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 Lancashire County Cricket Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lancashire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Lancashire.
Lancashire currently has a strong team which finished as runners-up to Sussex CCC in the 2006 County Championship.
Cricket may not have reached Lancashire until the 18th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club   (857 words)

  
 Lancashire Constabulary Sports & Social Club - Cricket Section Annual Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
2005 proved to be a very disappointing season, in light of the optimism at the start of the year with the influx of a number of quality cricketers amongst the new recruits.
Despite having probably the strongest squad of police cricketers in Lancashire for many a year, the team we fielded that day was a very poor reflection of it, with a couple of people standing in as last-minute replacements, and a couple of others carrying injuries who ideally shouldn’t have played.
Lancashire made 240 for 6 from their 45 overs (Gary Bolton 74, Chris Williams 49, Richard McCutcheon 47 not out), and in reply Cheshire were 133 all out (Gary Bolton 3 for 21, Richard McCutcheon 2 for 12, Neil Bibby 2 for 36).
www.slateman.co.uk /lcssc/lcssc-cricket3.htm   (1498 words)

  
 St Annes Cricket Club Home Page
With the best club house in the League and a thriving year round social membership of over 1000, St Annes CC is one of the most successful sports clubs in the area.
I hope this also demonstrates that as a club we are always looking to develop young cricketers and that we are also willing to play them in our senior teams to give them that chance to fulfill their potential.
Club member Reg Simpson was soccer legend Bill Shankly's first signing as a football manager when he took Reg from Preston to Carlisle United in 1949.
www.stannescricketclub.org /index.html   (1946 words)

  
 106.2 HUM FM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Schofield was released at the end of the 2004 season, but claimed he was given no prior notice of the Lancashire general committees decision.
Lancashire had claimed if they had followed proper employment law procedure of verbal warnings and a final warning they would have affected Schofields confidence and his ability to perform to the highest standards.
The decision not to renew his contract was taken by the countys cricket committee on 31 August and ratified by the general committee on 6 September.
www.humfm.com /2005/sportsdetails.asp?id=4159   (337 words)

  
 Cricinfo - From little icons …
Clubs and family seem to be the catalyst for the advancement of cricket's junior talent these days.
Lancashire were soon reduced to 22 for 3, which was when Flintoff changed the course of the match, scoring a thunderous 160 off 162 balls.
He had returned to county cricket after a disappointing World Cup but that innings confirmed the belief in those of us who saw it that he was destined for stardom.
content-usa.cricinfo.com /wisdencricketer/content/story/222662.html   (2678 words)

  
 Lancashire Cricket Board
In 1999, Lancashire were the first county to officially adopt their team for players with physical or learning difficulties as a Board representative side — and were rewarded when Lancashire became the first winners of the ECB County Championship.
Lancashire’s Cricket Development Officer with lead responsibility for disability cricket is Bobby Denning who works closely with the English Federation of Disability Sport officers in the North West.
The module, which was piloted largely in Lancashire, has been under development for more than two years and the two Lancastrians have delivered practical workshops at the Staff Coaches Conferences in 2000 and 2001 as well as at the World Cricket Coaches Conference.
www.lancashirecricket.co.uk /disabledx.asp   (683 words)

  
 Lancashire launch academic link-up - Domestic - ECB
Lancashire have announced a ground breaking cricketing initiative in conjunction with Myerscough College, Bilsborrow in Preston.
Lancashire and Myerscough have teamed together to offer students an opportunity to study at the Old Trafford Indoor Cricket Centre for a B-tech National Diploma combining academic studies in sport with practical skill development in cricket.
Jim Cumbes, Lancashire County Cricket Club Chief Executive endorsed the scheme: “We are delighted that the County Cricket Club is able to offer students in the North West the opportunity to study in a first class environment.
www.ecb.co.uk /domestic/lancashire-launch-academic-link-up,5403,EN.html   (216 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Cricket | Counties | Lancashire | Lancashire 'right' over Schofield
Lancashire County Cricket Club feel they were right to sack Chris Schofield despite losing an unfair dismissal case against the former England leg-spinner.
Cricket has introduced an appraisal system to make players aware of their objectives and requirements - which was where Lancashire slipped up.
Schofield and Lancashire will meet again on 12 May when another hearing will determine the scale of compensation, at which point the Old Trafford club can launch an appeal if they wish.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/low/cricket/counties/lancashire/4475691.stm   (351 words)

  
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The sixth season of the Essex County Cricket Club was opened on Saturday, when a match was played on the county ground at Brentwood between the club and Felsted Grammar School.
The County Club was so formed at a public meeting at the Shire Hall,Chelmsford on Friday 14th January 1876.The meeting decided their was such a desire to former a County Cricket Club and the County ground would be in Brentwood.
Paul, who was 33 at the time, told the club that his form had suffered from four years of captaincy and that he wanted to concentrate on his own cricket.
members.lycos.co.uk /huttoncricketclub/resume0.html   (2849 words)

  
 BBC - Lancashire Sport - Lancashire County Cricket
Lancashire will be back batting in the First Division next season after winning the Frizzell County Championship Division Two (Lancashire win Championship Division Two).
In the Totesport League, Lancashire Lightning only just avoided relegation in their final match of the season when they beat Worcestershire at New Road.
Meanwhile, Lancashire's Andrew Flintoff was hailed the nation's hero in 2005 as he was instrumental in England regaining the Ashes.
www.bbc.co.uk /lancashire/sport/cricket/lccc   (202 words)

  
 Cricket at The Northern Club, Crosby near Liverpool on Merseyside   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Liverpool Competition is the major cricket league in Merseyside and Lancashire, and in 1998 achieved ECB Premiership status.
The Northern club has excellent playing facilities including a total of 3 pitches and 2 pavilions, all located on the same complex.
The cricket section also organizes social events during the season and close-season, and the section is well supported on match days by other members of the club.
www.northernclub.co.uk /cricket.html   (222 words)

  
 Lancashire County Cricket Club in 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lancashire were struggling again at 135 for 5 at close, and only managed to make it to 173 on the third day, as Andrew Flintoff was the only Lancashire batsman to pass 20.
Lancashire thought that would be a walk in the park, especially as Ian Sutcliffe and Mal Loye paired up for 53 for the second wicket, but they then lost seven men for sub-12 scores and were in trouble at 131 for 9.
Lancashire declared on 368 for 9, not bothering to send in James Anderson to bat, thinking he might be better use with the ball.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club_in_2005   (8064 words)

  
 Somerset County Cricket Club | About SCCC | NEW DISPLAYS AS MUSEUM OPENS
With the 2005 cricket season just around the corner the Somerset Cricket Museum has opened it's doors to the public for the first time this summer to reveal a whole host of new exhibitions that have been painstakingly put together during the winter months by it's team of devoted volunteer helpers.
The Somerset Cricket Museum is open throughout the summer Tuesday to Fridays between 10.30am and 4pm, whilst on match days (apart from Twenty20 games) it opens one hour before the start of play and closes after the tea interval.
For any cricket interested party annual membership is certainly money well spent and provides hours of endless pleasure marvelling at the history and development of the summer game in the county of Somerset.
www.somersetcountycc.premiumtv.co.uk /page/Museum   (520 words)

  
 Stories tagged with lancashire at - The Corridor (a cricket blog)
Similar to the loan rules that govern football, domestic players may sign for a short period with another county, though they may be recalled at any time if guaranteed first team cricket by their own county.
Cricket authorities are different in various places but all of them expect their broadcast partners to be supportive.
Flintoff and Symonds, for Lancashire, were typically awesome (Lancashire won to go through to the finals), and a few minutes ago David Masters pulled off the catch of the day/cup/summer to dismiss Graeme Smith.
www.cricket.mailliw.com /tag/lancashire   (2290 words)

  
 International Cricket Captain - Hints 'n' Tips
For the county championship, the line-up I found to work best was a solid opener partnered with a free stroke-playing opener, a dominant opener at number 3.
Naturally all-rounders are good value in the one-dayers, but for those County Championship games it is usually better to restrict it to one really god all-rounder, and then either a specialist bowler who bat’s reasonably well or a batsman who can bowl.
Lancashire is quite good too, as is Surrey (but the loss of players on International duty can be frustrating), and I also found Middlesex quite good.
www.cricketgames.com /games/commercial/icc/hints.htm   (4482 words)

  
 Cleckheaton Cricket Club, Bradford Cricket League Division One - John Wood New Skipper for 2005 Campaign - Flourishing ...
The Faisalabad batsman who in the 2005 season, with Hartshead Moor, was the 2nd Division's leading run scorer with 1014 runs at an average of 72.43, joined Cleckheaton this season with high hopes of a similar tally against 1st Division bowlers.
Although a Lancashire supporter, with the able assistance of Rob Light who became a research assistant on the project and numerous other helpers which included Lee Booth who took on board the website and Sue Brant who travelled around the clubs producing line drawings to support the project, he attacked the project with enthusiasm.
The drawing below depicting the Cleckheaton Cricket Ground is one of Sue Brant's line drawings which can obtained by contacting her by email at susan@brant5.wanadoo.co.uk, by telephoning 01484 607081 or from the Club.
www.cleckheatoncricketclub.com   (3044 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Powell's one short and Croft's 13
Never mind backs-to-the-wall, Lancashire were gone for all money at Trent Bridge as their Championship title challenge threatened to implode following their narrow loss to Kent.
Lancashire now top the table by one point to Sussex, who they face at Hove in the next round.
The shocking county news of the week is that a South African has actually left Wantage Road.
content-usa.cricinfo.com /countycricket/content/story/255320.html   (789 words)

  
 St Margarets Cricket Centre of Excellence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Cricket on Merseyside will receive a huge boost after Christmas 2005 when St. Margaret's High School in Aigburth, situated about a mile from the Liverpool Cricket Club (County Ground), opens its £1.8m 'Cricket Centre of Excellence'.
The Centre boasts a forty-three metre cricket hall with has four lanes (three pace and one spin), bowling machines and a video/coaching room.
Margaret's is one of Liverpool's strongest cricketing schools, whose former students include Lancashire's Paul Horton and Middlesex's Chris Whelan and will become the focal point for cricket development in the Liverpool area for years to come.
www.ldcc.org.uk /St_Margarets_Cricket_Centre_of_Excellence.htm   (135 words)

  
 Lancashire County Cricket Club Ground Regulations Petition
Over recent years, we, the supporters of Lancashire County Cricket Club, have become increasingly unhappy with the security measures put in place by the club which we feel have a negative effect on our enjoyment of the cricket.
Also it is unfair to stop children from playing cricket safely and considerately in the covered concourse area below stands A and B, particularly during inclement weather which makes it impractical for young children, or indeed anyone, to play in the open, uncovered area which stewards move these children along to.
The Lancashire County Cricket Club Ground Regulations Petition to Lancashire County Cricket Club Security was created by and written by Michael Butt/David Hall (beef_cake74@yahoo.co.uk).
www.petitiononline.com /lancsccc/petition.html   (322 words)

  
 The Hindu : Sport / Cricket : Somerset eyeing two captains
Somerset County Cricket club is in talks, according to the BBC Sport, with two international captains as it seeks a star name to launch a promotional challenge for the 2005 summer season.
A club spokesman said, "We are talking to the Indian Cricket Board about Sourav Ganguly and to the South African Cricket Board regarding Graeme Smith.
The Indian captain, Ganguly has already experienced English county cricket when he played for Lancashire in the year 2000.
www.hindu.com /2004/10/09/stories/2004100903971900.htm   (206 words)

  
 Harbhajan eyes Surrey future with optimism
Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is determined to put the lingering controversy over his bowling action behind him as he prepares to experience English county cricket for the first time.
The 24-year-old from Punjab, who was signed by Surrey Country Cricket Club last November, was cleared two days ago by the International Cricket Council to bowl after being reported in March for throwing his 'doosra' delivery.
The Indian finger spinner came close to having his first taste of the English county game with Lancashire in 2003, but his plans had top be aborted because of injury.
www.rediff.com /cricket/2005/may/31harb.htm   (424 words)

  
 English County Cricket Championship, Fixtures, History and Club Information
The Secretaries of the major cricket-playing counties met at Lord's on December 16th 1889 to agree the fixtures for the following season.
This was the birth of the first official county championship.
Prior to 1890, there were 'unofficial' county champions given the title by 'popular' or newspaper acclaim.
www.napit.co.uk /viewus/infobank/cricket/countychampionship.php   (121 words)

  
 Lancs cancel Harbhajan's contract
The ace India off-spinner, who was due to arrive at Old Trafford on Friday afternoon, contacted the club's cricket manager, Mike Watkinson, through his agent to say that after a fitness test on Thursday morning his injured finger is still swollen and painful.
The club thus, on Friday morning, decided to terminate the Indian's contract and informed the off-spinner of the same.
Carl Hooper, who has been standing in for Harbhajan, is now likely to have his contract as Lancashire's second overseas player extended till the end of the season.
www.rediff.com /cricket/2003/jun/13harb.htm?zcc=rl   (161 words)

  
 YOUTH AND SCHOOLS CRICKET NEWS & LINKS
Appalled by the ghastly “make more noise” culture that has infected amateur cricket, especially schools and universities, he marched on to the field and demanded that the fielding captain control his players and play within the laws.
Bangladesh cricket team are touring England for the first time ever this summer and to celebrate this historic tour BBC Radio Five Live and other parts of the BBC are broadcasting a series of programmes from a school in the East End of London where 85% of the pupils come from the Bangladesh community.
Cricket Scotland have sent three of their young players to Brisbane for the winter.
www.ecomallbiz.com /easy1/youthcricketlinks   (2244 words)

  
 Glen Chapple - Lancashire - Players - Stats - ECB
Chapple is a bowling all-rounder, whose hard-hitting batting has improved in recent years to make him a necessary member of the Lancashire team.
Made his debut for the county in 1992 and was named as their Player of the Year in 2002.
Was selected for the NatWest Series in 2006 against Sri Lanka after impressive early season form for Lancashire and finally made his England debut in the warm-up ODI victory over Ireland.
www.ecb.co.uk /stats/players/lancashire/glen-chapple,200,PP.html   (229 words)

  
 LEAGUE CRICKET DIRECTORY FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Southern League voted to have the County Academy compete in the league from 2002 onwards.
The League Cricket Conference's Inter-League Competition whose final is on Sunday September 2nd 2001.
Western Union are sponsoring the resurrected Clive Lloyd Trophy a national KO Cup mainly for clubs with a Caribbean heritage supported for many years by Bulmers Red Stripe.
www.ecomallbiz.com /easy1/leaguecricketengwales   (416 words)

  
 Old Trafford (cricket ground) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
The cricket ground is near the Old Trafford football stadium, in the borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester.
The section of Warwick Road leading to the Metrolink Station was renamed Brian Statham Way (in honour of the former Lancashire and England player) and this end of the ground is now known as the Brian Statham End.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Old_Trafford_(cricket)   (460 words)

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