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Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club suffered a 7 wicket defeat to Altofts Cricket Club in the Gordon Rigg Twenty20 Cup Finals Day on Sunday (24 July 2022). Nelson won the toss and captain Jack Scanlon decided to bat. Nelson openers Andy Mcintosh and Asif Ayub put on 54 for the 1st
Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club have team up with The Yorkshire Cricket Foundation to bring Yorkshire Enjoy Cricket, aimed at providing boys and girls, aged six to fifteen, with differing abilities, the opportunity to participate in playing cricket and numerous themed games. Hunslet Nelson gives children the opportunity to spend between
A gloomy topic of conversation in my household recently has been the disappointing Test results in Australia. I recall the time, throughout the working day, men would be enquiring of what the test score was. It was our ‘national game’ but other sports, hobbies and interests have now supplanted it,
Covid and the ensuing lockdown hit leisure time pretty hard last year and although elite sport can ride the storm things are much more difficult for community clubs. Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club had a summer of events wiped out, but have plans to more than make up for it next
Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club’s first XI captain Andy McIntosh admitted his team were “the architects of their own demise” as they crashed to a 139-run defeat at Bowling Old Lane. An error-ridden display in the field allowed the Bradford side to rack up 251 runs before the visitors slumped to
Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club’s first XI marked their long-awaited return to Gipsy Lane with a resounding 78-run win over Hopton Mills to kick-start their League Cup campaign. A near-perfect performance saw Nelly claim 19 points out of a possible 20 as they posted a score of 202-8 before bowling the
Hunslet Nelson’s first home game of the season was called off at late notice after an East Ardsley player tested positive for coronavirus. Hunslet Nelson announced the news late yesterday evening (Friday 31 July) on the club’s Facebook page just hours before they were due to play their first competitive
Competitive cricket will return to South Leeds for the first time in over ten months after the Bradford Cricket League released a revised calendar for Hunslet Nelson’s 2020 season. A new League Cup format will see four divisions of ten teams split into two groups, with each team playing eight
The days are getting longer, the weather is warmer and the sun is shining. In normal times, these signs herald the start of the new cricket season. But we are not in normal times. For Hunslet Nelson, the only cricket club in South Leeds, the coronavirus outbreak has dealt a
It was a gloriously sunny day on the first day of the 2nd Annual Hunslet Nelson Beer Festival. The Beeston based Cricket club are celebrating their 150th year and over August Bank Holiday open up their Gipsy Lane ground for Beer, Food and Entertainment. Ten guest Beers and ciders were