The Priestley Cup is a cricket cup competition contested by clubs in the Bradford Premier League. It is one of the most prestigious club competitions in English cricket and is widely reported by regional media.[1] Matches are played on Sunday afternoons over five rounds, with the final being played at a predetermined neutral venue in late August.
The Cup is named for Sir William Priestley, who was President of the Bradford Cricket League when the competition was founded and donated the silver trophy that continues to be presented to the victorious club.[2]
27 teams have won the competition, which celebrated its centenary in 2004. Undercliffe has been the most successful club with 13 wins up to 2008.
[3]Winners
| Year |
Winners |
Runners-Up
|
| 1904 |
Allerton |
Shelf
|
| 1905 |
Saltaire |
Clayton
|
| 1906 |
Great Horton |
Clayton
|
| 1907 |
Windhill |
Bankfoot
|
| 1908 |
Undercliffe |
Shelf
|
| 1909 |
Great Horton |
Lidget Green
|
| 1910 |
Undercliffe |
Great Horton
|
| 1911 |
Great Horton |
Windhill
|
| 1912 |
Idle |
Undercliffe
|
| 1913 |
Bradford |
Great Horton
|
| 1914 |
Bradford |
Windhill
|
| 1915 |
Bowling Old Lane |
Windhill
|
| 1916 |
Undercliffe |
Tong Park
|
| 1917 |
Undercilffe |
Tong Park
|
| 1918* |
Saltaire |
Bankfoot
|
| 1919 |
Undercliffe |
Pudsey St Lawrence
|
| 1920 |
Bowling Old Lane |
Bankfoot
|
| 1921 |
Keighley |
Saltaire
|
| 1922 |
Bowling Old Lane |
Saltaire
|
| 1923 |
Idle |
Bowling Old Lane
|
| 1924 |
Lidget Green |
Bradford
|
| 1925 |
Windhill |
Lidget Green
|
| 1926 |
Lightcliffe |
Lidget Green
|
| 1927 |
Saltaire |
Queensbury
|
| 1928 |
Bingley |
Bowling Old Lane
|
| 1929 |
Bradford |
Bowling Old Lane
|
| 1930 |
Idle |
East Bierley
|
| 1931 |
Undercliffe |
Bowling Old Lane
|
| 1932 |
Keighley |
Bowling Old Lane
|
| 1933 |
Undercliffe |
East Bierley
|
| 1934 |
Bradford |
Bowling Old Lane
|
| 1935 |
Keighley |
Great Horton
|
| 1936 |
Spen Victoria |
Lightcliffe
|
| 1937 |
Lightcliffe |
Great Horton
|
| 1938 |
Undercliffe |
Windhill
|
| 1939 |
Eccleshill |
Spen Victoria
|
| 1940 |
Undercliffe |
Lidget Green
|
| 1941 |
Saltaire |
Undercliffe
|
| 1942 |
Saltaire |
Windhill
|
| 1943 |
Pudsey St. Lawrence |
Brighouse
|
| 1944 |
Spen Victoria |
Yeadon
|
| 1945 |
Yeadon |
Pudsey St Lawrence
|
| 1946 |
Eccleshill |
Baildon Green
|
| 1947 |
Yeadon |
Salts
|
| 1948 |
Keighley |
Salts
|
| 1949 |
Yeadon |
Farsley
|
| 1950 |
Lightcliffe |
East Bierley
|
| 1951 |
Idle |
Queensbury
|
| 1952 |
Baildon |
Keighley
|
| 1953 |
Bradford |
Idle
|
| 1954 |
Bradford |
Pudsey St Lawrence
|
| 1955 |
Lightcliffe |
Pudsey St Lawrence
|
| 1956 |
Pudsey St Lawrence |
Spen Victoria
|
| 1957 |
Bradford |
East Bierley
|
| 1958 |
Salts |
Lidget Green
|
| 1959 |
Bradford |
Bowling Old Lane
|
| 1960 |
Bradford |
Saltaire
|
| 1961 |
Keighley |
Bowling Old Lane
|
| 1962 |
Bradford |
East Bierley
|
| 1963 |
Farsley |
Bradford
|
| 1964 |
Lightcliffe |
East Bierley
|
|
| Year |
Winners |
Runner-Up
|
| 1965 |
Idle |
Bowling Old Lane
|
| 1966 |
Bradford |
Laisterdyke
|
| 1967 |
Bingley |
Bradford
|
| 1968 |
Bowling Old Lane |
Saltaire
|
| 1969 |
Bingley |
Spen Victoria
|
| 1970 |
Bradford |
Bingley
|
| 1971 |
Bingley |
Spen Victoria
|
| 1972 |
Undercliffe |
Lightcliffe
|
| 1973 |
Bradford |
Bingley
|
| 1974 |
Undercliffe |
Bingley
|
| 1975 |
Undercliffe |
Manningham Mills
|
| 1976 |
Idle |
Bingley
|
| 1977 |
Manningham Mills |
Lightcliffe
|
| 1978 |
Bingley |
Undercliffe
|
| 1979 |
Bingley |
Manningham Mills
|
| 1980 |
Undercliffe |
East Bierley
|
| 1981 |
East Bierley |
Farsley
|
| 1982 |
Eccleshill |
Undercliffe
|
| 1983 |
Farsley |
Yorkshire Bank
|
| 1984 |
East Bierley |
Keighley
|
| 1985 |
Hanging Heaton |
Undercliffe
|
| 1986 |
Hanging Heaton |
Eccleshill
|
| 1987 |
Bingley |
Pudsey St Lawrence
|
| 1988 |
Pudsey St Lawrence |
Yorkshire Bank
|
| 1989 |
Yorkshire Bank |
East Bierley
|
| 1990 |
Spen Victoria |
Pudsey St Lawrence
|
| 1991 |
East Bierley |
Yorkshire Bank
|
| 1992 |
Yorkshire Bank |
Baildon
|
| 1993 |
Yorkshire Bank |
East Bierley
|
| 1994 |
Pudsey Congs |
Yeadon
|
| 1995 |
Farsley |
East Bierley
|
| 1996 |
Baildon |
Bradford & Bingley
|
| 1997 |
Pudsey St Lawrence |
East Bierley
|
| 1998 |
East Bierley |
Pudsey Congs
|
| 1999 |
East Bierley |
Yeadon
|
| 2000 |
East Bierley |
Hanging Heaton
|
| 2001 |
Baildon |
Yeadon
|
| 2002 |
Pudsey Congs |
Pudsey St Lawrence
|
| 2003 |
Bradford & Bingley |
Woodlands
|
| 2004 |
Pudsey Congs |
Woodlands
|
| 2005 |
Pudsey Congs |
Woodlands
|
| 2006 |
Woodlands |
Bowling Old Lane
|
| 2007 |
Pudsey Congs |
Cleckheaton
|
| 2008 |
Pudsey Congs |
Woodlands
|
| 2009 |
East Bierley |
Farsley
|
| 2010 |
Bradford & Bingley |
Farsley
|
| 2011 |
Pudsey St Lawrence |
East Bierley
|
| 2012 |
East Bierley |
Manningham Mills
|
| 2013 |
Lightcliffe |
Hanging Heaton
|
| 2014 |
Pudsey St Lawrence |
Cleckheaton
|
| 2015 |
Bradford & Bingley |
Lightcliffe
|
| 2016 |
Woodlands |
Pudsey St Lawrence
|
| 2017 |
New Farnley |
Methley
|
| 2018 |
Woodlands |
Farsley
|
| 2019 |
Woodlands |
New Farnley
|
| 2020 |
No Competition (COVID)
|
| 2021 |
New Farnley |
Townville
|
| 2022 |
New Farnley |
Methley
|
| 2023 |
Bradford & Bingley |
Woodlands
|
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