Bury Cricket Club

History of the Club

The club was founded in 1845, initially playing its cricket in the Townside district of the town. However, the arrival of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway required the club to seek pastures new. They then located to Foundry Street in the town, but this land was also required for development, with the building of Barlow's Mill in 1852.

Once again the club had to move and found a site at Buckley Wells, currently Bury Grammar School's playing fields, where they stayed until 1922.

In 1919, Samuel Roberts provided land on Radcliffe Road to be used for sporting facilities for the people of Bury following the end of the Great War. It was here that Bury Cricket Club finally settled and this land is now Bury Sports & Social Club where the grounds are used by both the cricket club and Bury Rugby Union Football Club. The club also has a Squash section and Bury Chess Club also use the facilities.

Historically, records of cricket matches at Radcliffe Road can be found right back to the late 1840s including a game in 1888 where Bury took on a side of touring Parsees. The ground has also hosted two Lancashire County Cricket Club 2nd XI matches, the first against Northumberland County Cricket Club in 1908 and the second against Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club 2nd XI in 1953.

In the 1930s the annual tour to North Wales was begun, which still continues to this day. More recently, in 1996, the club went professional, and in recent years has employed first class players from around the world.

As part of the NatWest Bank Cricket Force initiative, Bury CC were nominated for, and won, the Lancashire Cricket Board OSCA (Outstanding Service to Cricket Award) in 2013. This was due to all the work that was put in getting the ground ready for the 2013 season and particularly the finishing work that was done on the new pavilion.

Cricket History

Bury were founder members of the Central Lancashire Cricket League (CLL) playing there in the 1892 season. They are the only club, with the exception of Todmorden Cricket Club, to have been members of both the CLL and the Lancashire League where they played in 1893 and 1894.

Despite a long history in the Manchester and District Cricket Association (MDCA) the club had been limited to minor successes with the 2004 lifting of the JC Worthington Trophy by the 2nd XI being the highlight.

However, in the 1990s the club began to develop its junior section which has become one of the largest and most successful in the region. The club's commitment to junior cricket was recognised by the award of the Sport England ClubMark and the Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Community Club of the Year in 2005.

This youth based approach led to more success on the field and, for the first time in their history, the 1st XI won the league in the 2012 season. This was to be Bury's final season in the MDCA as they had applied to, and been accepted as, members of the Bolton & District Cricket Association (BDCA) for the 2013 season.

In 2013, the under 13s won the Cup, beating local rivals Walshaw to pick up the trophy in their debut BDCA season.

In the 2014 season, Bury's 1st XI won their first, and only, BDCA trophy, the knockout Cross Cup, beating Edgworth by 4 wickets.

The club's continued commitment to junior cricket was recognised by its re-accreditation of the Sport England ClubMark in August 2014.

On May 25, 2015, the club informed the BDCA of their intention to resign from the league. When the BDCA confirmed their receipt of our resignation, it was then announced that the club would be applying to join the new GMCL starting in season 2016.

The 3rd XI who had played their cricket in the North Manchester Cricket League (NMCL) will also play in the GMCL after the NMCL voted to join the new league en-bloc.

All Junior teams will join the Seniors in the GMCL.

Recent

The club entered an under 19 team, the Bury All-Stars, in the new England and Wales Cricket Board National Club u19 t20 competition. Bury competed in the regional Lancashire "Green" group with CLL rivals, Norden Cricket Club, Rochdale Cricket Club and group winners and regional finalists Littleborough Cricket Club.

On Sunday August 9, 2015, Bury CC 3rd XI won the NMCL 4th Division Hunter Cup. They beat Darcy Lever by 63 runs in the final played at Tottington St. Johns' Crompton Meadows ground. Man of the Match was awarded to the Bury skipper Dom Morris who scored 123 with the bat and took 5 wickets for 31 runs.

The under 17s team won the BDCA League Championship for their age group in 2015.

Greater Manchester Cricket League

Bury Cricket Club are a founder member of the GMCL.

On the announcement of the initial league structure, Bury 1st XI were placed in the GMCL Premier Division.

Bury 2nd XI were placed in the GMCL Division 4 (West).

Bury 3rd XI were placed in the GMCL Sunday Division (North West).

The club have entered the GMCL 20-20 competition and will be known as the Bury Storm.

Club President

The following people have served as president of Bury Cricket Club :-

Club Chairman

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Club Captains

The following players have captained Bury Cricket Club :-

Overseas Players

The following overseas players have represented Bury Cricket Club :-