Littleborough Cricket Club, based in Littleborough, in the

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team currently playing in the

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. The club was founded in 1839 and play on the famous Hare Hill ground. Littleborough were founder members and inaugural champions of the

, and they have been league champions on twenty occasions, the last time being in 2005. Littleborough hold

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Focus Club status and are ECB Clubmark accredited. Two senior teams play in the CLL in addition to a 3rd XI who play in the North Manchester League. The club's junior section fields teams in the CLL at U18, U15, U13, U11 and U9 age groups and the juniors receive expert coaching at the club during the summer on Monday evenings. From start of the 2018 season Littleborough moved to the Lancashire League.

Professional players

Many notable professionals have appeared in the Littleborough side over the years, including Sir

Garfield Sobers Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, (born 28 July 1936), also known as Sir Gary or Sir Garry Sobers, is a former cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. A highly skilled bowler, an aggressive batsman and an excellent fielder, ...

Joel Garner Joel Garner (born 16 December 1952) is a former West Indian cricketer, and a member of the highly regarded late 1970s and early 1980s West Indies cricket teams. Garner is the highest ranked One Day International bowler according to the ICC bes ...

Ezra Moseley Ezra Alphonsa Moseley (5 January 1958 – 6 February 2021) was a Barbadian cricketer who played in two Test matches and nine One Day Internationals for the West Indies cricket team in 1990 and 1991. He was the only member of the 1982 rebel tou ...

Franklyn Stephenson Franklyn DaCosta Stephenson (born 8 April 1959) is a former cricketer from Barbados who played as a right handed batsman and pacer. Stephenson played as an allrounder for his native Barbados national cricket team, Barbados together with Tasmani ...

, Andy Roberts, Mike Whitney, and

Stuart Law Stuart Grant Law (born 18 October 1968) is an Australian-born cricket coach and former cricketer. He played one Test and 54 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Australia. Law also captained Queensland to five Sheffield Shield titles and two one ...

. The club's professional player engaged for 2012 is the Queensland batsman

Clinton Perren Clinton Terrence Perren (born 22 February 1975) is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played for Queensland. He was a right-handed middle order batsman. Perren was a graduate of the Australian cricket academy in 1995 but had to wait ...

. Littleborough is also the home club of the Surrey and England international

Chris Schofield Christopher Paul Schofield (born 6 October 1978) is an English cricketer, who played Tests and Twenty20 Internationals. Schofield is one of the few leg-spinners to play cricket for England in the 21st century. Early career Born on 6 October ...

Club honours

NMCL Division 2 Champions

2015

Hodson Cup Winners

2015

CLL champions

1892, 1911, 1912, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2005

Wood Cup

1935, 1941, 1942, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999

JW Lees Lancashire Challenge Trophy

1997, 2005

2nd XI champions

1910, 1920, 1928, 1936, 1973, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2005

Burton Cup

1985, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011

Aggregate Cup

1932, 1935, 1936, 1977, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005

Whittaker Cup

2006, 2007,

Taylor Cup

1996, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2016

References

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