Club Contact - Jim Stanfield

Club website - http://www.horsforth.play-cricket.com

Home Ground - King George`s field, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth. From the Leeds Outer Ring Road, go over the roundabout where the Ring Road crosses the A660 and turn right at the next roundabout. Follow the road to the end and turn left at the T-junction and then right at the roundabout by the Old Ball pub. The entrance to the ground is on the left.

CLUB HISTORY

Horsforth Cricket Club originated as Woodside National Cricket Club, which was believed to have developed from Woodside National School, Leeds in 1847.

The Club initially played on land adjacent to the Woodside Tavern on the Leeds Ring Road, but moved to its present ground, King George's Field in 1870. The Club was then known as Horsforth North Cricket Club - a name which remained unaltered until immediately after the Second World War when it became Horsforth Cricket Club.

In the early part of the 1920's, Horsforth North Cricket Club played its cricket in the Aire/ Wharfe Section of the Yorkshire Council League, and its finest hour during this time was the winning of the Yorkshire Council Cup in 1926 after beating Sheffield United C.C. in the play-off at Horsforth.

In 1936 The Club broke away from the League to found the Airedale & Wharfedale Senior Cricket League, with eleven other local clubs. During the post war period, the Club acquired, as its cricket pavilion, an ex Army hut from Farnley Camp at Otley, which is still used to this day.

Until 1973 the Club used the adjacent Old Ball public house as its Clubhouse. However after six 6 months' hard work by a small band of players and helpers at the end of the 1972, the pavilion was transformed into a comfortable Clubhouse and bar. This was further extended in 1979 with the addition of a new dressing room and shower block.

Horsforth CC has produced four players who have gone on to play county cricket: Bill Holdwsorth, who played for Yorkshire CCC; Ken Smales who played for Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire CCC; John Roberts, who played for Somerset CCC and Tim Linley who represented Oxford Universities & Colleges in 2004.

Those players who have played for the Club in evening league competitions include New Zealand Test players, Martin Crowe and Mark Greatbatch.

The Club has a well established, thriving, junior section catering for boys and girls in Under 17's, Under 15's, Under 13's, Under 11's and Under 9's age groups. The Club is proud of the number of its current senior players who have progressed through the junior teams.

CLUB HONOURS

League Champions (2) 1960 (Joint), 1991

Division B Champions (3) 1975, 1985, 1990

Reserve League Champions (2) 1961, 1964 

Reserve Division B Champions (2) 1967, 1989

Reserve Division C Champions - 2005

Waddilove Cup Winners (3) 1953, 1991, 1995

Birtwhistle Cup Winners (4) 1952, 1954, 1961, 1985

Burmah Oil Club Champions 1985

Eddie Nelson U13 6-a-side Competition (3) 1991, 2000, 2001

INDIVIDUAL HONOURS

1st XI (Division A) Batting - M.Rawlings (1977)

1st XI (Division B) Batting - J.Benn (1990)

2nd XI (Division A) Batting - S.R.Johnson (1958), W.Godfrey (1967),
S.Sutcliffe (1995)

1st XI (Division A) Bowling  - P.Coloe (1991), M.Boocock (1992)

1st XI (Division B) Bowling - G.Thorpe (1981), P.Coloe (1990)

1st XI (Division C) Bowling - T.Linley (2003), C.Mankad (2004)

2nd XI (Division A) Bowling - W.Young (1960), J.Hemingway (1961),
L.Davis (1967, 1976), J.K.Roberts (1994)

2nd XI (Division C) Bowling - K.Lewis (2002), M.Hings (2005)

3rd XI Bowling - M.McEneaney (2000), Richard Graves (2007)

1st XI Don Brennan Wicket-Keeping - S.Thompson (1997), 
G.Fletcher (1987, 1988)

2nd XI Harry McIlvenney Wicket-Keeping - C.Grindrod (1984)

3rd XI J.C.Clapham Wicket-Keeping - R.Spry (2000), Thomas Monks (2007)

1st XI Ellicott Fielding Trophy - I.P.Riley (1960)

2nd XI Eric Money Fielding Trophy - P.Murphy (1988), W.Baker (2004)

U20 Batting - A.Roberts (1996)

U20 Bowling - B.T.Norman (1957), M.Roberts (1959), J.K.Roberts (1968)

Man of the Match Award - Waddilove Cup Final - S.Thompson (1995)

Man of the Match Award - Birtwhistle Cup Final - G.Walker (1982),
A.Bailey (1985)

Joe Lumb Player of the Season - J.Firth (1982), A.Roberts (1995)

LTYJCF U13 Player of the Season - J.Milner (1998)

LTYJCF U15 Player of the Season - M.McEneaney (2000)