Lancashire County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Lancashire. Its limited-overs team is called Lancashire Lightning. 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Middlesex County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club in England, named after the historic county of Middlesex in which their home ground, Lords Cricket Ground in London, is located. ... Lancashire CCC - main entrance The Old Trafford Cricket Ground[1], usually known as simply Old Trafford, is a cricket ground situated on Talbot Road in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England that has been the home of Manchester Cricket Club since 1856 and of the Lancashire County Cricket Club since it was... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Mark James Chilton born October 2, 1976, Sheffield, Yorkshire is an English cricket player. ... Mike Watkinson (born 1 August 1961 in Westhoughton, Lancashire) was an English cricketer who played four Test matches and one One-Day International in the mid-1990s. ... The historic counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...

The club is based at Old Trafford in Stretford, Trafford. Usually, one match each year is played at Liverpool and Blackpool. The club has also used other home venues in the past. Lancashire CCC - main entrance Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester, England has been the home of Manchester Cricket Club since 1856 and of the Lancashire County Cricket Club since it was founded in 1864. ... Statistics Population: 42,103 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SJ7994 Latitude: 53. ... The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. ... Liverpool skyline. ... It has been suggested that South Shore, Blackpool be merged into this article or section. ...

Lancashire currently has a strong team which finished as runners-up to Sussex CCC in the 2006 County Championship. The most well known player currently on Lancashires books is Andrew Flintoff, though he rarely plays for the county due to his England commitments. In the upcoming 2007 season Muttiah Muralitharan will play for the county. Sussex field against Derbyshire at Hove on 24 April 2005 The Arthur Gilligan stand at Hove The Pavilion at Hove Crowd leaves the County Ground at Hove Sussex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county... The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. ... Andrew Freddie Flintoff MBE (born 6 December 1977 Preston, Lancashire) is a first class cricketer who plays for Lancashire and England. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ...

Honours

• Champion County (1) - 1881; shared (3) - 1879, 1882, 1889
• County Championship (7) - 1897, 1904, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1934; shared (1) - 1950

Division Two (1) - 2005

• Gillette/NatWest/C&G Trophy (7) - 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1990, 1996, 1998
• Sunday/National League (5) - 1969, 1970, 1989, 1998, 1999

Division Two (1) - 2003

• Twenty20 Cup (0) -
• Benson and Hedges Cup (4) - 1984, 1990, 1995, 1996

Second XI honours

• Second XI Championship (3) - 1964, 1986, 1997; shared (0) -
• Second XI Trophy (0) -
• Minor Counties Championship (7) - 1907, 1934, 1937, 1948, 1949, 1960, 1964; shared (0) -

Other honours

• Refuge Cup (1) - 1988

Records

Highest Total For - 863 v Surrey at The Oval 1990

Highest Total Against - 707-9 declared by Surrey at The Oval 1990

Lowest Total For - 25 v Derbyshire at Manchester 1871

Lowest Total Against - 22 by Glamorgan at Liverpool 1924

Batting

Highest Score - 424 AC MacLaren v Somerset at Taunton 1895

Most Runs in Season - 2633 JT Tyldesley in 1901

Most Runs in Career - 34222 GE Tyldesley 1909-1936

Best Partnership for each wicket

1st - 368 AC MacLaren and RH Spooner v Gloucestershire at Liverpool 1903

2nd - 371 FB Watson and GE Tyldesley v Surrey at Manchester 1928

3rd - 364 MA Atherton and NH Fairbrother v Surrey at The Oval 1990

4th - 358 SP Titchard and GD Lloyd v Essex at Chelmsford 1996

5th - 249 B Wood and A Kennedy v Warwickshire at Birmingham 1975

6th - 278 J Iddon and HRW Butterworth v Sussex at Manchester 1932

7th - 248 GD Lloyd and ID Austin v Yorkshire at Leeds 1997

8th - 158 J Lyon and RM Ratcliffe v Warwickshire at Manchester 1979

9th - 142 LOS Poidevin and A Kermode v Sussex at Eastbourne 1907

10th - 173 J Briggs and R Pilling v Surrey at Liverpool 1885

Bowling

Best Bowling - 10-46 W Hickton v Hampshire at Manchester 1870

Best Match Bowling - 17-91 H Dean v Yorkshire at Liverpool 1913

Wickets in Season - 198 EA McDonald 1925

Wickets in Career - 1816 JB Statham 1950-1968

Earliest cricket

Cricket may not have reached Lancashire until the 18th century. A match on Brinnington Moor in August 1781 is the earliest known reference to cricket being played in the county. This match was reported in the Manchester Journal on 1 September 1781. Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...

In 1816, the Manchester Cricket Club was founded and soon became representative of Lancashire as a county in the same way that Sheffield Cricket Club and Nottingham Cricket Club represented Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. The earliest known references to cricket in Yorkshire are in 1751. ... Cricket in Nottinghamshire has been traced to a match between Nottingham Cricket Cluband Sheffield Cricket Club at the Forest Racecourse, Nottingham in 1771. ...

On 23, 24 & 25 July 1849, the Sheffield and Manchester clubs played each other at Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield but the fixture was called "Yorkshire versus Lancashire". As such, it was the first match to involve a Lancashire county team and also, therefore, the first "Roses Match". Yorkshire won by 5 wickets. The Roses Match refers to any game of cricket played between Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Lancashire County Cricket Club. ...

In 1856, the Manchester club moved to Old Trafford, which has been the home of Lancashire cricket ever since.

For more information about Lancashire cricket's early history, see Manchester Cricket Club. Cricket may not have reached Lancashire until the 18th century. ...

Origin of club

Lancashire County Cricket Club was formed on January 12, 1864, at a meeting of thirteen Lancashire cricket clubs in Manchester. In 1865, Lancashire CCC joined the County Championship and played its initial first-class match versus Middlesex CCC at Old Trafford on 20, 21 & 22 July. Middlesex County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club in England, named after the historic county of Middlesex in which their home ground, Lords Cricket Ground in London, is located. ...

Club history

Lancashire has known two illustrious periods in its history. In the late 19th century, when it had great players like the tragic Johnny Briggs, the pugnacious A N Hornby and classy Test batsmen Johnny Tyldesley and Archie MacLaren, Lancashire was frequently in County Championship title contention. Johnny Briggs (born October 3, 1862, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died January 11, 1902, Heald Green, Cheadle, Cheshire, England) was a cricketer who was a left arm spin bowler for Lancashire County Cricket Club between 1879 and 1900 who still stands as the second-highest wicket-taker in the... Albert Neilson Hornby (Blackburn, Lancashire, 10 February 1847 – 17 December 1925 in Nantwich, Cheshire) was the England cricket captain who lost the Test match at home in 1882 against the Australian cricket team that gave rise to the Ashes. ... Johnny Tyldesley (John Thomas Tyldesley; born November 22, 1873, Roe Green, Worsley, Lancashire; died November 27, 1930, Monton, Salford, Lancashire) was a Lancashire and England cricketers and for many years the finest professional batsman in county cricket. ... Archibald (Archie) Campbell MacLaren (1 December 1871-17 November 1944) went to Harrow. ... The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. ...

Lancashire's heyday was the period between the two World Wars when it was the only realistic contender to the dominance of its eternal rival Yorkshire CCC and the "Roses Match" was almost as fiercely contested as The Ashes. Lancashire won the title three years in succession from 1926 to 1928 with further wins in 1930 and 1934. Yorkshire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Headingley in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England(the mighty mighty england, barmy army barmy army) and Australia - it is international crickets oldest and most celebrated rivalry dating back to 1882. ...

Since then, apart from one shared title in 1950, Lancashire has not won the County Championship. Its supporters have found compensation in fast bowling great Brian Statham, the club's greatest opener Cyril Washbrook and in limited overs cricket. Lancashire has at times dominated the one day game, particularly in the 1970s when Clive Lloyd was playing. (John) Brian Statham (born June 17, 1930, Manchester; died June 10, 2000, Stockport, Cheshire) was one of the finest bowlers in the history of cricket. ... Cyril Washbrook (born 6 December 1914 in Barrow, Clitheroe, Lancashire; died 27 April 1999 in Sale, Cheshire) was a noted cricketer who played for Lancashire and England. ... The Melbourne Cricket Ground hosts a ODI match between Australia and India. ... Clive Hubert Lloyd, born 31 August 1944 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), is a former West Indies cricketer. ...

Making full use of overseas stars such as Lloyd and Farokh Engineer, captain Jack Bond won a succession of one-day crowns in the company of David Lloyd, Barry Wood, Frank Hayes and 'Flat Jack' Simmons. Farokh Engineer (born 25 February 1938 in Mumbai), is a former Indian cricketer who played 46 Tests for India and played first-class cricket for Mumbai in India and Lancashire in England. ... John David Jack Bond, born at Kearsley, Lancashire, on May 6, 1932, was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and, for one season, for Nottinghamshire. ... David Lloyd (born March 18, 1947 in Accrington, Lancashire, England) is a former English cricketer who played county cricket for Lancashire and also played Test cricket and one-day international cricket for England. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Frank Charles Hayes (born December 6, 1946, Preston, Lancashire) is a former English cricketer who played in 9 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1973 to 1976. ...

Impish middle order batsman Neil Fairbrother, Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram and seamers such as Paul Allott and Peter Martin continued to bring success Lancashire's way, while long-time England captain Mike Atherton has been replaced as Lancashire's biggest contemporary star with the emergence of Andrew Flintoff. Neil Fairbrother is a former cricket player. ... Wasim Akram (Urdu: وسیم اکرم) (born June 3, 1966 in Lahore) is a former left arm fast bowler for the Pakistani cricket team and is widely regarded as one of the finest bowlers to have played the game. ... Paul John Walter Allott (born September 14, 1956 in Altrincham, Cheshire, England) is a former English cricketer who played county cricket for Lancashire, Staffordshire, Wellington aswell as 13 Test match appearances and 13 One-day International appearances for England. ... Former Lancashire and England fast-medium seam-bowler. ... Michael Andrew Atherton (born March 23, 1968, in Failsworth, near Oldham, in Lancashire) is a broadcaster, journalist and retired cricket player. ... Andrew Freddie Flintoff MBE (born 6 December 1977 Preston, Lancashire) is a first class cricketer who plays for Lancashire and England. ...

Future prospects

Lancashire CCC - main entrance

Lancashire's failure to win the County Championship outright since the war still rankles with their passionate supporters; however, Lancashire remain among the favourites for any one-day competition, and the leagues of the 'Red Rose' county continue to be a fertile breeding ground for young talent in the game. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1989x1306, 342 KB) Main entrance of Lancashire County Criclet Club - July 2006 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1989x1306, 342 KB) Main entrance of Lancashire County Criclet Club - July 2006 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Ground

Since its formation Lancashire has played its home matches at Old Trafford, located in Stretford, to the west of Manchester city centre. Old Trafford is one of the largest cricket venues in the United Kingdom, and has played host to international matches since 1884. Lancashire CCC - main entrance Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester, England has been the home of Manchester Cricket Club since 1856 and of the Lancashire County Cricket Club since it was founded in 1864. ... Statistics Population: 42,103 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SJ7994 Latitude: 53. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

In recent years, the club has considered moving to a new ground, with sites in East Manchester and Wigan discussed,^[1] but following a long period of discussions and rumours the club decided to remain at Old Trafford, which it hopes to redevelop.^[2]

The need for an improved ground was highlighted when Old Trafford surprisingly lost out to Cardiff as a venue for the 2009 Ashes, much to the disappointment of cricket fans in the region.^[3] A financial plan is awaited for the redevelopment, costed at £30m.^[4] An venue within Cardiff, home to the Glamorgan County Cricket Club and proposed future home of the Cardiff Devils. ... A financial plan is a written analysis of an individuals financial circumstances developed by a financial planner, in light of the individuals goals, resources, and current tax law, investment options, and insurance needs. ...

Lancashire matches are also occasionally played at Stanley Park, Blackpool and Aigburth, Liverpool. Stanley Park is a municipal park in the town of Blackpool in the county of Lancashire, England. ... Aigburth (pronounced egg-birth) is a suburb of Liverpool, England. ...

Players

See also: List of Lancashire CCC players

This is a list of cricketers who have played for Lancashire. ...

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
14	Karl Brown		RHB	RM
21	Mark Chilton (c)		RHB	RM
6	Brad Hodge		RHB	OS	Overseas player
20	Paul Horton		RHB	RM
1	Mal Loye		RHB	OS
2	Stuart Law		RHB	RM	British citizenship
5	Iain Sutcliffe		LHB	OS
All-rounders
3	Glen Chapple		RHB	RMF
18	Dominic Cork		RHB	RFM
15	Steven Croft		RHB	RMF
11	Andrew Flintoff		RHB	RF
17	Simon Marshall		RHB	LS
25	Steven Mullaney		RHB	RMF
Wicket-keepers
16	Gareth Cross		RHB	RMF
7	Luke Sutton		RHB
Bowlers
9	James Anderson		LHB	RFM
22	Kyle Hogg		LHB	RFM
23	Gary Keedy		LHB	SLA
19	Sajid Mahmood		RHB	RFM
10	Muttiah Muralitharan		RHB	OS	Overseas player
8	Oliver Newby		RHB	RFM
24	Tom Smith		LHB	RFM
4	Gary Yates		RHB	OS

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Notable players past and present

Wasim Akram (Urdu: وسیم اکرم) (born June 3, 1966 in Lahore) is a former left arm fast bowler for the Pakistani cricket team and is widely regarded as one of the finest bowlers to have played the game. ... Paul John Walter Allott (born September 14, 1956 in Altrincham, Cheshire, England) is a former English cricketer who played county cricket for Lancashire, Staffordshire, Wellington aswell as 13 Test match appearances and 13 One-day International appearances for England. ... James Michael (Jimmy) Anderson (born 30 July 1982 in Burnley, Lancashire) is an international English cricketer. ... Michael Andrew Atherton (born March 23, 1968, in Failsworth, near Oldham, in Lancashire) is a broadcaster, journalist and retired cricket player. ... Richard (Dick) Gorton Barlow (born 28 May 1851 in Barrow Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire, England; died 31 July 1919 in Stanley Park, Blackpool, Lancashire, England) was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and England. ... John David Jack Bond, born at Kearsley, Lancashire, on May 6, 1932, was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and, for one season, for Nottinghamshire. ... Walter Brearley, born March 11, 1876, at Bolton, Lancashire, and died January 30, 1937, at the Middlesex Hospital, Marylebone, London was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and England. ... Johnny Briggs (born October 3, 1862, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died January 11, 1902, Heald Green, Cheadle, Cheshire, England) was a cricketer who was a left arm spin bowler for Lancashire County Cricket Club between 1879 and 1900 who still stands as the second-highest wicket-taker in the... George Duckworth (born 9 May 1901, Warrington, Lancashire, England; died 5 January 1966, Warrington, Lancashire, England) was a professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and England. ... Farokh Engineer (born 25 February 1938 in Mumbai), is a former Indian cricketer who played 46 Tests for India and played first-class cricket for Mumbai in India and Lancashire in England. ... Neil Fairbrother is a former cricket player. ... Andrew Freddie Flintoff MBE (born 6 December 1977 Preston, Lancashire) is a first class cricketer who plays for Lancashire and England. ... Charles Hallows, born April 4, 1895 and died at Bolton on November 10, 1972, was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and England. ... Andy Hayhurst (born November 23, 1962) was an English cricketer. ... Ken(neth) Higgs (born January 14, 1937, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England) was an English fast-medium bowler who was most successful as the opening partner to the incomparable Brian Statham with Lancashire in the 1960s. ... Michael Anthony Holding (born February 16, 1954) was a West Indian cricketer. ... Albert Neilson Hornby (Blackburn, Lancashire, 10 February 1847 – 17 December 1925 in Nantwich, Cheshire) was the England cricket captain who lost the Test match at home in 1882 against the Australian cricket team that gave rise to the Ashes. ... David Paul Hughes (born 13 May 1947 in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire) was an English cricketer. ... Peter Lever (born September 17, 1940, Todmorden, Yorkshire) is a former English cricketer who played in 17 Tests and 10 ODIs from 1970 to 1975. ... Clive Hubert Lloyd, born 31 August 1944 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), is a former West Indies cricketer. ... David Lloyd (born March 18, 1947 in Accrington, Lancashire, England) is a former English cricketer who played county cricket for Lancashire and also played Test cricket and one-day international cricket for England. ... Sourav Chandidas Ganguly ( ) (the first name occasionally spelt Saurav) also known as Dada is an Indian cricketer. ... Archibald (Archie) Campbell MacLaren (1 December 1871-17 November 1944) went to Harrow. ... Edgar Arthur McDonald (born January 6, 1891, Launceston, Tasmania, died July 22, 1937, Blackrod, Bolton, Lancashire) was an Australian cricketer who played in 11 Tests in 1921. ... Sajid Iqbal Mahmood (born 21 December 1981 in Bolton, Greater Manchester) is an English cricketer of Pakistani Janjua Rajput descent. ... Arthur Mold (born May 29, 1863, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire; died April 27, 1921, Middleton Cheney) was one of the deadliest fast bowlers of his day, but also the most controversial. ... Muttiah Muralidharan (born April 17, 1972 in Kandy), often referred to simply as Murali, is a Sri Lankan cricketer. ... Cecil Harry Cec Parkin (born February 18, 1886, Eaglescliffe, County Durham, died June 15, 1943, Cheetham Hill, Lancashire) was an English cricketer who played in 10 Tests from 1920 to 1924. ... Edward Paynter (5 November 1901 - 5 February 1979) was an English cricketer: an attacking batsman and excellent fielder. ... Richard (Dick) Pilling (born 11 August 1855 in Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England; died 28 March 1891 in Old Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire, England) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and England. ... Geoffrey Pullar, born at Swinton, Manchester, August 1, 1935, was a cricketer who played for Lancashire, Gloucestershire and England. ... Jack Simmons, born at Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, on March 28, 1941, was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and Tasmania. ... Reginald Herbert Spooner, born on October 21, 1880 and died at Lincoln on October 2, 1961, was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and England. ... (John) Brian Statham (born June 17, 1930, Manchester; died June 10, 2000, Stockport, Cheshire) was one of the finest bowlers in the history of cricket. ... Allan Gibson AG Steel (registered at birth as Alan Gibson Steel) (born 24 September 1858 in Liverpool, died 15 June 1914 in London) was a Lancashire and England cricketer, who was reckoned by some in his day to be the equal of the legendary W G Grace. ... Andrew Symonds (born 9 June 1975, Birmingham, England) is an Australian cricketer, of West Indian heritage. ... Roy Tattersall (born 17 August 1922, Tonge Moor, Bolton, United Kingdom) is a former cricketer who played 16 Tests for England as a specialist off spin bowler. ... Richard Knowles Tyldesley (born March 11, 1897, Westhoughton, Lancashire, died September 17, 1943, Bolton, Lancashire) was an English cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1924 to 1930. ... (George) Ernest Tyldesley (born February 5, 1889, Roe Green, Worsley, Lancashire, England; died May 5, 1962, Rhos-on-Sea, Denbighshire, Wales) was the younger brother of Johnny Tyldesley and the leading batsman in Lancashires formidable batting sides of that late 1920s which broke Yorkshires inter-war monopoly on... Johnny Tyldesley (John Thomas Tyldesley; born November 22, 1873, Roe Green, Worsley, Lancashire; died November 27, 1930, Monton, Salford, Lancashire) was a Lancashire and England cricketers and for many years the finest professional batsman in county cricket. ... Cyril Washbrook (born 6 December 1914 in Barrow, Clitheroe, Lancashire; died 27 April 1999 in Sale, Cheshire) was a noted cricketer who played for Lancashire and England. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

See also

• Lancashire County Cricket Club in 2005
• List of cricket grounds in England and Wales
• List of Test cricket grounds

Lancashire County Cricket Club in 2005 are playing their cricket in Division Two of the County Championship and Division One of the totesport League. ... A List of cricket grounds in England and Wales, both Test and county. ... The first Test cricket match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) situated in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Australia, in 1877. ...

Footnotes

January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

References

• Scores & Biographies (several volumes) by Arthur Haygarth
• Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
• A Social History of English Cricket by Derek Birley. ISBN 1-85410-941-3
• CricketArchive
• Lancashire CCC Yearbooks - various issues
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack - various annuals
• Playfair Cricket Annual: various issues

Arthur Haygarth (born 4 August 1825; died 1 May 1903) went to Harrow. ... The role of the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) is to promote and encourage research into the statistical and historical aspects of cricket throughout the world (at all levels) and to publish the findings. ... ... Playfair Cricket Annual is a compact cricket annual. ...

External links

• Official site