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The league and its relationship with West Indies professional cricketers is the subject of a 2017 BBC television documentary: Race and Pace: West Indians in the East Lancashire League. [7] The film features original footage of the players, shots of the ground and interviews with Wes Hall, Viv Richards, David Lloyd, and Learie Constantine's ...
This introduced the concept of ECB Premier Leagues, designed to raise the playing standard of the top tier of club cricket and to bridge the gap between recreational cricket and the First Class game. A national network of Premier Leagues was established, with funding from the ECB.
These leagues and clubs are the top echelons of the amateur, recreational game of cricket in England and Wales. There are also non-ECB-affiliated leagues such as the Lancashire League and the Central Lancashire League , as their standards of cricket also represent the highest standards in the English (and Welsh) non- first-class game.
The Red Rose joined opponents and rivals Yorkshire in the last eight after winning by four wickets at Old Trafford.
The original Lancashire League was formed in 1889, and was established because of the success of the Football League, which had been established just one year earlier.. Prime movers in the formation of the league were the officials of Bury Football Club, who had ambitions to set up a regional competition which would be a stepping stone for them and other clubs to gain a place in the Football Le
Rishton Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at Blackburn Road in Rishton, Lancashire, England. For the 2024 season their captain is Matt Leathert. [1] The club was formed in 1865 and became a founder member of the Lancashire League in 1892. The club has won the League on eight occasions. [2]
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Walsden Cricket Club (/ ˈ w ɒ l z d ən /; WOLZ-dən) are an English cricket team currently playing in the Lancashire League; however, despite being in a Lancashire league, the village is actually situated in the county of West Yorkshire. Walsden field 1XI 2XI and 3XI senior teams as well as U18, U15 and U13 junior teams.