Hanging Heaton won the Yorkshire Championship in 2017, the only team from the Bradford League to do so thus far.
The turn of the century saw the domination of Pudsey Congs and Woodlands within the top division.
Both the Cup and Shield are named for Sir William Priestley, who donated the presentation trophies for which the competitions are played.
[6] The League competition is made up of fixtures of fifty overs per side, with each team playing the others in their division both home and away.
[9] Source:[10] Some of the more notable members include Leonard Hutton, who was a youngster at Pudsey St Lawrence and Jack Hobbs who played at Idle between 1915 and 1918. Notable overseas players include West Indian fast bowler Learie Constantine, Indian Test player VVS Laxman and Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf.
The following Bradford League players have played international cricket: Baildon Bankfoot Bowling Old Lane Bradford & Bingley Brighouse Cleckheaton East Bierley Esholt Farsley Gomersal Great Horton Hanging Heaton Hartshead Moor Idle Keighley Lightcliffe Manningham Mills Morley Pudsey Congs Pudsey St Lawrence Queensbury Saltaire Spen Victoria Undercliffe[19] Windhill Yeadon
In April 1999, Kathryn Leng became the first woman to play in the Bradford League, representing the former Yorkshire Bank club.