The league is essentially based on Craven and so includes several teams from the main Craven centres such as Skipton, Settle, Cross Hills and Cononley, but its catchment extends into nearby districts of Lancashire and West Yorkshire with, for example, teams from Bradford, Colne, Ilkley, Keighley and Pendle also taking part.
He was killed in an accident with a misfiring trench mortar during training at the age of 43 on 28 March 1942 near Ilkley.
Ilkley | Ilkley Moor |
Briggs built his first loudspeaker in the cellar of his home in Ilkley in the valley of the River Wharfe known as Wharfedale.
The Lower Division included the parishes of Aberford, Bardsey, Barwick-in-Elmet, Kippax, Thorner, Whitkirk and part of Harewood, while the Upper Division included the parishes of Adel, Bingley, Guiseley and parts of Harewood, Ilkley and Otley.