The new era
League cricket
Raskelf 1995
Raskelf 1998
Raskelf 2000
Raskelf 2002
Raskelf 2003
Raskelf 2004
Raskelf 2006
Officials

Raskelf plays its cricket during the summer on Wednesday evenings in the Pilmoor league, which covers teams in the immediate locality and on Saturdays in the Nidderdale league which is mainly in the Harrogate, Ripon and Pateley Bridge areas of North Yorkshire.

We also run an U12s team which plays in the Thirsk and District U12s league, an U14s team which plays in the Galtres league on Sunday mornings, an U15s team which plays in the Wath league and an U17s team which plays in the Nidderdale League.

Raskelf is a small country village situated in the heart of North Yorkshire, England. The electoral role boasts a population of around 400. The church has a wooden steeple and there still exists a 'pound' where stray animals were once kept. There are two public houses, The Old Black Bull and 'The Three Tuns'.

The village itself is split into two, 'The Green' and the main village which are about 400 yards apart. It is situated just off the A19, 2.5 miles north of Easingwold and 9 miles south of Thirsk. It can be reached by either travelling from Easingwold, turning left at the round about at the top of Long Street, along Raskelf Road, or directly from the A19 (just after the Easingwold bypass travelling north), or from Helperby which connects Raskelf to the Boroughbridge/Harrogate areas of North Yorkshire

Raskelf Cricket Club Established 1993

The early years -

That's not really true as there was a cricket club in Raskelf for many years, right up to the mid 1960's, when the playing field was sold off for building. I remember, as a 'lad' playing in the 'shed' in the field between the Mill Beck and the rear of The Green which purported to be the 'club house'. The outfield was grazed by cows and sheep and the square was fenced off (occasionally). That which was once the pitch, is now a house called 'Green Acres'. The last captain of Raskelf Cricket Club in that era was Bernard Smith, who now lives locally.

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Raskelf C.C. 1949

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The new era -

There endeth Raskelf Cricket Club for the next 30 years or so until the early 1990's, when the Parish Council purchased a field between the Green and the main village. A Village Hall was built on the site, along with a football pitch, 2 tennis courts (now 3) and yes, you've guessed it, a cricket pitch, Members of the village and other local interested parties worked on the pitch. Notably Tony Scarborough, Nigel Medd and Brian Powell and pub cricket was played for a couple of seasons.

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League cricket -

In the summer of 1995 we joined the Pilmoor evening league and met our first real competition with Guy Brown captaining the ship. One year later we joined the Nidderdale Cricket League for our first taste of Saturday cricket. Mike Howard captained the Saturday side and Dave Hunton the Wednesday one. That year we consolidated our position but made Wisden Monthly by dismissing Studley Royal for just 5 runs - the second lowest score of all time and the lowest for several hundred years. Ian Stott being the star with 8 wickets for just 3 runs including a double hat-trick. In 1997 we won the 6th division of the Nidderdale league, the prize for best ground and were promoted. The following year we won the 5th division, the prize for best ground and the prize for sportsmanship and were promoted again (some feat).

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Raskelf team 1995 -

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Raskelf promotion team 1998 -

In 1999 we managed 5th position in the 4th division and still managed to win the prize for best ground.

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Raskelf 2000 runners up division 4 promoted to division 3 -

In 2000 we came runners up and were promoted to the 3rd division - we also won the ground prize. In 2001 and 2002 we ended in the top half of the league and won the ground prize yet again. In 2003 we only just managed to stay in the Third division but yet again won the ground prize. Since inception, our groundsman, Keith 'yogi' Hutchinson has done an excellent job, winning 5 ground prizes in a row.

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The 2002 team
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Missing form photo -
Craig Richardson, right hand bat, right arm medium pace bowler.
Joseph Thornton, right hand bat, right arm medium pace bowler.
Paul Barton, right hand bat, left arm medium pace bowler.
Marcus Summerscales, right hand bat, right arm medium pace bowler.
Doug Thompson, right hand bat, right arm medium pace bowler.
Keith Hutchinson, groundsman, right hand bat, right arm medium pace bowler.

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The 2003 team
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Raskelf 2004

In 2004 Raskelf amalgamated with Thircon to produce two teams both in the Third division of the Nidderdale league. That season the 2nd were relegated to the 4th Division with the 1st team being promoted to the 2nd Division. The season 2005 saw both teams staying in their respective leagues. In 2006 the seconds were relegated to 5th division. In 2007 the first were relegated to division 3 where they are today and the seconds to division 5. The seconds were relegted each year after that and are now in division 7.

The 2004 teams 1sts vs 2nds 10th July

Playing members missing from photo:
Alan Hunton, Tim Wills, John Greenwood, Martin Chapman, Robert Sigsworth, William Reynolds
Daniel Hulston, Guy Brown, Richard Brown, Ben Campbell, Chris Gallier, Gary Hindmarch.

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The 2006 1st team 29th April
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Playing members missing from photo:
Matthew Sigsworth, Chris Brown, Peter Busfield, Martin Pallister

The 2006 2nd team 13th May

Playing members missing from photo:
Stewart Edwards, Howard Gill, Matthew Clegg, Max Lord, Angus and Hamish Taylor

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Record of officials of the club -

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