Donaghcloney Mill Cricket Club Explained

Donaghcloney Mill
Coach:Raymond Mathews, Stephen Hanna, Bruce Topping
Captain:Mathew Lyttle
Overseas:Mansing Nigade, Rahul Desai, Avadhoot Dandekar, Petras Pienaar
Colors:Red and Green
Founded:2017
Ground:The Factory Ground, Banford Green

Donaghcloney Mill Cricket Club is a cricket club in Donaghcloney, County Down, Northern Ireland, playing in Section 1 of the NCU Senior League.

It was formed in 2017, when Donacloney Cricket Club and the club merged with Millpark Cricket Club merged and adopted the name Donaghcloney Mill.[1] [2]

Donacloney had been founded by the Liddell family, proprietors of the William Liddell & Co.[3] factory in the village of Donaghcloney. The Liddells were members of the North of Ireland Cricket Club in Belfast and decided to establish a club in Donaghcloney for the recreation of the factory workers.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport/cricket/cricket-donaghcloney-and-millpark-on-course-for-merger-1-7641109 Belfast News-Letter
  2. http://www.northerncricketunion.org/database/2017/leagues/League1.shtml NCU
  3. Web site: Heritage. 16 September 2013.
  4. http://www.donaghcloneycc.co.uk/about/ About Donaghcloney Cricket Club