Church & Oswaldtwistle Cricket Club
League	Lancashire League
Ground	West End Ground, Oswaldtwistle Oswaldtwistle Oswaldtwistle is a town within the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies on the course of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, east-southeast of Blackburn and is contiguous to Accrington.-History:... , Lancashire Lancashire Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
Professional	Saeed Anwar (Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... )
2010 League Position	5th

Church & Oswaldtwistle Cricket Club, based at Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle is a town within the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies on the course of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, east-southeast of Blackburn and is contiguous to Accrington.-History:...

, Accrington

Accrington

Accrington is a town in Lancashire, within the borough of Hyndburn. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, north of Manchester city centre and is situated on the mostly culverted River Hyndburn...

, are a cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 club in the Lancashire League. They play at the West End Ground on Blackburn Road in Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle is a town within the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies on the course of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, east-southeast of Blackburn and is contiguous to Accrington.-History:...

. Their captain for the 2011 season is Craig Fergusson and their professional is Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i Saeed Anwar.

The club was founded in 1856. It moved to its present location in 1890 and joined the Lancashire League at its inception in 1892. The club has won the League on five occasions, most recently in 1963. During this period it has fielded notable cricketers such as Sydney Barnes

Sydney Barnes

Sydney Francis Barnes was an English professional cricketer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the sport's history...

, Cecil Parkin, and Chester Watson

Chester Watson

Chester Donald Watson is a Jamaican cricketer. Watson played seven Tests for the West Indies in the early 1960s....

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Honours

• 1st XI League Winners - 5 - 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1962
• Worsley Cup Winners - 1 - 1974
• 2nd XI League Winners - 6 - 1898, 1926, 1930, 1938, 1991, 2010
• 2nd XI (Lancashire Telegraph) Cup Winners - 2 - 1999, 2010
• 3rd XI League Winners - 1 - 1984
• Highest 50 overs score - 306-4 v East Lancs
  East Lancashire Cricket Club
  East Lancashire Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at Alexandra Meadows in Blackburn. For the 2011 season its captain will be Mark Bolton and its professional will be Ockert Erasmus...
  
  , August 1, 2004

External links

• Official website
• Church CC at lancashireleague.com