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Burnley Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League based at Turf Moor in Burnley, Lancashire.

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The club was a founder member of the Lancashire League in 1892 and has won the League Championship 15 times, the Worsley Cup 10 times and the 20/20 Cup twice.

The club has seen huge success in recent years including becoming the first Club to win the Worsley Cup 4 years in a row in 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016, as well as enjoying a record breaking season in 2015 in which they won all 5 senior Trophies of the League, the Worsley Cup, the 20/20 Competition, the Ron Singleton Colne Trophy and the 2nd XI League. In addition the Club reached the Quarter Final of the LCB Cup and finished as runners-up in the Third XI League.

For the 2016 season the captain is Bharat Tripathi, and for the third season in a row the Club Professional is Christopher Holt.

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Honours

  • 1st XI League Winners - 15 - 1893, 1897, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1913, 1950, 1956, 1964, 1970, 1978, 1979, 2006, 2015
  • Worsley Cup Winners - 10 - 1950, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1975, 1984, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • 20/20 Cup Winners - 2 - 2009, 2015
  • Ron Singleton Colne Trophy Winners - 2 - 2007, 2015
  • 2nd XI League Winners - 9 - 1893, 1903, 1906, 1929, 1931, 1961, 1968, 2002, 2015
  • 2nd XI (Lancashire Telegraph) Cup Winners - 2 - 1984, 2004
  • 3rd XI League Winners - 1 - 2006

    • Notable Players

  • James Anderson
  • Arthur Bell
  • David Brown
  • Fred Brown
  • Michael Brown
  • Jonathan Clare
  • Jerry Dawson
  • Vishal Tripathi
  • John Kettley
  • Tommy Lawton

    • References

    Burnley Cricket Club Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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