Cricket club hit for six by costly break-in

DELPH and Dobcross Cricket Club has been left with a bill of almost £2,000 after being targeted by burglars.

The thieves broke in and smashed a door before stealing bottles of spirits and the float from a till.

A TV was left only because it couldn’t be taken down from the wall.

The burglar alarm was activated and later smashed during the break-in, at around 3.30am on Monday.

The incident went undiscovered until staff arrived for work later that day.

Les Harrison, groundsman and committee member at the Huddersfield Road club, said: “It is upsetting when things like this happen.”

Police are investigating.


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