Haslingden Cricket Club
League	Lancashire League
Ground	Bentgate, Haslingden Haslingden Haslingden is a small town in Rossendale, Lancashire, England. It is north of Manchester. The name means 'valley of the hazels', though the town is in fact set on a high and windy hill. In the early 20th century Haslingden had the status of a municipal borough, but following local government... , 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	Phil Hayes (England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... )
2010 League Position	2nd

Haslingden Cricket Club is 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, which plays its home games at Bentgate in Haslingden

Haslingden

Haslingden is a small town in Rossendale, Lancashire, England. It is north of Manchester. The name means 'valley of the hazels', though the town is in fact set on a high and windy hill. In the early 20th century Haslingden had the status of a municipal borough, but following local government...

. For the 2011 season its captain is Graham Knowles

Graham Knowles

Graham Andrew Knowles is an English cricketer. Knowles is a right-handed batsman. He was born in Haslingden, Lancashire....

, and its professional is former Ramsbottom amateur Phil Hayes of England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The club has won the league on 12 occasions and the cup on 5. It has employed professionals including George Headley

George Headley

George Alphonso Headley was a West Indian cricketer who played 22 Test matches, mostly before the Second World War. Considered one of the best batsmen to play for West Indies and one of the greatest cricketers of all time, Headley also represented Jamaica and played professional club cricket in...

, Clive Lloyd

Clive Lloyd

Clive Hubert Lloyd CBE AO is a former West Indies cricketer. He captained the West Indies between 1974 and 1985 and oversaw their rise to become the dominant Test-playing nation, a position that was only relinquished in the latter half of the 1990s...

 and Dennis Lillee

Dennis Lillee

Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation"...

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Honours

• 1st XI League Winners - 12 - 1900, 1920, 1953, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2004
• Worsley Cup Winners - 5 - 1921, 1977, 1992, 1994, 1997
• Inter League Club Challenge Trophy Winners - 2 - 1998, 2003
• 20/20 Cup - 1 - 2005
• 2nd XI League Winners - 16 - 1895, 1921, 1948, 1950, 1963 (shared), 1977, 1981, 1982, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005
• 2nd XI (Lancashire Telegraph) Cup Winners - 5 - 1976, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1998
• 3rd XI League Winners - 3 - 2005, 2008, 2011

External links

• Official site
• Haslingden CC at lancashireleague.com