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Elsecar Cricket Club
Coach: Flag of England Lesroy Weekes
Captain: Flag of England Ian Swallow
Overseas Player(s): Flag of Sri Lanka Amila Prasad
Founded: 1854
Home Ground: Barnsley
South Yorkshire Premier League wins: 15
Whitworth Cup wins: 9
Yorkshire Council Chamionships wins: 4
Official Website: [1]

The village of Elsecar lies between the neighboring towns of Barnsley and Rotherham. Ian Geoffrey Swallow was a first-class cricketer who appeared for Yorkshire from 1983 to 1989 and for Somerset in 1990 and 1991 Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Elsecar ( IPA /ɛlsɪ'kɑː/ is a Village forming part of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Dearne, north of the city of Sheffield, and west of Doncaster Rotherham ( is a large town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, close to its confluence with the River Rother, between In 1854 it was much smaller and cricket had been played on the Crab Field in Armroyd Lane since early in the century (so called because of the Crab Apple Trees, which lined one side of the field).

William and David Goodinson and a group of the other men of Elsecar decided to form the Elsecar Cricket Club. Elsecar ( IPA /ɛlsɪ'kɑː/ is a Village forming part of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. In 1895 the club joined the Hallamshire League 'A' Division which they played in until 1921 when they joined the Mexborough League. In 1929 they joined the Yorkshire Council (South Yorkshire Section) until the South Riding League was formed in 1948. This league was then re-branded the South Yorkshire Cricket League in 2002. South Yorkshire Cricket League (formerly known as The South Riding League) is a Cricket league based in South Yorkshire, England.

In 2008 the 1st team is marshalled by the ex Somerset and Yorkshire allrounder Ian Swallow who has recently signed from Huddersfield League team Meltham. Ian Geoffrey Swallow was a first-class cricketer who appeared for Yorkshire from 1983 to 1989 and for Somerset in 1990 and 1991 Other players of note are Lesroy Weekes who played 1st class cricket for Leeward Islands, Yorkshire and Northants respectively and Amila Prasad who is a Sri Lankan 1st class fast bowler with the Colts club. Lesroy Charlesworth Weekes (born 19 July 1971 on Montserrat) was a First-class cricketer Weekes was a fast bowler who made appearances for the Also the club possesses others with County second team experience; All rounder Glenn Yates with Warwickshire and Matthew Thewlis with Yorkshire.

At present the Club run 2 Saturday XI's, 1 Sunday XI, and 5 junior teams.

2008 squad

The Elsecar squad for the South Yorkshire Premier League 2008|2008 season. Players with more than 10 appearances are listed in bold.

Elsecar Cricket Club have a website: http://www.elsecarcc.co.uk

Name Nat Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Jason Meadows Flag of England LHB SLA
Tim Farmer Flag of England RHB OS
Ian Swallow (c) Flag of England RHB OS
Brett Hunsley Flag of England RHB RM
Matt Danks Flag of England RHB RM
Adrian Meadows Flag of England RHB
Mark Kingston Flag of England RHB RM 2nd team captain
All-rounders
Glenn Yates Flag of England RHB RM
Lesroy Weekes Flag of the West Indies Cricket Board RHB RFM
Chris Pedler Flag of England RHB RM
Wicket-keepers
Matt Thewlis Flag of England RHB
Richard Kirk Flag of England RHB
Bowlers
Amila Prasad Flag of Sri Lanka RHB RMF
Andrew Winstanley Flag of England RHB RFM
Alan Shore Flag of England RHB SLA
Paul Tasker Flag of England LHB LFM
Shaun Pedler Flag of England RHB RM
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