Sport
West Bretton Cricket Club is located on Park Lane and has two teams in the Pontefract & District Cricket League, in Divisions 2 and 5. The Sunday side plays in the Barnsley & District Sunday League, in Division 1. In 2007 the club celebrated its centenary year, and marked the occasion by inviting the former England wicket-keeper turned artist Jack Russell to visit the ground and paint a landscape of the pitch and clubhouse. A team from the club recently won the Copmanthorpe 8s tournament in Copmanthorpe, York. The ground is a classic example of village cricket, with its picturesque setting adjacent to the sculpture park.
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