Queensbury Cricket Club

Welcome to Queensbury Cricket Club

Queensbury CC was established at 'Old Guy Road' in 2000 as a result of the merge of Union Croft and Yews Green. The ground is thought to be the highest in which regular cricket is played on standing 1200 ft above sea level. 

The club runs 3 senior sides in the Halifax Cricket League, 2 sides on a Saturday and 1 on a Sunday. The club is also in the early stages of rebuilding the junior section and currently runs an Under 9's team.  

As the only cricket club within the village we want to see cricket played in Queensbury for as long as possible and are always on the look out for new players of all abilities. 

Queensbury CC was formed on 1 January 2000 as a result of the merger of Union Croft CC and Yews Green CC. The resultant club plays at the old Union Croft ground in Old Guy Road (formerly Sam Lane)and adopted the name Queensbury CC as it was the only club remaining in the village.
(The current club has no connection with the former Bradford League based QCC that played at Granby Fields in the centre of the village.)

The 2014 season was the most successful in the club's short history; the Phil Sharples led first team finishing second in the Foster's HCL's Roy Smith First Division, gaining promotion to the Premier Division for the first time, and wining the Lindley Moor Trophy (most points in the last 6 matches) for the second time in 8 years.
All-rounder Amjad Ali won the divisional bowling averages, with the second "spin twin" Girdev Singh finishing third. Five QCC batsmen (including Ali) were in the top ten and wicket keeper Scott Osborne was second in the wicket keeping table.

The second team finished third in their division. once again just missing out on promotion. Skipper Ben Brian was the division's top glove man and Jack Richardson topped the bowling averages, whilst the Sunday team had a poor season results-wise but fulfilled its main objective of introducing some of the club's older junior players to 45 over adult cricket.

A team comprising QCC & Bradshaw CC players in equal numbers again competed in the Bradford Evening Cricket League; success was illusive, but enjoyment and development was present in abundance.

All the players are already raring to go in 2015: the first team squad at the highest level and the second team hoping it will be third time lucky on the promotion front. Several new signings, promising to strengthen the club at all levels, have already been completed.

Unfortunately only an under 15 junior team was fielded in 2014. The expansion of the junior section to its previous level has been identified as a club development priority for Junior Manager Josh Dougall and his coaching team.

Off the field, the club goes from strength to strength. Last year's development of the Lockley Lounge benefited the club tremendously on the financial front. Whilst the 2014/15 winter sees no major project being undertaken but a host of minor repairs and improvements are on the cards to prepare the club's Premiership debut in April

The ground, over 1100 feet above sea level, is reputed to be the highest in the country on which regular league cricket is played and offers stunning views across to Emley Moor and down the Calder Valley to Stoodley Pike and beyond. Barry Hewitt continues as Ground Manager, and the work put in by him, Gerry & Geoff Hargrave, and the rest of the volunteer ground staff has seen the ground improve beyond recognition: the pitches continue to improve and the surrounds are in superb condition.