Home ground: Centre Vale Worsley Cup wins: 8 Date founded 1837 | Captain: Andrew Sutcliffe Lancashire League wins: 5 Ron Singleton Colne Trophy wins: 1 | |
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Todmorden Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at Centre Vale in Todmorden, West Yorkshire. Until the administrative border was changed in 1974, the historic boundary between Lancashire and Yorkshire ran through the centre of the ground.
Contents
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- History
- 2011 season
- Current players
- Professionals
- Amateurs
- Honours
- References
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History
The club has won the Lancashire League on five occasions and won the Worsley Cup eight times.
2011 season
For the 2011 season, captain was Simon Newbitt, and its professional was Qaiser Abbas.
Current players
In the 2016 season, the club professional is the Australian Ashton Turner.
Professionals
Todmorden has employed one or two professionals each season since at least 1897. England players who have played professionally for the club include Fred Root, Brian Close, Frank Tyson and Paul Allott.
A number of other internationals have been employed by Todmorden including Jim Burke and Matt Nicholson (Australia); Mohsin Khan, Aftab Baloch, Qaiser Abbas and Bilawal Bhatti (Pakistan); Fanie de Villiers, Morné van Wyk, Francois du Plessis, Gulam Bodi and David Wiese (South Africa); Ravi Ratnayeke and Chinthaka Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka); Brendan Nash and Vasbert Drakes (West Indies); and Gyanendra Pandey (India).
Amateurs
Former Todmorden amateur players include Harold Dawson, Dick Horsfall and Derek Shackleton. Television weatherman John Kettley played for Todmorden Second and Third Eleven, he was once selected for the First Eleven.