The Central Lancashire League (CLL) is a fifteen team cricket

Cricket

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 league, traditionally based in Lancashire

Lancashire

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, England

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. It is now based around Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

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 and West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

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. The league runs competitions at First Team, Second Team, Third Team, Under 18, Under 15, Under 13 and Under 11 levels.

The league was due to expand to a sixteen club format from 2005. Monton & Weaste were awarded the extra place ahead of Bamford Fieldhouse, Saddleworth, Elton, Walshaw, Didsbury and Bury

Bury Cricket Club

Bury Cricket 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...

. However, Stand

Stand Cricket Club

Stand Cricket Club, established in 1853, is situated between Hamilton Road and Higher Lane in Whitefield, Bury, Greater Manchester. The Club was a member of the Central Lancashire League between 1993 and 2004, then moved to the Lancashire County League for the 2005 season...

 left the league before the 2005 season and their replacement, Clifton did not join until 2006. 2006 also saw the introduction of a Twenty20

Twenty20

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 competition in the league, which was first won by Norden.

Member clubs

Club	Membership
	From	To	Rejoined
Ashton	1928
Bury Bury Cricket Club Bury Cricket 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...	1892	1893
Castleton Moor	1916	1987
Clifton	2006
Crompton	1896
Darwen	1893	1896
Dukinfield	1901	1916
Glossop	1901	1916
Heywood	1892
Hyde	1981	1992
Littleborough	1892
Longsight	1907	1908
Middleton	1895
Milnrow	1892
Monton & Weaste	2005
Moorside	1901	1928
Norden	1981
Oldham	1892	1893	1900
Radcliffe	1892	1897	1937
Rochdale	1893
Royton	1892
Stalybridge	1898	1916
Stand Stand Cricket Club Stand Cricket Club, established in 1853, is situated between Hamilton Road and Higher Lane in Whitefield, Bury, Greater Manchester. The Club was a member of the Central Lancashire League between 1993 and 2004, then moved to the Lancashire County League for the 2005 season...	1993	2004
Stockport Stockport Cricket Club Stockport Cricket Club is situated on Beech Road, Cale Green, Stockport in the North West of England. The club has three senior sides and a junior section...	1937	1998
Todmorden Todmorden Cricket Club Todmorden Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at Centre Vale in Todmorden, West Yorkshire. For the 2011 season its captain is Simon Newbitt, and its professional is Qaiser Abbas. The club has won the league on five occasions and won the cup eight times...	1892	1897
Unsworth	1989
Walsden	1892
Werneth	1910

Honours

Year	First Division	Wood Cup	Second Division	Burton Cup	Aggregate Cup	Twenty20 Cup
1892	Littleborough
1893	Rochdale
1894	Rochdale
1895	Rochdale
1896	Todmorden
1897	Rochdale
1898	Middleton		Walsden
1899	Middleton		Rochdale
1900	Rochdale		Milnrow
1901	Glossop		Rochdale
1902	Crompton		Oldham
1903	Glossop		Rochdale
1904	Heywood		Rochdale
1905	Rochdale		Rochdale
1906	Rochdale		Rochdale
1907	Moorside		Rochdale
1908	Glossop		Middleton
1909	Oldham		Middleton
1910	Milnrow		Littleborough
1911	Littleborough		Crompton
1912	Littleborough		Milnrow
1913	Glossop		Dukinfield
1914	Royton		Dukinfield
1915	Moorside		Walsden
1916	Oldham
1917	Littleborough
1918	Crompton
1919	Littleborough		Crompton
1920	Middleton		Littleborough
1921	Littleborough	Middleton	Middleton
1922	Rochdale	Rochdale	Milnrow
1923	Rochdale	Rochdale	Rochdale
1924	Rochdale	Rochdale	Werneth
1925	Rochdale	Werneth	Castleton Moor
1926	Castleton Moor	Werneth	Middleton
1927	Rochdale	Werneth	Crompton
1928	Castleton Moor	Castleton Moor	Littleborough
1929	Heywood	Heywood			Heywood
1930	Middleton	Middleton	Oldham		Middleton
1931	Heywood	Middleton	Castleton Moor		Heywood
1932	Littleborough	Rochdale	Rochdale		Littleborough
1933	Ashton	Middleton	Middleton		Middleton
1934	Littleborough	Werneth	Royton		Werneth
1935	Littleborough	Littleborough	Middleton		Littleborough
1936	Littleborough	Middleton	Littleborough		Littleborough
1937	Radcliffe	Werneth	Stockport		Radcliffe
1938	Middleton	Middleton	Stockport		Stockport
1939	Werneth	Milnrow	Werneth		Werneth
1940	Ashton	Ashton	Ashton		Ashton
1941	Stockport	Littleborough	Stockport		Stockport
1942	Stockport	Littleborough	Stockport		Stockport
1943	Castleton Moor	Oldham	Stockport		Stockport
1944	Radcliffe	Werneth	Stockport / Oldham*		Werneth
1945	Heywood	Heywood	Heywood		Heywood
1946	Radcliffe	Milnrow	Werneth
1947	Milnrow	Milnrow	Stockport		Milnrow
1948	Rochdale	Middleton	Stockport		Rochdale
1949	Stockport / Milnrow*	Milnrow	Stockport		Stockport
1950	Rochdale	Ashton	Middleton		Rochdale
1951	Rochdale	Werneth	Stockport		Rochdale
1952	Rochdale	Rochdale			Middleton
1953	Rochdale	Rochdale	Royton		Rochdale
1954	Crompton	Walsden	Castleton Moor
1955	Rochdale	Rochdale	Middleton		Middleton / Rochdale*
1956	Rochdale	Rochdale	Rochdale	Rochdale
1957	Oldham	Rochdale	Royton	Rochdale / Royton*
1958	Middleton	Rochdale	Middleton	Middleton
1959	Middleton	Werneth	Middleton	Middleton
1960	Heywood	Milnrow	Middleton	Middleton
1961	Radcliffe	Radcliffe	Werneth	Heywood
1962	Stockport / Walsden*	Walsden	Middleton	Middleton
1963	Heywood	Stockport	Stockport	Stockport
1964	Walsden	Ashton	Ashton	Ashton
1965	Stockport / Crompton*	Ashton	Milnrow	Stockport
1966	Stockport	Stockport	Stockport	Stockport
1967	Heywood	Middleton	Heywood	Heywood
1968	Heywood	Radcliffe	Werneth	Werneth
1969	Radcliffe	Stockport	Stockport	Stockport
1970	Middleton	Heywood		Heywood
1971	Radcliffe	Heywood	Stockport	Stockport	Stockport
1972	Milnrow	Castleton Moor	Castleton Moor	Royton	Milnrow
1973	Middleton	Littleborough	Littleborough	Royton / Middleton*	Middleton
1974	Heywood	Littleborough	Castleton Moor	Castleton Moor	Castleton Moor
1975	Milnrow	Walsden	Werneth	Milnrow	Milnrow
1976	Heywood	Littleborough	Werneth	Oldham	Heywood
1977	Littleborough	Middleton	Middleton	Middleton	Littleborough
1978	Littleborough	Milnrow	Radcliffe	Werneth	Werneth
1979	Oldham	Oldham	Werneth	Royton	Werneth
1980	Royton	Crompton	Milnrow	Middleton	Middleton
1981	Hyde	Werneth	Werneth	Milnrow	Middleton
1982	Oldham	Littleborough	Werneth	Middleton	Oldham
1983	Littleborough	Oldham	Oldham	Milnrow	Oldham
1984	Heywood	Heywood	Middleton	Heywood	Heywood
1985	Littleborough	Oldham	Oldham	Littleborough	Littleborough
1986	Littleborough	Littleborough	Oldham	Middleton	Oldham
1987	Norden	Milnrow	Middleton	Middleton	Norden
1988	Middleton	Oldham	Littleborough	Rochdale	Littleborough
1989	Stockport	Milnrow	Littleborough	Rochdale	Littleborough
1990	Rochdale	Werneth	Middleton	Littleborough	Littleborough
1991	Rochdale	Rochdale	Littleborough	Middleton	Rochdale
1992	Littleborough	Littleborough	Milnrow	Milnrow	Littleborough
1993	Rochdale	Heywood	Radcliffe	Norden	Middleton
1994	Radcliffe	Littleborough	Middleton	Milnrow	Rochdale
1995	Rochdale	Walsden	Middleton	Stockport	Middleton
1996	Littleborough	Milnrow	Radcliffe	Heywood	Littleborough
1997	Rochdale	Littleborough	Middleton	Milnrow	Middleton
1998	Littleborough	Littleborough	Milnrow	Rochdale	Littleborough
1999	Rochdale	Littleborough	Rochdale	Rochdale	Rochdale
2000	Middleton	Rochdale	Rochdale	Milnrow	Middleton
2001	Rochdale	Middleton	Middleton	Milnrow	Middleton
2002	Littleborough	Norden	Norden	Littleborough	Littleborough
2003	Rochdale	Heywood	Walsden	Littleborough	Rochdale
2004	Norden	Walsden	Rochdale	Littleborough	Littleborough
2005	Littleborough	Heywood	Littleborough	Littleborough	Littleborough
2006	Heywood	Heywood	Walsden	Littleborough		Norden
2007	Rochdale	Heywood		Littleborough		Norden

* The title was shared in these years.