West Bowling Cricket Club's Margaret Harvey was visibly shocked when she found out she had become the first woman to win the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League's Leslie B Briggs Trophy.

"You were at the meeting," said the 65-year-old mother of four and grandmother of four to the Telegraph & Argus's cricket newshound, "and I was trembling.

"I am still waiting for that brandy someone said they were going to buy me."

This is the 12th year that Harvey has done the teas at West Bowling on her own, despite admitting she doesn't like cricket, and she helped Mona Lee do them for the two years prior to that, and has also done teas at Bowling Old Lane for three years (1982-84).

Margaret is also West Bowling's club chairman and attends the league's monthly meetings as a club representative.

However, she is still baffled as to why she has received the league's main individual award.

"I think there are people who have done more than me and deserve it more, especially Alan Lee from us," said Harvey.

"He played for 35 years for us and then went umpiring for three years and came back to us to play.

"He is the longest serving member of our club and started when he was 14 years old. Apart from playing at school, we are the only team he has played for."

She added: "Of course some of the other tea ladies think they should get an award too, like at Mayfield the other week.

"They said well done and, because I am the first woman to win it, there will be a lot of women's names going forward now." For all the time she spends down at West Bowling, Harvey admits: "I don't like cricket, I just like what I do.

"You meet some nice people doing the teas and the alternative is to sit at home.

"When we had a bye a couple of weeks ago, I didn't know what to do with myself. I was absolutely lost.

"They are all characters at West Bowling. They nobble me and I nobble them back, and I love it. Somebody might say something to me but eventually I will get my own back and shut them up!

"I love it and I get a lot of nobbling from the visitors too because they know me.

"Also West Bowling is a fabulous ground. It is big and the tea-room looks straight onto the field so I can see what is going on."