Ramsbottom Cricket Club is a

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club in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at Acre Bottom in

Ramsbottom Ramsbottom is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 17,872. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the River Irwell in the West Pennine Moors, northwest of Bu ...

. The club has won the league on four occasions and won the cup 6 times, including two victories in consecutive years in 2001 and 2002. It has employed professionals including

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and

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.Ramsbottom professionals
at lancashireleague.com

Honours

*1st XI League Winners - 6 - 1921, 1925, 1974, 1992, 2010, 2016 *Worsley Cup Winners - 8 - 1939, 1957, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2011 *20/20 Cup - 3 - 2010, 2011, 2012 *Ron Singleton Colne Trophy Winners - 5 - 1997, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012 (shared) *2nd XI League Winners - 11 - 1910, 1935, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2013 *2nd XI (Lancashire Telegraph) Cup Winners - 12 - 1972, 1975, 1987, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2015 *3rd XI League Winners - 4 - 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000

References

External links

Official site
at lancashireleague.com
Junior Foundation
Lancashire League cricket clubs Sport in the Borough of Rossendale Ramsbottom {{England-cricket-team-stub