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Haslingden Cricket Club
Sportcricket
LeagueLancashire League
Home groundBentgate, Haslingden, Lancashire
ProfessionalNicholas Benton (Australia)
2014 League Position4th

Haslingden Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at Bentgate in Haslingden. For the 2014 season its captain is former Burnley defender Alex Coleman, and its professional is Burton De Wett[1] The club has won the league on 12 occasions and the cup on 5.[2] It has employed professionals including George Headley, Clive Lloyd and Dennis Lillee.[3] Another notable professional was West Indian opening batsman Phil Simmons. Ian Austin went on to have a successful career with Lancashire and England. Played for Haslingden as both an amateur and professional having started his career at Haslingden as a junior.

Honours

  • 1st XI League Winners - 12 - 1900, 1920, 1953, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2004
  • Worsley Cup Winners - 5 - 1921, 1977, 1992, 1994, 1997
  • Inter League Club Challenge Trophy Winners - 2 - 1998, 2003
  • 20/20 Cup - 1 - 2005
  • 2nd XI League Winners - 17 - 1895, 1921, 1948, 1950, 1963 (shared), 1977, 1981, 1982, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2012
  • 2nd XI (Lancashire Telegraph) Cup Winners - 7 - 1976, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2012, 2016
  • 3rd XI League Winners - 4 - 2005, 2008, 2011, 2015

References

  1. ^ Haslingden CC at lancashireleague.com
  2. ^ League records at lancashireleague.com
  3. ^ Haslingden professionals at lancashireleague.com