The history of cricket in Cawthorne goes back over a hundred years, the club being founded in the grounds of Cannon Hall park by the Spencer-Stanhope family, and subsequently controlled as it is today by the people of the village. The earliest recorded evidence of cricket at Cawthorne is 1843, the official founding date of the club but it is likely that the game was played there long before then.
In those days, enthusiasm was greater than ability and with the exception of winning the Barnsley Independent Cup in 1905, success was conspicuous by its absence until in 1936 Cawthorne won the Penistone League without losing a match
It appeared that the club would become extinct when, after the war, the ground was requisitioned and Cannon Hall Park broken up on its sale by the Spencer-Stanhope family. However the Miners Welfare took the opportunity to purchase the present grounds from the Cannon Hall estate and in the early 1950's laid a new wicket and constructed a pavilion. After a short spell in the Barnsley League the club joined the Huddersfield Central League, before moving to the semi professional status by joining the Huddersfield Drakes Cricket League in 2011.
Outstanding results were achieved in the 1970's when that great team did the double of winning the Allsop Cup and the League title on three occasions 1971, '75 and '77. Achieving Premiership status in the late '90's, heralded a period of success in the club's most recent history. Runners up in the Allsop Cup in 2001 and 2005, winners of that trophy in 2004 and winning the Premiership title in 2005 show that the club is in good shape. It should not be forgotten, either, that in 2005 the second eleven finished fifth in section 'B', the best performance of all the second teams in all the leagues.
Back in 1953 the committee were given a free hand to organise cricket provided that the ground was suitably maintained and that constant improvements and alterations were made. With the erection of the self-funded new pavilion and the reintroduction of Junior teams, the long tradition of cricket at this most beautiful of grounds will continue for many years to come and prove the wisdom of the original decision.