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The Lancashire League is a competitive league of local cricket clubs drawn from the small to middle-sized mill towns, mainly but not exclusively, of East Lancashire.Its real importance is probably due to its history of employing professional players of international standing to play in the League.
The Lancashire League requires that each club plays one professional in each match. [1] Traditionally, clubs in the league have hired a number of international and first-class players. Nelson's first professionals, for the 1892 season, were England Test player, Willis Cuttell and Derbyshire bowler, John Hulme. In 1900, the league rules were ...
The 1969 Player's County League was the first competing of what was colloquially known as the Sunday League. The second one-day league in England and Wales, it consisted of the seventeen first-class counties playing each other on Sunday afternoons throughout the season. The competition was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club.
Lowerhouse Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at The Brooks Foundation Ground on Liverpool Road in Burnley.. In recent years the club has been very successful, winning the Lancashire League in 2005, 2011, 2012 and 2014, the Worsley Cup in 2004, 2012, 2018, 2021 and 2024, and the 20/20 Cup in 2013.
Their captain for the 2024 season is Khurrum Nazir and their professional is Ankit Sharma. Nelson Cricket Club was formed in 1861 when two other local clubs merged. It was a founding member of the Lancashire League in 1892, winning the inaugural championship. The club has gone on to win the league on 21 occasions, the most of any club.
The club was formed in 1846, [1] going on to become a founding member of the Lancashire League in 1892. [2] It has won the League Championship 8 times and the Worsley Cup 4 times. For the 2024 season, Graeme Sneddon has been announced as captain, [ 3 ] whilst 28-year-old South African Jurie Snyman has been announced as the club’s professional ...
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]