A "village" club in an inner city environment, St Chads Cricket Club was founded in Far Headingley in the early 1880's, playing at their ground in front of St Chads Church since 1922. The original team played friendly games on both Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The club merged with Headingley Broomfield Cricket Club in 1979 to form St Chads Broomfield, and the club fielded two sides in the Wetherby League in its first year. In the early 1980's a 3rd XI was formed, initially to play friendlies, before joining the Dales Council league, and becoming a member of the Wetherby League in the mid 1990's.
Currently the club still runs three sides in the Wetherby League on Saturday afternoons. The 1st and 2nd XI still play in front of St Chads Church to the sounds of the church bells on a Saturday afternoon and the 3rd XI play a short distance away at Glen Road.
In 2008 the 1st XI regained their spot in the top division by winning the 2nd Division Championship and are waiting for the start of the new season to allow them to play the 2008 Fred Fleetwood Cup Final and Senior Evening Cup Semi Final and Final carried over due to the bad weather. The 2nd XI and 3rd XI continue to perform strongly and move between the 2nd/3rd and 4th/5th/6th Divisions respectively. In 2008 the 2nd XI reached the Reserve Evening Cup Final and the 3rd XI won the 6th Division Championship and reached the Betty Chadderton Rose Bowl Final.
We have junior teams at U7, U9, U11, U13, U15 and U17 age groups and are trying to get enough young ladies to have an U13 girls team.
We have recently achieved Club Mark accreditation and work hard to make the Club an enjoyable and safe one to be part of!

Cup Dates Sunday 5th July - 1st XI v Leeds Police (Fred Fleetwood Cup Quarter Final) Thursday 9th July - U17's v Tadcaster Magnets at Bardsey (Nicholas Priestley Trophy FINAL) Sunday 12

This summer Vodafone have put together an impressive line up of cricketing events and celebrations, including the chance to win npower Ashes tickets as part of the Vodafone Street Sixes. The Vodafone



