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3. 2010 - Present


In 2010, Adwalton more than held their own with three batters in Paul Bennett (467 runs), Chris Priestley (450 runs) and Bagnall (433 runs) all scoring runs freely. In addition to his runs Bagnall also took 58 wickets at 16.22. The momentum of two promising seasons evaporated when relegation was the name of the game in 2011 after 15 losses in the league campaign. Bagnall took 38 wickets in a team with few achievers. It was a sobering thought to be in the fourth sphere of the league in 2012.

Eleven victories in 2012 could not drag Adwalton up the divisions despite Christopher Curtis winning the League Wicket-Keeping Trophy with 19 victims. Gary Sagar averaged 43.83 with the bat, while Matthew Donohoe was the top aggregate scorer with 520 runs.

Bagnall came close to winning the All Rounders Trophy for the division after taking 49 wickets and scoring over 400 runs again. He closely replicated this feat in 2013 with 499 runs and 42 wickets, but had few colleagues except Ben Garner (615 runs) to help him launch a promotion bid.

After league re-organisation Adwalton found themselves in the 1st Division in 2014 which was effectively the third sphere for first teams. However, fortunes did not improve when they recorded just one win to finish next bottom to Mirfield. The only redeeming feature of a dismal season was Donohoe’s innings of 105 v Rodley.

In what turned out to be Adwalton’s last season in the Central Yorkshire League they never really threatened the top two, but did finish third in a much better campaign in 2015. The best individual performance came from Donohoe who scored 706 runs at 50.43 to finish second in the League Batting Averages. Curtis won the League Wicket-Keeping Trophy for the second time in three seasons.

After a Yorkshire Premier League shake-up in the area the Central Yorkshire League clubs were absorbed into the Bradford League in 2016 with Adwalton taking its place in the Conference.