Waringstown Cricket Club

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Waringstown
Personnel
CaptainLee Nelson
Team information
ColorsRed and Blue
Founded1851
Home ground The Lawn

Waringstown Cricket Club is a cricket club in Waringstown, County Down, Northern Ireland, playing in the NCU Premier League.

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The club was formed in 1851 by Captain Thomas Waring and the Henning brothers, John and George, presumably from the linen factory of John Henning & Co. in the Waringstown village. The Lawn is believed to be the second oldest cricket ground in Ulster. Waringstown was a founder member of the NCU Senior League in 1897. [1]

Honours

† Won by 2nd XI

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