ONE of the oldest cricket clubs in the Forest of Dean has been bowled out – by foraging wild boar.

Yorkley Star cricket Club, which has been playing on the village’s Cut and Fry Green since 1880, was forced to close for reseeding after an attack by boar in May.

The club has now ‘left the crease’ for good after a second attack left the green looking more like a ploughed field than a cricket ground.

Alec Kear, a trustee of the club, said: “Yorkley Star Cricket club has now ceased to exist. Earlier in the year we spent money restoring and reseeding a very large patch of boar damage but cricket could not be played all season.

“Friday morning another huge patch of damage has occurred and we too have admitted defeat as the club has not got enough money to repair yet again - plus all the cricketers have now joined other clubs."

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