Barnsley Woolley Miners Cricket Club members play in the

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the club won the league title in 2006 for the first time in its history. The club is based at Shaw Lane (Cricket Ground), which hosted four

Benson and Hedges Cup The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals. It was the third major one-day competition established in Engla ...

ties in the 1970s and one first class match between Yorkshire and an All England XI in the 19th century. Many famous cricketers began their careers at Barnsley, notably

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and Harold Dennis '' Dickie'' Bird while chat show host

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also batted for the team. They are now all vice presidents of the club while other players to have played for Barnsley in recent years include

Arnie Sidebottom Arnold "Arnie" Sidebottom (born 1 April 1954) is an English former footballer and cricketer, who played cricket for Yorkshire and played one Test match for England. Football Sidebottom was born in Shawlands, Barnsley, Yorkshire, and started ...

, Steve Oldham, Graham Stevenson,

Martyn Moxon Martyn Douglas Moxon (born 4 May 1960) is a former English cricketer, who played in ten Test matches and eight One Day Internationals for England and for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1980 and 1997. In May 2007, Moxon was confirmed as ...

Darren Gough Darren Gough (born 18 September 1970) is a retired English cricketer and former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The spearhead of England's bowling attack through much of the 1990s, he is England's second highest wicket-taker in one-da ...

, Mark Beardshall, Peter Heseltine,

Alex Morris Alex Morris (born Alexander Corfield Morris, 4 October 1977 in Barnsley, West Yorkshire, England) is an English former first-class cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler, who, during his eight years in firs ...

Azeem Rafiq Azeem Rafiq ( ur, عظیم رفیق; born 27 February 1991) is a British Asian cricketer who played professionally in England for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. A right arm off-spin bowler, Rafiq played for the county between 2008 and 2014 and 20 ...

, Gary Ballance, and Oliver Hannon-Dalby. The club has four senior teams being :
1st XI (

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2nd XI ( South Yorkshire Cricket League)
3rd XI "Clarence" ( South Yorkshire Cricket League)
4th XI "Beechfield" ( Pontefract & District Cricket League)

References

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External links

Barnsley Cricket Club
- official site
Barnsley Cricket Club
- Play-Cricket site English club cricket teams Sport in Barnsley Cricket in South Yorkshire