East Lancashire Cricket Club

East Lancashire Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at Alexandra Meadows in Blackburn. For the 2015 season its captain was Mark Bolton and its professional was Juan de Villiers.^[1] The club has been very successful, winning the League on 14 occasions, the Worsley Cup on 18 (more than any other club), the Inter League Club Challenge Trophy twice in its ten-year history, and has won a greater percentage of its games than any other club.^[2] Sadly these successful days seem long gone as at the end of July 2018 the club occupy the 24th and bottom position in this seasons expanded Lancashire League.It has employed professionals including Fazal Mahmood, Allan Border and Paul Reiffel.^[3]

Honours

• 1st XI League Winners - 14 - 1919, 1942, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1984, 1990, 2003
• 1st XI League Runners Up - 17 - 1896, 1901, 1913, 1916, 1943 (shared), 1944, 1945, 1946, 1969, 1983, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
• Worsley Cup Winners - 18 - 1925, 1929, 1933, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1961, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2007
• Inter League Club Challenge Trophy Winners - 2 - 2004, 2006
• 20/20 Cup Winners - 1 - 2008
• Ron Singleton Colne Trophy Winners - 3 - 1999, 2004 (shared), 2008
• 2nd XI League Winners - 13 - 1894, 1925 (shared), 1947, 1949, 1963 (shared), 1967, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1983, 1987, 1994, 2004
• 2nd XI League Runners Up - 5 - 1981, 1982, 1985, 1998, 2014
• 2nd XI (Lancashire Telegraph) Cup Winners - 6 - 1974, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1997, 2014
• 3rd XI League Winners - 1 - 1997
• 3rd XI League Runners Up - 3 - 2000, 2001, 2014

Team and player achievements

• Highest League Time Cricket Score - 289 v Rawtenstall at Rawtenstall on August 6, 1906
• Highest League Limited Overs Score - 326-4 v Todmorden at East Lancs on June 12, 2005
• Highest Worsley Cup Time Cricket Score - 396 v Accrington at East Lancs on June 28, 1923
• Highest Worsley Cup Limited Overs Score - 327-4 v Bacup at East Lancs on May 28, 2005
• Highest Inter League Club Challenge Trophy Score - 311-4 v Enfield at East Lancs on August 28, 2006
• Highest 20/20 Cup Score - 169-4 v Rishton at Rishton on June 26, 2009
• Highest Individual League Score (Professional) - 151 - Quinton Friend v Church at Church on August 1, 2004
• Highest Individual Worsley Cup Score (Professional) - 179* - Allan Border v Rawtenstall at Rawtenstall on June 18, 1978
• Highest Individual League Score (Amateur) - 139 - David Pearson v Nelson at Nelson on May 9, 2010
• Highest Individual Worsley Cup Score (Amateur) - 177* - Paul Turner v Bacup at East Lancs on May 28, 2005
• Highest Individual 20/20 Cup Score (Professional) - 109* - Brendan Nash v Rishton at Rishton on June 26, 2009
• Highest Individual 20/20 Cup Score (Amateur) - 99 - Paul Turner v Haslingden at Haslingden on June 17, 2005
• Best Bowling Figures (Professional) - 9-22 - Loots Bosman v Colne at Colne on May 1, 2005 and Freddie Bull v Rawtenstall at East Lancs on May 8, 1907
• Best Bowling Figures (Amateurs) - 9-19 - Jonathan Brooks v Accrington at Accrington on September 23, 1916
• Best 20/20 Bowling Figures (Professional) - 4-11 - Ockert Erasmus v Accrington at East Lancs on May 31, 2013
• Best 20/20 Bowling Figures (Amateur) - 6-20 - Minhaj Bhada v Rawtenstall at Rawtenstall on June 26, 2015
• Amateur Batsmen with over 1,000 runs in a season - David Pearson - 1994, Paul Turner - 2003
• Professional Batsmen with over 1,000 runs in a season - Kerry O'Keeffe - 1975, Allan Border - 1978, Johann Louw - 2003, Shanan Stewart - 2007
• Amateur Bowlers with over 100 wickets in a season - Jonathan Brooks - 1916, J. Coulthurst - 1919
• Professional Bowlers with over 100 wickets in a season - Billy Mitchell - 1902, Freddie Bull - 1907, Victor Norbury - 1912, 1913, Bill Merritt - 1934, 1935, Bruce Dooland - 1949, Fazal Mahmood - 1959, Ray Strauss - 1960, Paul Reiffel - 1990, Claude Henderson - 1999

References

External links

• East Lancs CC at lancashireleague.com