The hardships of wartime are evident in the informal nature of a contract to engage W.H. Newell as pro in 1945. His fee was 25/- per match. It was written on the back of an invoice for a 12 volt 6 watt S.C.C. bulb from George Box Ltd.!

In 1947 a letter was written to thank the Ladies Committee for a gift of £50 - which they had donated to the club after a stint of fundraising.

Birstall Cricket Club claimed a remarkable treble in 1954: scooping the Central Yorkshire League, the Heavy Woollen Cup and the Wheatley Cup.

After some difficult years in the mid-1960s, the club started to plan for the future. A new bar was opened in 1969. The clubhouse extension was then officially opened by Brian Sellers, the former Yorkshire captain, in the following year and the bar was
extended in 1974.

And in recent decades Birstall have claimed their fair share of Central Yorkshire League silverware.

They also possess one of the best-appointed grounds in the area.