Hessle
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Hessle
Cricket CLUB
A passion for cricket since 1838
Hessle Cricket Club is one of the oldest clubs in Yorkshire. They have
played a big part in the local community for nearly 200 years and are
working hard to continue to do so for many years to come.
Founded in 1838, the club originally played on a site in
the centre of the village up to the 1920’s and then at the local
recreational ground. In 1977, the club joined forces with Hessle
RUFC to provide the community with one of the best all-year
round sporting facilities in the area. Set in the shadow of the
Humber Bridge and on the banks of the River Humber, this
picturesque setting is now well established as its spiritual
home.
Hessle currently run three senior teams on a Saturday/
Sunday throughout the summer and have a vibrant junior
section that comes alive on Sunday mornings at the club with
local kids of all abilities, disabilities, race and gender from the
age of 5 to 15.
On the field, Hessle was undoubtedly at its strongest in a
real purple patch from 1947 to 1963 when it’s 1st team won the
top division 11 times and the cup 3 times. The 1980’s saw the
1st team win the league 3 times in 4 years and the 1990s saw the
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2nd and 3rd teams win 4 leagues and two cups. A lean period
followed until 2015 when the 2nd team won a T20 cup. Further
success soon followed in 2016 with the 1st team picking up a
league title for the first time in 30 years.
Off the field recently, Hessle appeared on Sky Sports
Cricket AM where they were last seen giving former England
captain Adam Hollioke a tough time in the end of programme
“bowl off”.
Hessle’s recent success at both senior and junior level is not
by accident. They are currently half way through a 5-year plan
to revitalize the set up after having a long hard look at what
was happening within the club and on the local cricket scene.
A simple plan - improve the playing facilities to attract and
keep senior players and attract and develop an army of young
people to be the next generation of Hessle cricketers.
Chairman Mark Rudston, himself a 4th generation cricketer
with Hessle, commented in 2015, “We’ve come to realise that