Cricket League History
The following information has been provided from Lancashire League
Batsmen to score 1000 runs in a season
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1929 Arthur Richardson 1193
1929 James Midgley (Am) 1130
1949 Everton Weekes 1470
1951 Everton Weekes 1518
1952 Everton Weekes 1292
1953 Everton Weekes 1322
1954 Everton Weekes 1226
1956 Everton Weekes 1168
1958 Everton Weekes 1033
1989 Roger Harper 1072
1990 Roger Harper 1010
1991 Roger Harper 1032
1993 Roger Harper 1116
1994 Roger Harper 1465
1995 Roger Harper 1071
2001 Shaun Young 1004
2003 Shaun Young 1385
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Players to score 500 runs & take 50 wickets in a season
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1933 Fred Hartley 511 88
1934 Fred Hartley 747 68
1935 Fred Hartley 789 90
1937 Fred Hartley 789 90
1938 Fred Hartley 532 82
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Amateur players to take 100 wickets in a season
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1927 Richard Haworth 102
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Players to take 10 wickets in an innings
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June 11th 1913 Alex Kermode (P) 10-20 v Church
May 21st 1921 Archie Slater (P) 10-44 v Church
May 17th 1924 Fred Hartley 10-16 v Ramsbottom
May 22nd 1926 Archie Slater (P) 10-47 v Ramsbottom
June 30th 1962 Roy Gilchrist (P) 10-75 v Church
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Club Records & Feats​
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1906 Bacup lost 14 consecutive matches.
1922 Bacup did not lose a match between August 4th 1922 and August 11th 1923, becoming the first club to achieve the double of league and cup in 1923, a feat they repeated in 1930.
1927 Bacup dismissed Enfield for 9 runs, their lowest score, on 23rd April.
1960 Bacup won both the Senior and Junior League titles in the same season for the first time.
1977 On May 28th, a record limited overs aggregate score of 527 runs occurred in the Burnley (271 - 4) verses Bacup (256 - 2) match.
1993 Highest gate receipt involving Bacup was the Worsley Cup Final that took place on 8th August - the gate cost was £2 and total gate receipts of £3295.50.
1994 On August 20th Bacup achieved a a league record winning margin in limited overs of 223 runs against Enfield. Bacup scored 277 - 4 and then dismissed Enfield for 54.
Past Professionals
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(courtesy of lancashireleague.com)
1892 Jack Usher and Shaw
1893 Jack Usher and Walter Taylor
1894 Walter Taylor
1895 J. Richardson and Charles Lawton
1896 John Osman and J.A.S. Bowler
1897 John Brown and Sam Moss and Henry Briscoe ??
1898 John Brown and Sam Moss
1899 Ernest Needham and Sam Moss
1900 Sam Moss
1901 John Brown
1902 John Brown
1903 Thomas Grimshaw
1904 William Goalan
1905 John Lynes
1906 John Lynes
1907 Willam Ward
1908 Willam Ward
1909 Harry Wallace
1910 Alex Kermode Australia
1911 Alex Kermode Australia
1912 Alex Kermode Australia
1913 Alex Kermode Australia
1914 Alex Kermode Australia
1915 George Brook
1919 No professional
1920 George Brook
1921 Archie Slater
1922 Archie Slater
1923 Archie Slater
1924 Archie Slater
1925 Archie Slater
1926Archie Slater
1927Helm Spencer
1928 Arthur Richardson Australia
1929 Arthur Richardson Australia
1930 Arthur Richardson Australia
1931 Arthur Richardson Australia
1932 Ted MacDonald Australia
1933 Ted MacDonald Australia
1934 Horace Fisher
1935 Willie Newton
1936 Willie Newton
1937 Harry Gibbon
1938 Harry Gibbon
1939 Archie Slater
1945 Sidney Alcock and Clifford Cooke
1946 George Hudson
1947 George Hudson
1948 George Hudson
1949 Everton Weekes West Indies
1950 George Headley West Indies
1951 Everton Weekes West Indies
1952 Everton Weekes West Indies
1953 Everton Weekes West Indies
1954 Everton Weekes West Indies
1955 Manny Martindale West Indies
1956 Everton Weekes West Indies
1957 Khan Mohammed Pakistan
1958 Everton Weekes West Indies
1959 Israr Ali India
1960 Roy Gilchrist West Indies
1961 Sandeep Patel India
1962 Roy Gilchrist West Indies
1963 Roy Gilchrist West Indies
1964 Basil Butcher West Indies
1965 Ikram Elahi Pakistan
1966 Ikram Elahi Pakistan
1967 Ikram Elahi Pakistan
1968 Ian Brayshaw Australia
1969 Ian Brayshaw Australia
1970 Tony Mann Australia
1971 Tony Mann Australia
1972 Tony Mann Australia
1973 Philip Carlson Australia
1974 Andre Nieuwoudt Rhodesia
1975 Robin Jones Rhodesia
1976 Robin Jones Rhodesia
1977 Mark O'Neill Australia
1978 Mark O'Neill Australia
1979 Neal Radford South Africa
1980 Neal Radford South Africa
1981 Ray Wynter West Indies
1982 Evan Hodkinson South Africa
1983 Ross Ormiston New Zealand
1984 Ross Ormiston New Zealand
1985 Asantha De Mel Sri Lanka
1986 Asantha De Mel Sri Lanka
1987 Steve Wundke Australia
1988 Steve Wundke Australia
1989 Roger Harper West Indies
1990 Roger Harper West Indies
1991 Roger Harper West Indies
1992 Roger Harper West Indies
1993 Roger Harper West Indies
1994 Roger Harper West Indies
1995 Roger Harper West Indies
1996 Roger Harper West Indies
1997 James Peterson Australia
1998 Brad White South Africa
1999 Brad White South Africa
2000 Adam Dale Australia
2001 Shaun Young Australia
2002 Shaun Young Australia
2003 Shaun Young Australia
2004 Chris Simpson Australia
2005 Adam Griffith Australia
2006 Chris Cairns New Zealand
2007 Chris Harris New Zealand
2008 Chris Harris New Zealand
2009 Ryan Broad Australia
2010 Michael Smith South Africa
2011 Jon-Jon Smuts South Africa
2012 Udara Peiris /Various Sri Lanka
2013 Aubrey Swanepoel South Africa
2014 Haseeb Azam Pakistan
2015 Haseeb Azam Pakistan
2016 Haseeb Azam Pakistan
2017 Ernest Kemm South Africa
2018 Ernest Kemm South Africa
2019 Sachithra Serasinghe Sri Lanka
2020 No Professional
2021 Sachithra Serasinghe Sri Lanka
2022 No Professional
2023 Chirag Khurana
Honours
Lancashire Amateur Cup Winners
1885
Lancashire League Champions
1899, 1922(joint), 1923, 1924, 1930, 19581960, 2000, 2001, 2002
Holland Cup Winners
1956, 1963, 1980, 1994, 2006
Worsley Cup Final Appearances
16
Worsley Cup Winners
1923, 1927, 1930, 1956, 1972, 1993
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T20 Runners Up
2019
Lancashire Junior League Champions
1951, 1955, 1960, 1962, 1988, 1989
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Lancashire Junior League Division 2 Champions
2021
Lancashire Junior Cup Winners
1977, 1990
Lancashire League Third Eleven Champions
1996