Yorkshire County Crown Green Bowling Association

Yorkshire Merit Roll of Honour

• 1895 ~ J.Squire beat H.S.Pearson at Undercliffe.
• 1896 ~ A.Brooke beat H.Squire at Sheepridge.
• 1897 ~ J.West beat A.Stead at Sheepridge.
• 1898 ~ J.Walker beat M.Roberts at Mirfield.
• 1899 ~ C.Hirst beat E.F.Thompson at Cleckheaton.
• 1900 ~ H.Heaton beat J.Gledhill at Clifton.
• 1901 ~ H.Squire beat E.Eastwood at Mirfield.
• 1902 ~ C.Hirst beat W.Spencer at Spen.
• 1903 ~ E.Carter beat J.Stead at Clifton.
• 1904 ~ W.Hirst beat J.Collinson at Waterloo.
• 1905 ~ D.Berry beat E.Eastwood at Mirfield.
• 1906 ~ F.W.Booth beat H.S.Pearson at Craddock & Co. (Wakefield).
• 1907 ~ J.Lowe beat G.P.Thewliss at Headingley.
• 1908 ~ W.Mitchell beat A.Jagger at Lindley.
• 1909 ~ A.Howarth beat J.T.Secker at Halifax B.C.
• 1910 ~ A.Roebuck beat F.Heaton at Dewsbury.
• 1911 ~ G.P.Thewliss beat A.Jagger at Holbeck.
• 1912 ~ Webster Haigh beat N.Hanson at Mirfield Black Bull.
• 1913 ~ Albert Brown beat A.Cropper at Paddock.
• 1914 ~ F.Eastwood beat F.Cookson at Waterloo.
• 1915 ~ A.Jagger beat G.P.Thewliss at Spen.
• 1916 ~ No Competition.
• 1917 ~ No Competition.
• 1918 ~ J.Hinchliffe beat E.Dyson at Low Moor Harold.
• 1919 ~ H.J.Mellor beat F.Heaton at Huddersfield C.& A.C.
• 1920 ~ J.Fort beat F.Stead at Ravensthorpe.
• 1921 ~ F.Dickinson beat H.Hirst at High Harrogate.
• 1922 ~ H.Whitwam beat A.Drake at Halifax B.C.
• 1923 ~ G.P.Thewliss beat G.W.Speight at Cleckheaton.
• 1924 ~ W.Wray beat G.H.Kaye at Milnsbridge County.
• 1925 ~ F.Heaton beat H.Best at Halifax B.C.
• 1926 ~ F.Cookson beat G.Fielding at Heckmondwike.
• 1927 ~ P.Kilner beat G.Dinsdale at Low Moor Harold.
• 1928 ~ H.Walker beat F.Pilling at Springwood.
• 1929 ~ G.Dinsdale beat A.Bintcliffe at Armley Liberal.
• 1930 ~ J.Shepherd beat A.Appleyard at Cleckheaton Ltd.
• 1931 ~ W.Fountain beat J.Bottomley at Halifax B.C.
• 1932 ~ G.W.Garthwaite beat J.Fort at Linthwaite Hall.
• 1933 ~ W.Lister beat L.Kilner at Armley Conservative.
• 1934 ~ E.W.Dobson (Horsforth Con.) beat H.Pearson (Golcar) at Spen Victoria.
• 1935 ~ J.Metcalfe (Keighley Airdale) beat C.Varley (Spenboro' Ex-Svce.) at Brighouse Dyers.
• 1936 ~ G.A.Fielding (Dinnington) beat W.Barker (Horsforth Conservative) at Halifax B.C.
• 1937 ~ A.Booth (Bailiffs Bridge) beat J.Metcalfe (Skipton Devon) at British Dyes, Huddersfield.
• 1938 ~ H.Shaw (Low Moor Harold) beat J.Feirn (Wath Athletic) at Heckmondwike.
• 1939 ~ C.Housecroft (Spen Victoria) beat A.Harrowsmith (Cleckheaton C.& B.C.) at Cleckheaton Ltd.
• 1940 ~ T.H.Martin (Spen Victoria) beat R.Jagger (Elland Liberal) at British Dyestuffs, Huddersfield.
• 1941 ~ F.Bryan (Wood & Rigby Sports) beat J.Crampton (Bromley Lib.) at I.C.I. Huddersfield.
• 1942 ~ H.E.Ogden (Mytholmroyd Church Inst.) beat V.Durrans (Taylor Hill W.M.) at Bailiffs Bridge.
• 1943 ~ T.H.Martin (Spen Victoria) beat F.Bentley (Spen Victoria) at Springwood.
• 1944 ~ A.Wilby (Ossett Flying Horse) beat W.Barker (Littlemoor W.M.) at Springwood.
• 1945 ~ J.Bennett (Brinsworth & Canklow W.M.) beat S.Garthwaite (Milnsbridge B.C.) at Spen Victoria.
• 1946 ~ B.Longbottom (Cleckheaton C.& B.C.) beat H.Hinchley (Harlow Hill) at Taylor Hill W.M.
• 1947 ~ W.Smith (Spen Victoria) beat A.Haigh (Crosland Moor Lib.) at Taylor Hill.
• 1948 ~ D.Blackburn (Lower Hopton) beat W.Dransfield (Bradley & Colne W.M.C.) at Thornton Lodge.
• 1949 ~ J.Hartley (Hebden Bridge) beat H.G.Thornton (Halifax) at Slaithwaite C.& B.C.
• 1950 ~ B.Armitage (Crosland Moor Lib.) beat S.Lockett (Low Moor Harold) at I.C.I. Huddersfield.
• 1951 ~ F.Ellis (Bramley B.C.) beat J.Hartley (Hebden Bridge) at Huddersfield C.& A.C.
• 1952 ~ V.Sugden (Crosland Moor Lib.) beat R.Hopkinson (Bromley Lib.) at Taylor Hill W.M.
• 1953 ~ W.Cleveland (Thornhill Scarboro') beat B.Longbottom (Cleckheaton C.& B.C.) at I.C.I. Huddersfield.
• 1954 ~ J.Garner (Meltham) beat W.Woodhead (Dodworth Horse and Jockey) at Taylor Hill W.M.
• 1955 ~ V.Sugden (Crosland Moor Lib.) beat D.Jenkinson (Crosland Moor Lib.) at Newsome W.M.
• 1956 ~ C.Armitage (Ossett Flying Horse) beat N.Lodge (Denby Dale) at Cleckheaton.
• 1957 ~ R.Laycock (Mirfield Old Bank) beat R.Calvert (Taylor Hill) at Thornton Lodge B.C.
• 1958 ~ R.Sykes (Lindley W.M.C.) beat B.Denham (Spen Victoria) at Dewsbury Rugby.
• 1959 ~ G.Townsend (Newsome W.M.) beat J.Booth (Brighouse Boro Band) at Low Moor Harold.
• 1960 ~ S.Swift (Linthwaite C.& B.C.) beat A.Wilby (Ravensthorpe B.C.) at Huddersfield H.C.& A.C.
• 1961 ~ J.A.Chapman (Sowerby Bridge W.E.) beat F.Whitehead (New Monkton, Ryhill) at Elland C.& B.C.
• 1962 ~ R.Jagger (Outlane) beat J.Green (Mirfield Old Bank) at Dewsbury Rugby.
• 1963 ~ J.Bissell (Worsborough Common Highstone) beat B.Denham (Spen Victoria) at Crosland Moor Liberal.
• 1964 ~ B.Denham (Spen Victoria) beat R.Green (Worsborough Common) at Brighouse Dyers.
• 1965 ~ M.Murgatroyd (Luddenden Foot) beat N.Wilkinson (Horsforth Cons) at Almondbury Liberal.
• 1966 ~ S.Kershaw (Heckmondwike B.C.) beat C.Roberts (Brighouse C.& B.C.) at Elland C.A.& B.C.
• 1967 ~ F.Howlett (Cowcliffe Lib.) beat J.Green (Mirfield Old Bank) at Elland C.A.& B.C.
• 1968 ~ D.J.Ripley (Horsforth Cons.) beat G.M.Barden (Spen Victoria) at Brighouse Dyers & Social Club.
• 1969 ~ D.Marshall (Ackroyd Park) beat A.Milnes (Sowerby Bridge Hillcrest) at Elland C.A.& B.C.
• 1970 ~ D.J.Ripley (Horsforth Con.) beat E.Browse (Halifax B.C.) at Elland C.A.& B.C.
• 1971 ~ B.M.Armitage (Newsome W.M.) beat R.Taylor (Stainland Park) at Brighouse Dyers & S.C.
• 1972 ~ K.Johnson (Skipton Devon) beat D.J.Ripley (Horsforth Con.) at Elland C.A.& B.C.
• 1973 ~ F.Ingham (Spen Victoria) beat H.H.Cooke (Grimethorpe Welfare) at Horbury W.M.C.
• 1974 ~ T.Collinge (Mytholmroyd B.C.) beat B.Lund (Skipton Devon) at Asquith's Social.
• 1975 ~ G.M.Bardon (Newsome W.M.C.) beat R.Wilby (Wath Athletic) at Dodworth Welfare.
• 1976 ~ D.Blackburn (Crosland Moor Lib.) beat G.Dennison (Walsden C.& B.C.) at Asquith's Social.
• 1977 ~ A.R.Young (Almondbury Lib.) beat R.Taylor (H.C.& A.C.) at Low Moor Harold.
• 1978 ~ R.Brookes (Ardsley Welfare) beat W.P.Reece (Liversedge Hightown Libs.) at Mexborough Athletic.
• 1979 ~ R.Nicholson (Akroyd Park) beat K.G.Smith (Horsforth Cons.) at Colnebridge W.M.C.
• 1980 ~ A.Thompson (Mirfield Old Bank) beat F.Wrathall (D.B.Tractors) at Horbury W.M.C.
• 1981 ~ H.Haigh (Crosland Moor Liberal) beat A.Thompson (Mirfield Old Bank) at I.C.I. Huddersfield.
• 1982 ~ N.Cranston (Horsforth Cons) beat N.Jaques (Meltham B.C.) at Cleckheaton Sports.
• 1983 ~ V.Sugden (Newsome W.M.C.) beat R.Priestley (Sowerby Bridge West End) at Elland C.A.& B.C.
• 1984 ~ R.Hitchen (Akroyd Park) beat J.D.Muff (Low Moor) at Wakefield Sports.
• 1985 ~ R.Hitchen (Akroyd Park) beat I.Bottomley (Akroyd Park) at Netherton Con.
• 1986 ~ R.Nicholson (Mason Green) beat J.D.Wright (Longwood) at Elland C.A.& B.C.
• 1987 ~ G.M.Bardon (Newsome) beat A.Thompson (Mirfield Old Bank) at I.C.I. Rec., Huddersfield.
• 1988 ~ J.D.Wright (Longwood) beat R.Crowther (Longwood) at Elland C.A.& B.C.
• 1989 ~ C.R.Squires (Longwood) beat R.Hrabar (Myrtle Park) at I.C.I. Rec., Huddersfield.
• 1990 ~ A.Thompson (Mirfield Old Bank) beat R.Hrabar (Myrtle Park) at I.C.I. Rec., Huddersfield.
• 1991 ~ I.Bottomley (Akroyd Park) beat D.Harrison (Mirfield Old Bank) at Elland C.A.& B.C.
• 1992 ~ G.M.Bardon (Almondbury Con.) beat A.Sykes (Mirfield Old Bank) at I.C.I. Rec., Huddersfield.
• 1993 ~ B.Jenkins (Lower Hopton) beat R.Hitchen (Akroyd Park) at Zeneca, Huddersfield.
• 1994 ~ R.Hitchen (Akroyd Park) beat D.Armitage (Ossett Flying Horse) at Zeneca, Huddersfield.
• 1995 ~ J.R.Bentley (Cleckheaton Sports) beat R.Hitchen (Akroyd Park) at Zeneca, Huddersfield.
• 1996 ~ J.Webster (Springwood) beat S.Hirst (Kirkheaton C.& B.C.) at Zeneca, Huddersfield.
• 1997 ~ I.Smith (Akroyd Park) beat D.Blackburn (Slaithwaite C.& B.C.) at Almondbury Liberal, Huddersfield.
• 1998 ~ S.Haigh (Netherton Con.) beat A.Thompson (Mirfield Old Bank) at Almondbury Liberal, Huddersfield.
• 1999 ~ S.Hirst (Thongsbridge C.& B.C.) beat S.Thompson (Green B.C.) at Almondbury Liberal, Huddersfield.