His parents had just moved house, having flitted into the Mill House, The year 1910.

Clem Pashley was 9 years old, and he had a great love of cricket and a desire to play the game. A few minutes walk from the Mill House, across the green pastures was a cricket ground whos' team was Rothervale. He would watch all the games he could from then on, and he would throw the ball back from the boundary which would make his urge to play much greater.

Two or three years later he won a scholarship to Woodhouse Grammer School and a place in the school team. At last last he was playing the game he loved most.

After leaving school he played a few games for Rothervale, as some of the young men had gone to serve their country. He also started work as a student engineer.
It was at Treeton Colliery, where he met and became a friend of Billy Littlewood, a friend which lasted for life.

Clem put his idea to Billy about forming a cricket club and asked him to help. A meeting of the two, together with Alec and Albert Tinkler resulted in Clem and Billy going to see Charlie Frost and his brother Arthur. After listening to what the two young men said , Charlie said leave it with me.

He advertised a meeting in the village, which he was to chair, about 100 people attended. Mr Frost opened the meeting and asked Clem and Bill to stand up and tell the meeting of there dreams.

It was agreed by all that Treeton was to go all out to start a Village Cricket Club. Charlie Frost then approached the farmer Ernest Moody who lived in the farm house. The Dream was taking shape, the ground was to be next to the Pit.
So eager for the start Clem and H Morgan, with the help of a business man Mr Robert Staley went to a meeting in Sheffield for the Sugg League. Sugg Sports shop at the time was in Infirmary Road and the meeting was in the basement of the shop. The league accepted Treetons desire to join and duly agreed.

But the Dream had to wait one more year, the ground was not ready for season 1920, more work had to be done on the ground.

The Ground

It was a field at the side of the colliery, overgrown with weeds and rubbish and although the ground work started late in 1919 and the following year 1920. At the bottom of the field was the colliery sidings, at the top was the allotment gardens, colliery buildings on one side, and a large field at the other side. The area was 100yds by slightly over 100yds.

A plan of campaign was drawn up, it sloped from the gardens down to the railway sidings so the wicket was levelled in the centre, rubbish and weeds were cleared dozens of would be players and officials worked from dawn until dusk.
The wicket table was levelled, quantity of soil brought from Orgreave Coke Ovens site was used to fill in any Hollows, and for the wicket, and all available soil was put on below the wicket to make the slope more gradual.

J.W.Cummings the milk man used his horse Tom to pull the roller to level off the wicket in the early spring of 1921, every able body was invited to come and assist, site screens had to be made.

Much money had to be raised, to buy cricket tackle, machines for the outfield and of course the wicket. From the meeting in 1919, concerts, jumble sales, raffles etc, deeds performed by the ladies, who from the beginning up to present day have worked hard.

1921
In January of 1921 the first committee was formed and the officials were.
Mr A. J. Winspear - Chairman
Mr Tom Rossington - Secretary
Mr C Frost - Treasurer
W. Walker - 1st X1 Captain (butcher by trade)
A. Haynes - Vice Captain (miner)
H. Stewart - 2nd X1 Captain (colliery electrical engineer)
T. Rossington - Vice Captain (office worker)
Groundsman Mr Rossington (known as Bit) he only had one arm, the other only had a hook, on, why Bit. Also Mr J Royle.

It was indeed Mr Rossington who first dressed the wicket with ground up clay. Today marl is used.

The colliery (Orgreave) was to make a pavilion, and there is no doubt that the brains behind it would be the chairman Mr A Winspear. Also Sir Walter-Benton Jones he was to hold the office of President of the club.

The work continued on the ground and the wicket was ready for use, for J.W.Cummins had made sure his horse Tom did its work well by fastening cloth and sacking on its hoofs so it would not damage the wicket.

The site screens and the pavilion were in place by April 1921, although the pavilion was to be opened officially in July by Mr W Kyle of the Grange Treeton. Also present was the Manager of Treeton and Orgreave Collieries.

Treeton 1st X1 was to play in the Wales and District League and the 2nd X1 in the C Division of the Sugg League.

The season started with both teams playing away.

1st X1 v Hartill
W. Walker - captain
A. Haynes - vice captain
B. Littlewood
A. Winspear
H. Rossington
A. Wright
F. Pye
J. Cummings
E. Cutts
H. Uttley
G. Walton

2nd X1 v Stocksbridge
H. Stewart - captain
T. Rossington - vice captain
H. Cope
C. Pashley
S. Manship
A. Tinkler
S. Winspear
F. Hansen
H. Morgan
P. Manship
T. Pashley

The club had purchased some tackle, Clem Pashley and H Morgan was elected to see this, they went to Sugg sports shop and bought bats at the price of 3 shillings and sixpence, others at 40 shillings and sixpence. The first match was on May 1st 1921.

The 1st X1 travelled to Harthill. Harthill were the league winners in 1920 and Treeton won by 8 wickets.

The 2nd X1 playing at Stocksbridge were all out for 28 and lost to the score of 29 for 9. Stocksbridge were 23 for 9 a straight drive was thought to have crossed the boundary. A Treeton player just flogged after it, the batsman carried on running and ran six to win the match.