prepared primarily for batting makes for an exciting blend of cricket popular with supporters. Winners Source: Performance by season from 2016 2022 1st XI Teams Premier Division Bankfoot Batley Bradford & Bingley Cleckheaton Farsley Hanging Heaton Methley New Farnley Ossett Pudsey St. Lawrence Townville Woodlands Championship Baildon Birstall Carlton East Ardsley East Bierley Gomersal Jer Lane Keighley Morley Pudsey Congs Undercliffe Wrenthorpe Division One Bowling Old Lane Buttershaw St. Pauls Crossflats Great Preston Hartshead Moor Hopton Mills Hunslet Nelson Lightcliffe Northowram Fields Sandal Wakefield St. Michaels Yeadon Division Two Adwalton Altofts Brighouse Crossbank Methodists East Leeds Gildersome & Farnley Hill Heckmondwike & Carlinghow Liversedge Rodley Scholes (Cleckheaton) Spen Victoria Windhill & Daisy Hill Noted players Some of the more notable members include Leonard Hutton, who was a youngster at Pudsey St Lawrence and Jack Hobbs who played at Idle between 1915 and 1918. Notable overseas players include West Indian fast bowler Learie Constantine, Indian Test player VVS Laxman and Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf. The following Bradford League players have played international cricket: Baildon Brian Close (England) Matthew Hoggard (England) Colin de Grandhomme (New Zealand) Bankfoot Anthony McGrath (England) Derek Underwood (England) Bowling Old Lane Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan) Martyn Moxon (England) Darren Gough (England) Bill Athey (England) Doug Padgett (England) Frank Lowson (England) Harold Rhodes (England) Bradford & Bingley Gareth Batty (England) Matthew Hoggard (England) Adil Rashid (England) Brighouse George Hirst (England) Wilfred Rhodes (England) Cleckheaton Yajurvindra Singh (India) Suru Nayak (India) Abey Kuruvilla (India) Ian Austin (England) Andrew Gale (England U19) Iain Wardlaw (Scotland) East Bierley Edwin St Hill (West Indies) Collis King (West Indies) Les Taylor (England) Roy Gilchrist (West Indies) Nick Cook (England) Jack Birkenshaw (England) Gavin Hamilton (England/Scotland) Esholt Lou Vincent (New Zealand) Farsley Ray Illingworth (England) Brian Bolus (England) Craig White (England) Nathan Astle (New Zealand) Graham Roope (England) Gomersal Tony Blain (New Zealand) Great Horton Imran Nazir (Pakistan) Hanging Heaton Abdul Qadir (Pakistan) Dilip Vengsarkar (India) Sameer Dighe (India) Hartshead Moor Shahid Mahboob (Pakistan) Jacob Martin (India) Idle Jack Hobbs (England) Stewie Dempster (New Zealand) Dinusha Fernando (Sri Lanka) Ijaz Ahmed (Pakistan) Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan) Doug Padgett (England) Keighley Frank Woolley (England) Jack Hearne (England) Schofield Haigh (England) Eddie Paynter (England) Arthur Dolphin (England) Lightcliffe Mohammed Kaif (India) Manningham Mills Phil Sharpe (England) Mike Veletta (Australia) Morley Bobby Peel (England) Pudsey Congs Herbert Sutcliffe (England) Matthew Hoggard (England) Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Pakistan) VVS Laxman (India) Paul