Editing Pudsey (section)

==Sport==
The [[English national cricket team|England]] cricket captain Sir [[Len Hutton]] was born in nearby [[Fulneck Moravian Settlement|Fulneck]] and was called "the man from Pudsey".<ref>[[John Kay (cricket journalist)|John Kay]], ''Ashes to Hassett'', Sidgewick & Sons, 1951, p. 158</ref> [[Raymond Illingworth]], another former England cricket captain, was born in Pudsey as was the England fast bowler [[Matthew Hoggard]] and the snooker player [[Danny Fowler]]. For over a hundred years the Yorkshire County Cricket Club had at least one player who came from the old Borough of Pudsey. The England opening batsman [[Herbert Sutcliffe]] attended Pudsey School and learnt his cricket with the [[Pudsey St Lawrence Cricket Club|Pudsey St Lawrence]] and Pudsey Britannia cricket clubs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Blue plaque commemorates careers of two of cricket's greatest ever players |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/cricket/blue-plaque-commemorates-careers-two-crickets-greatest-ever-players-613433 |access-date=4 May 2020 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=30 October 2016}}</ref>

===Cricket clubs===
Pudsey Congs Cricket Club is an English amateur [[cricket]] club with a history of cricket in the village dating back to the 1892.<ref name="Pudsey Congs CC History">{{cite web|url=https://www.pudseycongscricket.com/about |title=Where it all began... |website=pudseycongscricket.com |accessdate=28 January 2024 |publisher=Pudsey Congs CC}}</ref> The club has been based on the former Pudsey Britannia Cricket Club ground since they purchased it in 1977.<ref name="Pudsey Congs play-cricket">{{cite web|url=https://pudseycongs.play-cricket.com/Aboutus |title=About Us |website=pudseycongs.play-cricket.com |accessdate=28 January 2024 |publisher=Pudsey Congs CC}}</ref> Pudsey Congs field three senior teams. Their 1st and 2nd teams are in the [[Bradford Premier League]]<ref name="Bradford Premier League">{{cite web|url=https://bradfordcl.play-cricket.com/home |title=Bradford Premier League |website=bradfordcl.play-cricket.com |publisher=BPL |accessdate=28 January 2024}}</ref> and their 3rd team in the Dales Council Cricket League.<ref name="Dales Council Cricket League">{{cite web|url=https://dccl.play-cricket.com/home |title=Dales Council Cricket League |website=dccl.play-cricket.com |publisher=DCCL |accessdate=28 January 2024}}</ref> Their junior training section play competitive cricket in the Bradford Junior Cricket League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bjcl.play-cricket.com/home |website=bjcl.play-cricket.com |title=Bradford Junior Cricket League |publisher=BJCL |accessdate=28 January 2024 }}</ref>

[[Pudsey St Lawrence Cricket Club]] was founded in 1845<ref name="Pudsey St Lawrence CC History">{{cite web|url=https://pudseystlawrencecc.co.uk/landmark-history-moments |title=Landmark History Moments |website=pudseystlawrencecc.co.uk |publisher=Pudsey St Lawrence CC |accessdate=28 January 2024 }}</ref> and is based on Tofts Road.<ref name="Pudsey St Lawrence play-cricket">{{cite web|url=https://pstl.play-cricket.com/Aboutus |title=About Us |website=pstl.play-cricket.com |accessdate=28 January 2024 |publisher=Pudsey St Lawrence CC}}</ref> The club has a significant success record, with 10 [[Bradford Premier League]] championship titles to their name.<ref name="Bradford Premier League" /> Pudsey St Lawrence field two senior teams in the [[Bradford Premier League]]<ref name="Bradford Premier League" /> and a 3rd team in the Dales Council Cricket League.<ref name="Dales Council Cricket League" /> Their junior training section play competitive cricket in the Airedale & Wharfedale Junior Cricket League,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://awjcl.play-cricket.com/home |website=awjcl.play-cricket.com/home |title=Airedale & Wharfedale Junior Cricket League |publisher=A&WJCL |accessdate=28 January 2024 }}</ref> a junior girls league with the West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wywgcl.play-cricket.com/home |website=wywgcl.play-cricket.com |title=West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League |publisher=WYW&GL |accessdate=28 January 2024 }}</ref> and a late summer junior league in the Leeds Cricket League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://leedscricketleague.play-cricket.com/home |website=leedscricketleague.play-cricket.com |title=Leeds Cricket League |publisher=LCL |accessdate=28 January 2024 }}</ref>