Todmorden Cricket Club Explained

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League:Lancashire League
Captain:Andrew Sutcliffe[1]
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Founded:1837[2]
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Ground:Centre Vale
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Title1:Lancashire League
Title1wins:5
Title2:Worsley Cup
Title2wins:8
Title3:Ron Singleton Colne Trophy
Title3wins:1
Title4:2nd XI League
Title4wins:6
Title5:Lancashire Telegraph Cup
Title5wins:1
Title6:Central Lancashire Cricket League
Title6wins:1
Notable Players:Peter Lever

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 1888, the historic boundary between Lancashire and Yorkshire ran through the centre of the ground.

History

In October 1890, Todmorden Cricket Club (Todmorden CC) were founder members of the Lancashire League (then called the North East Lancashire Cricket League), but resigned in February 1891 without playing a game.[3]

In 1891, Todmorden CC was a founder member of the South East Lancashire Cricket League, which changed to the Central Lancashire Cricket League in 1893.[4] The club won this league in 1896,[5] before rejoining the Lancashire League for the 1897 season.[6]

The club has won the Lancashire League on five occasions and won the Worsley Cup eight times.[7]

2011 season

For the 2011 season, captain was Simon Newbitt, and its professional was Qaiser Abbas.[8]

Current players

In the 2017 season, the club professional is the South African Kelly Smuts.[9]

Former players

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,[10] Brian Close,[11] Frank Tyson[12] and Paul Allott.[13]

A number of other international cricketers have been employed by Todmorden including Ashton Turner, Jim Burke, and Matt Nicholson (Australia);[14] [15] [16] Mohsin Khan, Aftab Baloch, Qaiser Abbas and Bilawal Bhatti (Pakistan);[17] [18] [19] [20] Fanie de Villiers, Morné van Wyk, Francois du Plessis, Gulam Bodi and David Wiese (South Africa);[21] [22] [23] [24] [25] Ravi Ratnayeke and Chinthaka Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka);[26] [27] Brendan Nash and Vasbert Drakes (West Indies);[28] [29] and Gyanendra Pandey (India).[30]

South Australian cricketer and long-time cricket administrator Neil Dansie played for Todmorden in the 1955 and 1956 season, scoring 1513 runs and taking 111 wickets over the two seasons.[31]

Amateurs

Former Todmorden amateur players include Harold Dawson,[32] Dick Horsfall and Derek Shackleton.[33] Television weatherman John Kettley played for Todmorden Second and Third Eleven, he was once selected for the First Eleven.[34]

Honours

Records

In April 2017, South African professional Kelly Smuts made the highest total in the history of the Lancashire League for Todmorden, scoring 211; a record previously held by future Australia Captain Michael Clarke with 200 for Ramsbottom in 2002.[35] [36]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Todmorden Cricket Club - 1st XI. todmordencc.leaguerepublic. 18 July 2016.
  2. Web site: Todmorden Cricket Club - about us. todmordencc.leaguerepublic. 18 July 2016.
  3. Book: Heywood . Freda . Heywood . Malcolm . Heywood . Brian . In a league of their own . 1 . 2011 . Upper Calder Valley Publications . 978-0-9547146-4-2.
  4. Book: Heywood . Freda . Heywood . Malcolm . Heywood . Brian . In a league of their own . 1 . 2011 . Upper Calder Valley Publications . 978-0-9547146-4-2.
  5. Book: Heywood . Freda . Heywood . Malcolm . Heywood . Brian . In a league of their own . 2 . 2011 . Upper Calder Valley Publications . 978-0-9547146-4-2.
  6. Book: Heywood . Freda . Heywood . Malcolm . Heywood . Brian . In a league of their own . 1 . 2011 . Upper Calder Valley Publications . 978-0-9547146-4-2.
  7. http://lancashireleague.com/Records/index.html League records
  8. http://lancashireleague.com/Clubs/LLTODMORCD.html Todmorden CC
  9. Web site: Welcome, Kelly. Todmorden CC. 24 April 2017.
  10. Web site: Fred Root. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  11. Web site: Brian Close. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  12. Web site: Frank Tyson. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  13. Web site: Paul Allott. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  14. Web site: Ashton Turner. ESPNcricinfo. 24 April 2017.
  15. Web site: Jim Burke. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  16. Web site: Matt Nicholson. 15 November 2015.
  17. Web site: Mohsin Khan. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  18. Web site: Aftab Baloch. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  19. Web site: Qaiser Abbas. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  20. Web site: Bilawal Bhatti. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  21. Web site: Fanie de Villiers. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  22. Web site: Morne van Wyk. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  23. Web site: Francois du Plessis. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  24. Web site: Gulam Bodi. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  25. Web site: David Wiese. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  26. Web site: Ravi Ratnayeke. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  27. Web site: Chinthaka Jayasinghe. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  28. Web site: Vasbert Drakes. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  29. Web site: Brendan Nash. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  30. Web site: Gyanendra Pandey. CricketArchive. 15 November 2015.
  31. "Neil Dansie", CKCricket Heritage Web site: Archived copy . 2009-01-01 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090305183039/http://www.ckcricketheritage.org.uk/calderdale/todmorden/docs/Interview%20with%20Neil%20Dansie.pdf . 5 March 2009 . dmy-all . Accessed 12 January 2009
  32. Web site: Harold Dawson. CricInfo. 15 November 2015.
  33. http://lancashireleague.com/Players/Lancashire/PRO_PLAYERS/TODPROS.html
  34. Web site: Famous Fan: John Kettley. BBC Sport. 15 November 2015. 10 July 2000.
  35. News: Lancashire League: Michael Clarke's record broken by Kelly Smuts . 23 April 2017 . BBC Sport. 23 April 2017 .
  36. News: Collomosse. Andrew. League Cricket: Clarke hits first double century. 24 April 2017. The Daily Telegraph. 28 May 2002.

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