Priestley Cup

The Priestley Cup is a cricket cup competition contested by clubs in the Bradford Cricket League. It is one of the most prestigious club competitions in English cricket and is widely reported by regional media.[1] It is played on Sunday afternoons over five rounds with the final being played at a pre-determined neutral venue in late August.

27 teams have won the competition which celebrated its centenary in 2004. Undercliffe has been the most successful club with 13 wins up to 2008.

Winners

Year Winners Runners-Up 1904 Allerton Shelf 1905 Saltaire Clayton 1906 Great Horton Clayton 1907 Windhill Bankfoot 1908 Undercliffe Shelf 1909 Great Horton Lidget Green 1910 Undercliffe Great Horton 1911 Great Horton Windhill 1912 Idle Undercliffe 1913 Bradford Great Horton 1914 Bradford Windhill 1915 Bowling Old Lane Windhill 1916 Undercliffe Tong Park 1917 Undercilffe Tong Park 1918* Saltaire Bankfoot 1919 Undercliffe Pudsey St Lawrence 1920 Bowling Old Lane Bankfoot 1921 Keighley Saltaire 1922 Bowling Old Lane Saltaire 1923 Idle Bowling Old Lane 1924 Lidget Green Bradford 1925 Windhill Lidget Green 1926 Lightcliffe Lidget Green 1927 Saltaire Queensbury 1928 Bingley Bowling Old Lane 1929 Bradford Bowling Old Lane 1930 Idle East Bierley 1931 Undercliffe Bowling Old Lane 1932 Keighley Bowling Old Lane 1933 Undercliffe East Bierley 1934 Bradford Bowling Old Lane 1935 Keighley Great Horton 1936 Spen Victoria Lightcliffe 1937 Lightcliffe Great Horton 1938 Undercliffe Windhill 1939 Eccleshill Spen Victoria 1940 Undercliffe Lidget Green 1941 Saltaire Undercliffe 1942 Saltaire Windhill 1943 Pudsey St. Lawrence Brighouse 1944 Spen Victoria Yeadon 1945 Yeadon Pudsey St Lawrence 1946 Eccleshill Baildon Green 1947 Yeadon Salts 1948 Keighley Salts 1949 Yeadon Farsley 1950 Lightcliffe East Bierley 1951 Idle Queensbury 1952 Baildon Keighley 1953 Bradford Idle 1954 Bradford Pudsey St Lawrence 1955 Lightcliffe Pudsey St Lawrence 1956 Pudsey St Lawrence Spen Victoria 1957 Bradford East Bierley 1958 Salts Lidget Green 1959 Bradford Bowling Old Lane

Year Winners Runner-Up 1960 Bradford Saltaire 1961 Keighley Bowling Old Lane 1962 Bradford East Bierley 1963 Farsley Bradford 1964 Lightcliffe East Bierley 1965 Idle Bowling Old Lane 1966 Bradford Laisterdyke 1967 Bingley Bradford 1968 Bowling Old Lane Saltaire 1969 Bingley Spen Victoria 1970 Bradford Bingley 1971 Bingley Spen Victoria 1972 Undercliffe Lightcliffe 1973 Bradford Bingley 1974 Undercliffe Bingley 1975 Undercliffe Manningham Mills 1976 Idle Bingley 1977 Manningham Mills Lightcliffe 1978 Bingley Undercliffe 1979 Bingley Manningham Mills 1980 Undercliffe East Bierley 1981 East Bierley Farsley 1982 Eccleshill Undercliffe 1983 Farsley Yorkshire Bank 1984 East Bierley Keighley 1985 Hanging Heaton Undercliffe 1986 Hanging Heaton Eccleshill 1987 Bingley Pudsey St Lawrence 1988 Pudsey St Lawrence Yorkshire Bank 1989 Yorkshire Bank East Bierley 1990 Spen Victoria Pudsey St Lawrence 1991 East Bierley Yorkshire Bank 1992 Yorkshire Bank Baildon 1993 Yorkshire Bank East Bierley 1994 Pudsey Congs Yeadon 1995 Farsley East Bierley 1996 Baildon Bradford & Bingley 1997 Pudsey St Lawrence East Bierley 1998 East Bierley Pudsey Congs 1999 East Bierley Yeadon 2000 East Bierley Hanging Heaton 2001 Baildon Yeadon 2002 Pudsey Congs Pudsey St Lawrence 2003 Bradford & Bingley Woodlands 2004 Pudsey Congs Woodlands 2005 Pudsey Congs Woodlands 2006 Woodlands Bowling Old Lane 2007 Pudsey Congs Cleckheaton 2008 Pudsey Congs Woodlands 2009 East Bierley Farsley 2010 Bradford & Bingley Farsley 2011 Pudsey St Lawrence East Bierley 2012 East Bierley Manningham Mills 2013 Lightcliffe Hanging Heaton

References

1. Yorkshire Post

External links

• Priestley Cup - official site