Chorley Cricket Club is an

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club based in

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth ca ...

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, playing their home matches at Windsor Park. The club's first team compete in the ECB

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, while the Second, Third and Sunday development teams take part in the more locally based

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along with all Junior teams from a large and healthy junior section. The club gained prominence nationally in the 1990s when Chorley the final of the Abbot Ale

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at Lords in 1994, 1995 and 1996. Chorley won the trophy beating Ealing in '94 and Clifton Bourton in '95 whilst losing to Walsall in the '96 final. The unbeaten run of 26 matches in the competition until the '96 final is probably unique. They were captained by the formidable Roland Horridge. For the summer of 2025 the club pulled off a significant coup in signing South Africa test batsman

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Notable previous professionals who have played at Chorley include;

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(Western Australia & Australia) Josh Marquet (Tasmania) Chris Hartley (Queensland Bulls & Aus A)

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(Lions & South Africa), Tom Smith (

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( Mumbai cricket club, Goa)

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, ''Lancashire Post''. June 17, 2023.
Keith Eccleshare

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, Marques Ackerman Notable individuals who have played cricket for Chorley Cricket Club include;

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Paul Grayson (rugby union) Paul James Grayson, (born 30 May 1971 in Chorley, Lancashire) is the former assistant head coach of Northampton Saints rugby union club. He formerly played at fly-half for Northampton, for whom he was the all-time leading points scorer, and E ...

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. Honours for Chorley Cricket Club include: League Champions: 1971 & 1980 Northern League T20 Cup Winners 2018 & 2022 Slater Cup Winners: 1967 & 2000 Matthew Brown Trophy Winners: 1981 Martini Rossi Trophy Winners: 1982 & 1983 Slalom Lager Trophy Winners: 1991 Vaux Bitter Cup Winners: 1995 2nd Division Champions: 1954 Latus Trophy Winners 1989 Blackledge Trophy Winners 1991 Lancashire Cup Winners: 1992 Abbot Ale ECB Cup National Club Championship Champions: 1994 & 1995 - Runners-up: 1996

External links

Chorley Cricket Club season results & statistics
* /Https://chorleycricketclub.com/ CCC Official Site

References

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