Highbury Works Cricket Club

Keeping the
Memory Alive

Sixty years of cricket at Highbury, from the works team of 1928 to the final season. A place to remember the players, the ground, and the friendliest club in the Leeds League.

Established 1928 by the workers of Highbury Works, Leeds

Highbury Cricket Club was formed by employees of Robert Jowitt and Sons Ltd, and went on to play in the Yorkshire Central League and the Leeds League for over sixty years. From Ken Burnett's championship-winning side of 1946 to the Hepworth Cup Final of 1976, from Jim Moulton's four decades tending the square to the tree-lined boundaries surrounded by streams that made it the friendliest ground in the league, this site is a place to remember it all.

Browse the archive of team photographs, trophies, handbooks and memorabilia, or read the full history of the club from its founding to its final season.