I was somewhat aggrieved at being given out caught behind off my pads, off the bowling of future Crossbanker, Hanif Mohammed. There may have been a a glove throwing episode involved. In the pavilion, not on the field. It was pretty pathetic, given the date. 11th May 1985.
Nuff said?
There are some details about Howden Clough Cricket Club held at the National Archives and the following article from the Batley News mentions Howden Clough. but not specifically the cricket club.
I know David Tetley, as he spent a few seasons at Crossbank, I think he may have played at Howden Clough.
A GROUP of men who grew up together in Howden Clough have found friendship again.
David Tetley said a few of the friends had met up around three years ago at a funeral and thought it would be a good idea to start getting back together on a regular basis. Since then the group has been meeting up once a month for a walk through Birkby Brow Woods (also known as Briar Woods) followed by a drink at the Needless pub. "We were all born and brought up in Howden Clough, we grew up together and all went to the same school," said David. "We had a funeral in the family and a few of the guys turned up. It was really nice to see them but I thought it would be nice if we could meet up again not just at a sad time." Now there are around 17 men who regularly attend, although not at the same time. The group like to reminisce about growing up in Howden Clough in the 1940s and 1950s, playing in the fields and woods and the other areas they now visit every month on their walk. "We remember Howden Clough when it was Howden Clough. Everybody knew everybody else," said David. "That was one of the ideas of getting back together." "It's nice to reminisce about things that went on way back," added James Wales. Among those memories are the time Howden Clough was cut off for a number of days in 1947 because of heavy snow, and a day not long after the end of the second world war when a circus elephant was paraded through the village. "It was a real spectacle!" recalled David. "The wood we walk through now was used by the army in both world wars as a rifle range," said James. "We used to go in there looking for spent rounds." Memories of the village itself and the way it looked come flooding back as the group look through some old photographs – the Brass Castle, ABC Row, Beckers Mill, the Co-op butcher's, chip shop, the cricket club, the two railway lines and two public houses. David recalled the time when local character Jimmy Borden, known for his polished clogs, came out of the pub one Sunday afternoon, spotted scaffolding at the mill and decided to climb the chimney. Everyone in the village was out cheering him on. John Murgatroyd, whose grandfather Albert Champion was the stationmaster at Howden Clough, remembered playing in the bales at Boococks Farm in Upper Batley Low Lane. "It was great fun riding on the top of the hay wagon," he said. "It was pulled by these two lovely big white shire horses." And he remembered how he and a friend decided to ride the horses one night. "We didn't have any saddles, I was absolutely petrified holding onto the mane," said John. "It set off at quite a gallop. Luckily it soon stopped and I was able to get off." Sadly a couple of members have passed away, but the group are happy to keep meeting up and taking a trip down memory lane for as long as they can.
Other than that I can't find any other information about the club.
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