Clifton Cricket Club is an
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cricket
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club based on Manchester Road (
A666
The A666 is a major road in Greater Manchester and Lancashire, England.
Route
The road runs from its junction with the A6, and A580 at the Irlams o' th' Height boundary with Pendlebury near Manchester, through Pendlebury, Clifton, Kearsley, ...
) in
Clifton
Clifton may refer to:
People
*Clifton (surname)
*Clifton (given name)
Places
Australia
* Clifton, Queensland, a town
**Shire of Clifton
*Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong
*Clifton, Western Australia
Canada
*Clifton, Nova Scotia ...
,
Salford
Salford () is a city and the largest settlement in the City of Salford metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. In 2011, Salford had a population of 103,886. It is also the second and only other city in the metropolitan county afte ...
.
The club were founder members of the Greater Manchester Cricket League (GMCL) in 2016 and play in that league's Premier division, finishing 3rd in the inaugural.
season.
Clifton's current Captain is former Lancashire and Derbyshire all rounder and wicketkeeper
Gareth Cross
Gareth David Cross (born 20 June 1984) is an English cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who occasionally bowls right arm medium-fast. He played for Lancashire from 2005 until his release in 2013, and the following yea ...
.
References
External links
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Central Lancashire League cricket clubs
Sport in the City of Salford
Organisations based in Salford
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