Wallasey Cricket Club

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Wallasey Cricket Club
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Wallasey Cricket Club pavilion
League Liverpool and District Cricket Competition
Personnel
1st XI captain Flag of England.svg Greg Beaver
Team information
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Home ground Kevin McCullagh Oval
Official website www.pitchero.com/clubs/wallaseycricketclub

Wallasey Cricket Club is a cricket club in Wallasey, Merseyside, England. The club was founded in 1864 and was an early member of the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition in which it still plays. [1] [2] It joined the then Liverpool Competition in 1919, taking over the fixtures of the Rock Ferry club which had not re-formed after World War I. [3]

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References

  1. "Clubs - Wallasey". Liverpool & District Cricket Competition. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. "About". Wallasey Cricket Club. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  3. "L&DCC History". Liverpool & District Cricket Competition. Retrieved 5 July 2017.