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