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Sutton Cricket Club was formed around 1902 by the Vicar, playing friendly matches. By 1904, under the Rev A R Light,
they joined the "SKIPTON JUNIOR CRICKET LEAGUE". The team was known as Sutton Church, and to play for the team the members
had to be church-goers.
In 1933 the team, which was now called Sutton Parish, joined the West Bradford League. Team membership had been
thrown open to all men in the parish. They re-joined the Craven League in 1940 but after 1941 the team was not in the
league owing to the Second World War, with the shortage of players etc.
Sutton Cricket Club, as it was now known, re-joined the Craven League in 1946 and shared the championship with
J Nelson's, and in 1947 won the WYNN Cup.
During the war the cricket ground was used for friendly matches between local factories, and the Home Guard and ARP Wardens.
Although not winning the WYNN Cup since 1947, the club has won the Keighley Cup a few times - the first team in 1994
and the second team in 1984 and 1997.
Now the club is still going strong with two senior and two junior teams still playing on the same ground after 100 years.
A 99 year lease has recently been secured on the ground.
The officials, some who have been in office for some years, and some new faces following the 2007 AGM, are:
Life President: Clifford Gill
Chairman: Stuart Robinson
Secretary: David Holdsworth
Treasurer: Adrian Fountain
Cricket Development Officer: Chris Todd
Child Welfare Officer: Richard Wilkinson
Any enquiries relating to the club, please contact Clifford Gill on 01535 632895.
| Home fixtures May 2008: |
| Team | Opponents | Date |
| 1st team | Ingrow St Johns | Saturday 10th May 2pm |
| Under 15 | Earby | Wednesday 14th May 6.30pm |
| 2nd team | Pendle Forest III | Saturday 17th May 2pm |
| 1st team | Ingrow | Saturday 24th May 2pm |
| Under 13 | Haworth | Sunday 25th May 10am |
| Under 17 | Haworth | Thursday 29th May 6.30pm |
Kwik Cricket Festival, September 2007
In spite of the weather turning quite cool a fantastic afternoons sport was enjoyed by parents, grandparents, teachers and pupils at the Kwik Cricket Festival held on Sutton-in-Craven cricket field on Tuesday 18th September.
Teams from Cowling CP, Glusburn CP, Kildwick C of E and Sutton CP competed in the tournament played at a frenetic rate under the control of 6th Formers from South Craven College. Each team played 4 games batting and bowling for 15 minutes each innings and enjoyed every second of the fun and sporting afternoon. Sutton CP eventually turned out to be the winning team.
Each pupil taking part was presented with a Certificate from Sutton-in-Craven Cricket Club and the winning team from Sutton CP were presented with a commemorative Trophy by James Bolland who also sponsored the Trophy. The teams had been coached by Ben Bolland (Sutton Cricket Club’s School Links Officer) in the weeks prior to the tournament and it was very apparent that the training in the rules had worked because from a spectators point of view it was played at terrific pace with kids running all over the place, cheering and supporting their fellow team members.
Refreshments including burgers and hot dogs were on sale and enjoyed by many, tea and coffee staving off the cold for the spectators including the photographer from the Craven Herald.
Bruce Dinsmore (Craven Council Sports Development Officer), Rebecca Walters (Partnership Development Manager Craven Schools Sports Partnership) , Simon Armstrong (Craven College Community Sports Link Officer) all attended and were very pleased with the event and congratulated Sutton-in-Craven Cricket Club for their initiative in holding the tournament.
Sutton-in-Craven Cricket Club would like to thank the Co-op Store in Cross Hills, Paul Williams and James Bolland for their generous sponsorship of the event and Ben Bolland and Les Wilkinson for the preparation work and each of the pupils and their teachers from South Craven College and the participating Schools for making the afternoon an outstanding success.
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