The Lancashire and Cheshire Women's cricket team was the women's representative cricket team for the historic counties of

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

and

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

. They competed in the

Women's Area Championship The Women's Area Championship was a women's cricket competition organised by the Women's Cricket Association that ran from 1980 until 1996. It operated as a 55-over limited overs cricket competition, with teams organised into a number of groups, ...

from 1980 to 1996 and in the

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, after which they were replaced by individual teams representing

and

History

Lancashire and Cheshire Women played their first recorded match in 1930, in which they lost to

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by 16 runs. The side went on to play various one-off matches, against various county and touring sides, before they joined the

in 1980. Lancashire and Cheshire were one of the weaker sides in the Area Championship, with their best finishes coming in 1985, when they reached the Quarter-Finals, and in 1993, when they finished fifth. In

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

, they played in the inaugural

Women's County Championship The Women's County Championship, known since 2014 as the Royal London Women’s One-Day Cup,Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

and

Players

Notable players

Players who played for Lancashire and Cheshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (noted in brackets): *

Avril Starling Avril Moira Starling (born 19 April 1953) is an English former cricketer who played as a medium pace bowler. She appeared in 11 Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals for England between 1982 and 1986. She played domestic cricket for Lanc ...

(1982) *

Carole Hodges Carole Ann Hodges (married name Carole Cornthwaite; born 1 September 1959) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She appeared in 18 Test matches and 47 One Day Internationals for En ...

(1982) *

Lesley Cooke Lesley Cooke (born 28th November 1963) is an English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team. She played three Test matches against India in 1986, scoring 72 and 117 as an opening batsman on her debut at Wetherby. She ...

(1986) *

Ruth Lupton Ruth Lupton is an English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team. She was born in 1964 and played one test, against New Zealand at Scarborough, and two one day internationals, both at the 1995 Women's European Cricket ...

(1995) *

Laura Newton Laura Kelly Newton (born Macleod, 27 November 1977) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and off break bowler. She appeared in 13 Test matches, 73 WODIs and 3 WT20Is games for the English women's cricket team. S ...

(1997) *

Sarah Collyer Sarah Victoria Collyer (born 3 October 1980) is an English former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. She was a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in 7 Test matches and 25 One Day Internationals for England betw ...

(1998)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

References