From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Rishton Cricket Club

Club in Lancashire, England

Summary

Club in Lancashire, England

Field	Value
name	Rishton Cricket Club
league	Lancashire League
ground	Blackburn Road, Rishton, Lancashire, England
title1	Lancashire League
title1wins	8

Rishton Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at Blackburn Road in Rishton, Lancashire, England. For the 2025 season their captain is Matt Leathert.

The club was formed in 1865 and became a founder member of the Lancashire League in 1892. The club has won the League on eight occasions. The club has employed many well-known cricketers as professionals including Sydney Barnes, Allan Donald, Michael Holding and Viv Richards.

Former Accrington Stanley chairman and local businessman, Eric Whalley, was club captain of Rishton.

Honours

1st XI League Winners - 8 - 1898, 1912, 1944, 1948, 1955, 1995, 1996, 2007
Worsley Cup Winners - 6 - 1922, 1932, 1955, 1964, 1967, 1973
Inter League Club Challenge Trophy Winners - 1 - 2001
20/20 Cup Winners - 1 - 2006
2nd XI League Winners - 4 - 1913, 1933, 1953, 1954
2nd XI (Lancashire Telegraph) Cup Winners - 2 - 2001, 2021
3rd XI League Winners - 2 - 1985, 1988
Highest 50 overs score - 340-6 v Lowerhouse, 4 August 2001

References

"Rishton CC".
[http://lancashireleague.com/Records/LLMOSTWINS.html MOST LANCASHIRE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP WINS 1891 – 1999]
[http://lancashireleague.com/Players/Lancashire/PRO_PLAYERS/RISHTONPROS.html Rishton Professionals]
(2015). "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack".

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

lancashire-league-cricket-clubs sport-in-hyndburn 1865-establishments-in-england rishton

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Rishton Cricket Club — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report