Chorley Cricket Club is an

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club based in

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came ...

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, playing their home matches at Windsor Park. The club's first team compete in the ECB

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, while the Second, Third and Sunday development teams take part in the more locally based

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along with all Junior teams from a large and healthy juniour section. The club gained prominence nationally in the 1990s when Chorley the final of the Abbot Ale

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at Lords in 1994, 1995 and 1996. Chorley won the trophy beating Ealing in '94 and Clifton Bourton in '95 whilst losing to Walsall in the '96 final. The unbeaten run of 26 matches in the competition until the '96 final is probably unique. They were captained by the formidable Roland Horridge. Notable professionals who have played at Chorley include;

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(Lions & South Africa), Tom Smith (

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( Mumbai cricket club, Goa)

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Keith Eccleshare

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, Notable individuals who have played cricket for Chorley Cricket Club include;

Bill Beaumont Sir William Blackledge Beaumont, (born 9 March 1952 in Chorley, Lancashire, England) is a former rugby union player, and was captain of the England rugby union team, earning 34 caps. His greatest moment as captain was the unexpected 1980 Grand ...

Paul Grayson (rugby union) Paul James Grayson, (born 30 May 1971 in Chorley, Lancashire) is the former assistant head coach of Northampton Saints rugby union club. He formerly played at fly-half for Northampton, for whom he was the all-time leading points scorer, and ...

Paul Mariner Paul Mariner (22 May 1953 – 9 July 2021) was an English football player and coach. A centre forward during his playing days, Mariner began his career with Chorley. He became a professional player in 1973 with Plymouth Argyle, where he scored ...

& James Sutherland (cricketer). Honours for Chorley Cricket Club include; League Champions: 1971 & 1980 Northern League T20 Cup Winners 2018 & 2022 Slater Cup Winners: 1967 & 2000 Matthew Brown Trophy Winners: 1981 Martini Rossi Trophy Winners: 1982 & 1983 Slalom Lager Trophy Winners: 1991 Vaux Bitter Cup Winners: 1995 2nd Division Champions: 1954 Latus Trophy Winners 1989 Blackledge Trophy Winners 1991 Lancashire Cup Winners: 1992 Abbot Ale

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Champions: 1994 & 1995 - Runners-up: 1996

External links

Chorley Cricket Club season results & statistics
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