Oldham Cricket Club

Oldham Cricket Club
League	Central Lancashire League
Ground	The Pollards, Watersheddings, Oldham, Greater Manchester
Professional	Chinta de Silva (Sri Lanka) [1] [ needs update ]
CLL History	1892–93 1900–present
Honours	First Division: 5 times Wood Cup: 5 times Second Division: 6 times (shared once) Burton Cup: 1 time Moor Cup Cup: 1 time Aggregate Cup: 3 times

Oldham Cricket Club is a cricket team based at The Pollards in the Watersheddings area of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.

In 1892 Oldham were one of the founding members of the Central Lancashire League and currently run teams in the First and Second divisions; with junior sides at Under 18 and Under 15 levels. ^[2]

^[3] Their professional for 2007 was Greg Todd of New Zealand, who heralded the end of a long line of South African professionals at the club, including Mark Charlton (2006) and Martin Smith (2004–05).

Honours

First Division: 1909, 1916, 1957, 1979, 1982 ^[4]

Wood Cup: 1943, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1988

Second Division: 1902, 1930, 1944 (shared), 1983, 1985, 1986, 2016

Burton Cup: 1976

Moor Cup: 2017

References

1. "CLL Clubs - Oldham C C: Oldham Cricket Club". (The Lake Garage) Central Lancashire Cricket League website. 18 April 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
2. "Clubs in The Central Lancashire Cricket League". (The Lake Garage) Central Lancashire Cricket League website. 18 April 2011. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
3. "Oldham reveal new pro". Oldham Sports & Community Club website. The Pollards, Broadbent Road, Oldham. 7 April 2011. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2011. Reproduced from: "Oldham reveal new pro". Oldham (Evening) Chronicle. Chronicle Media Group. 5 April 2011.
4. "Cricket". Oldham Sports & Community Club website. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2010.^{[ dead link ‍]}

Further reading

• "News of the Neighbouring Towns : Oldham : The closing dinner of the Oldham Cricket Club ...". The Manchester Courier, and Lancashire General Advertiser. Vol. XXXV, no. 2003. 15 October 1859. p. 8. Gale   EN3216622978. Newspapers.com 805259999.
• "Arrears of Subscriptions to Cricket Clubs". Cricket. The Manchester Courier, and Lancashire General Advertiser. Vol. XLI, no. 2773. 2 October 1865. p. 4. Gale   EN3216648228. Newspapers.com 799467811.
• "The Oldham Cricket Club First Annual Athletic Festival". The Manchester Courier, and Lancashire General Advertiser. Vol. L, no. 55036. 8 August 1874. p. 1. Gale   IG3221193073. Newspapers.com 799508536.
• "Oldham Cricket Club". The Athletic World (and Journal of English Sports). Vol. 1, no. [24]. 13 September 1878. p. 279. Google Books WbkOAAAAQAAJ.
• "Oldham Cricket Club Sports". Athletic And Cycling Notes. The Manchester Courier, and Lancashire General Advertiser. Vol. LXVII, no. 10763. 11 May 1891. p. 7. Gale   GW3221550816. Newspapers.com 799761258.
• "This morning application was made by Arthur Smith, the Oldham Cricket Club professional, ...". Things In General. The Manchester Evening News. No. 11322. 29 June 1905. p. 4. Newspapers.com 800851770.
• "Yesterday an application by Arthur Smith, the Oldham Cricket Club professional, for the transfer ...". The Manchester Courier. No. 15178. 30 June 1905. p. [10]. Gale   GR3217048026. Newspapers.com 800073823.
• "Oldham Cricket Club". Sporting News. The Manchester Evening News. No. 12378. The Manchester Evening News. 19 November 1908. p. 3. Newspapers.com 938288744.
• Barlow, Stuart (October 1991). Recreation and its rationalization with special reference to Rochdale and Oldham (1825 - 1890) (Ph.D. thesis). Department of Physical Education, University of Manchester. ProQuest   2133621362 (11009785).
• Law, Brian R. (1999). Oldham Brave Oldham: An Illustrated History of Oldham. Oldham Council. p. 231. Google Books yyyAAAAAIAAJ.