Bury Cricket Club

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Bury Cricket Club
Bury CC Badge.jpg
Twenty20 nameBury Bullsharks
Personnel
CaptainDominic Morris
ChairmanGary Garner
Team information
ColoursNavy & Red + Gold piping
Founded1845
Home groundRadcliffe Road, BL9 9JX
History
BDCA Cross Cup wins2014
MDCA Surridge Trophy wins2014
Official website burycc.crichq.site

Bury Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Greater Manchester Cricket League [1] (GMCL), which plays its home games at Bury Sports and Social Club on Radcliffe Road, [2] Bury, Greater Manchester. As of 2023 the 1st XI captain is Dominic Morris.

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History of the Club

The club was founded in 1845, initially playing its cricket in the Townside district of the town. However, the arrival of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway required the club to seek pastures new. They then located to Foundry Street in the town, but this land was also required for development, with the building of Barlow's Mill in 1852.

Once again the club had to move and found a site at Buckley Wells, currently Bury Grammar School's playing fields, where they stayed until 1922.

In 1919, Samuel Roberts provided land on Radcliffe Road to be used for sporting facilities for the people of Bury following the end of the Great War. It was here that Bury Cricket Club finally settled and this land is now Bury Sports & Social Club where the grounds are used by both the cricket club and Bury Rugby Union Football Club. [3] The club also has a Squash section and Bury Chess Club also use the facilities.

Historically, records of cricket matches at Radcliffe Road can be found right back to the late 1840s including a game in 1888 where Bury took on a side of touring Parsees. [4] The ground has also hosted two Lancashire County Cricket Club 2nd XI matches, the first against Northumberland County Cricket Club in 1908 and the second against Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club 2nd XI in 1953. [5]

In the 1930s the annual tour to North Wales was begun, which still continues to this day. More recently, in 1996, the club went professional, and in recent years has employed first class players from around the world.

The new pavilion at Bury CC opened in 2013 Bury CC Pavilon.jpg
The new pavilion at Bury CC opened in 2013

As part of the NatWest Bank Cricket Force initiative, Bury CC were nominated for, and won, the Lancashire Cricket Board OSCA (Outstanding Service to Cricket Award) in 2013. This was due to all the work that was put in getting the ground ready for the 2013 season and particularly the finishing work that was done on the new pavilion. [6]

In 2020, the club was due to celebrate its 175th anniversary, however celebrations were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In August 2021, the club released a short feature film '175 Anniversary Story' celebrating the history of the club, and the individuals that had contributed so greatly.

Cricket History

Bury were founder members of the Central Lancashire Cricket League (CLL) playing there in the 1892 season. They are the only club, with the exception of Todmorden Cricket Club, to have been members of both the CLL and the Lancashire League where they played in 1893 and 1894.

Despite a long history in the Manchester and District Cricket Association (MDCA) the club had been limited to minor successes with the 2004 lifting of the JC Worthington Trophy by the 2nd XI being the highlight.

However, in the 1990s the club began to develop its junior section which has become one of the largest and most successful in the region. The club's commitment to junior cricket was recognised by the award of the Sport England ClubMark and the Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Community Club of the Year in 2005.

This youth based approach led to more success on the field and, for the first time in their history, the 1st XI won the league in the 2012 season. This was to be Bury's final season in the MDCA as they had applied to, and been accepted as, members of the Bolton & District Cricket Association [7] (BDCA) for the 2013 season. [8]

In 2013, the under 13s won the Cup, beating local rivals Walshaw to pick up the trophy in their debut BDCA season. [9]

In the 2014 season, Bury's 1st XI won their first, and only, BDCA trophy, the knockout Cross Cup, beating Edgworth by 4 wickets. [10]

The club's continued commitment to junior cricket was recognised by its re-accreditation of the Sport England ClubMark in August 2014.

On 25 May 2015 the club informed the BDCA of their intention to resign from the league. When the BDCA confirmed their receipt of the resignation, it was then announced that the club would be applying to join the new GMCL starting in season 2016.

The 3rd XI who had played their cricket in the North Manchester Cricket League (NMCL) [11] also moved into the GMCL after the NMCL voted to join the new league en-bloc.

In 2017, the 1st XI reached the Derek Kay Cup final, losing out to Egerton Cricket Club, in a game played at Greenmount CC.

In 2019, the 3rd XI won the Sunday Premier Cup, defeating Roe Green in the final at Stretford CC. This was the club's first silverware in the GMCL. In 2021, the 2nd XI were Division 4S&W Champions and achieved promotion to Division 3 for 2022.

Greater Manchester League History

Club President

The following people have served as president of Bury Cricket Club :-

Club Chairman

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Club Captains

The following players have captained Bury Cricket Club :-

Club Honours

Overseas Players

The following overseas players have represented Bury Cricket Club :-

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References

  1. ↑ Greater Manchester Cricket League Archived 2016-10-30 at the Wayback Machine from GMCL site
  2. ↑ Radcliffe Road Cricket Ground from CricketArchive.com
  3. ↑ Bury RUFC from Bury RUFC pitchero site
  4. ↑ Bury v. Parsees from CricketArchive.com
  5. ↑ County matches at Radcliffe Road from the Lancashire CCC archive
  6. ↑ LCB OSCA Nomination from The Bury Times
  7. ↑ Bolton & District Cricket Association from BDCA site
  8. ↑ Bury CC join the BDCA from The Bolton News
  9. ↑ BDCA u13s Cup Final 2013 from BDCA Play-Cricket site
  10. ↑ Cross Cup Victory 2014 from The Bolton News
  11. ↑ North Manchester Cricket League Archived May 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine from NMCL site
  12. ↑ GMCL Premier 2 2021 from GMCL CricHQ site
  13. ↑ GMCL Division 4S&W 2021 from GMCL CricHQ site
  14. ↑ GMCL Division 1B 2019 from GMCL CricHQ site
  15. ↑ GMCL Division 2A 2019 from GMCL CricHQ site
  16. ↑ GMCL Division 1A 2018 from GMCL CricHQ site
  17. ↑ GMCL Division 3 West 2018 from GMCL CricHQ site
  18. ↑ GMCL 1st XI Derek Kay Cup Rounds from GMCL CricHQ site
  19. ↑ GMCL 1st XI Derek Kay Cup Final scorecard from GMCL CricHQ site
  20. ↑ GMCL Premier Division 2017 from GMCL CricHQ site
  21. ↑ GMCL Division 4 West 2017 from GMCL CricHQ site
  22. ↑ Sunday Division 1B 2017 from GMCL CricHQ site
  23. ↑ Archway GMCL20 Pool 7 from GMCL CricHQ site
  24. ↑ Archway GMCL20 Finals from GMCL CricHQ site
  25. ↑ GMCL Premier Division 2016 from GMCL CricHQ site
  26. ↑ GMCL Division 4 West 2016 from GMCL CricHQ site
  27. ↑ GMCL Sunday Division North West 2016 from GMCL CricHQ site
  28. ↑ Archway GMCL20 Pool 4 from GMCL CricHQ site
  29. ↑ Milton Shumba from ESPN CricInfo
  30. ↑ Omar Banday from ESPN CricInfo
  31. ↑ Kasun Vidura from ESPN CricInfo
  32. ↑ Casmond Walters from SVG Cricket
  33. ↑ Casmond Walters from SVG Cricket
  34. ↑ Malinga Surappulige from ESPN CricInfo
  35. ↑ Akil Greenidge from ESPN CricInfo
  36. ↑ Ashen Silva from ESPN CricInfo
  37. ↑ Nekoli Parris from ESPN CricInfo
  38. ↑ Kobus Scholtz from ESPN CricInfo
  39. ↑ Milinda Siriwardana from ESPN CricInfo
  40. ↑ Milinda Siriwardana before test debut from ESPN CricInfo
  41. ↑ Abram Ndhlovu from ESPN CricInfo
  42. ↑ S.J. Erwee from ESPN CricInfo
  43. ↑ Michael Alexander from ESPN CricInfo
  44. ↑ Asif Iqbal from ESPN CricInfo
  45. ↑ Asif in u19 World Cup 2004 from ESPN CricInfo
  46. ↑ Asif Zakir from ESPN CricInfo
  47. ↑ Rizwan Saeed from ESPN CricInfo
  48. ↑ Lesroy Irish from ESPN CricInfo
  49. ↑ Delroy Taylor from ESPN CricInfo

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