Hackenthorpe Cricket Club
Hackenthorpe Cricket Club was a cricket club in Hackenthorpe, Sheffield, England. Although the team is now a local Yorkshire team, prior to Hackenthorpe being incorporated into Sheffield in the 1930s, the village and team was located in Derbyshire county.
History
The Cricket club was started due to the efforts of local businessman James Hounsfield that resided at Hackenthorpe Hall. Mr Hounsfield originally gave the club a free 40-year lease on the cricket ground that today is found next to Rainbow Forge school. A pavilion was built which contained an oak chest in which bats and other equipment were stored. The players arranged a set one night per week practice. Many local families in the village were associated with the cricket club, including the Hounsfields themselves, Havenhands and Staniforths. In the early years the team relied on horse and wagon to get the players around the county for matches. Local driver John Hempsell arranged to pick up the players from either of the villages inns, the Bluebell or the Sportsman Inn.One of the first recorded games took place on 12 May 1888 and involved a H.B Lund, who was schoolmaster at Hackenthorpe Infants School scoring at Shirecliffe Hall. The score for this match was Hackenthorpe 10 for 60, Shirecliffe Hall 10 for 43. The first home match recorded was played against Collegiate. This match ended with Hackenthorpe winning by 21 runs.
The Hackenthorpe team recorded on 12 May 1888 consisted of:
- Thomas Hounsfield
- J. Hounsfield
- F. Rippon
- J. Frith
- M. Helliwell
- T. Booth
- W. Henshaw
- A. Booth
- A. Renshaw
- H. Barker and
- T. Wostenholm
The team would then go on to win the Norton and District Trophy in 1938.
With the outbreak of World War II, the team disbanded in 1939 and then reformed in 1946.