Lancashire County Cricket Club is one of the popular English cricket clubs in Manchester. Lancashire CCC was established in the year 1864, when a meeting of 13 Lancashire cricket clubs was conducted. The club has won many cups and championships between the late 1880s and the late 1990s, such as C & G Trophy, County Championships, Benson and Hedges Cup, Refuge Cup and others.
The earliest players of Lancashire CCC were Parr, Mynn, W.G.Grace, and Felix. Another reputed player of the club was Richard Barlow. In 1884 he played for the North of England against the Australians. He succeed in taking 10 Australian wickets and hitting a century in the match. The Australian Captain, Murdoch completely bowled over by Barlow's skills and presented his cap to the winner.
Another remarkable player of the club was Archie MacLaren who scored a marvelous 424 against Somerset. This record was not broken for 99 years. In his last game in 1923, against New Zealand, he scored an overwhelming double century, when he was 51 years old. S.F.Bames, was another prominent player who was considered to be the best bowler of his
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Lancashire County Cricket Club Museum
The glorious history of Lancashire Cricket is well-exhibited in the club's museum, that is located at Old Trafford. Visitors can learn about the Manchester Cricket Club that was set up in the early part of the 1800s and was later moved to the present grounds of Old Trafford in the year 1857. Visitors can view the trophies of cricket matches won by players in the 1820s, paintings, many silver tankards of 1738 and various other records from the world of cricket in England. The museum remains open on all International and 1st XI match days.
Some of the players in the current squad of Lancashire County Cricket Club are Glen Chapple, Steven Mullaney, Dominic Cork, Andrew Flintoff, Steven Croft, Simon Marshall, Iain Sutcliffe, Mark Chilton, Mal Loye and Karl Brown.
Lancashire County Cricket Club is among the best-known 18 county cricket clubs, that represents Lancashire county in Manchester.
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