CC, who was later to become President of the league, donated the trophy that is still played for today by the first division. The onset of First War resulted in the league being suspended at the end of the 1914 season. The competition was re-started in 1920 and early winners included Harrogate 2nds and Bilton. A second division was formed in 1921 which both Burnt Yates and later Scotton won three years in a row in the 1920’s. Clubs were not necessarily invited to play in the first division and/or could decline promotion to the higher division. The league ran unbroken until 1936. However, in 1937 the league was suspended through a lack of clubs willing to take part. This was likely to have been due to a combination of factors. A number found the Harrogate League a more attractive proposition, whilst others, including Glasshouses who won the league in 4 successive seasons prior to 1937, went back once again to friendly cricket, citing the cost of travelling to away matches as the reason. During the 1930’s an evening competition was started which initially involved clubs playing at neutral venue equidistant from those participating to cut travelling costs. With the passing of World War II the league was re-started under the careful stewardship of Secretary, Harold Atkinson who, along with Treasurer, Ronnie Swires, served the league for almost 40 years in the post war period. Since 1948 it has run continuously and has grown to have 51 clubs, many with 2nd XI’s, and some with 3rd XI’s, playing every Saturday from mid April to mid September. There is also a thriving junior league from Under 9’s through to Under 17’s. The latter part of the 1980’s saw the gradual introduction of overseas players in the league to which there was considerable resistance on grounds that this was very much against the character and tradition of village cricket. Eventually after many heated AGM’s it was resolved to allow one per club. The 1990’s saw a significant period of growth when a number of clubs from firstly the Wath League and more recently, the Wensleydale League, joined following difficulties in sustaining their competitions. In 1994 the league celebrated it’s centenary with matches against a Yorkshire XI at Ripley in July, and then MCC at Dacre Banks in September. The match against MCC is now an annual fixture. Glasshouses have been the predominant team throughout the...