Lowerhouse Cricket Club
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Lowerhouse Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at The Brooks Foundation Ground on Liverpool Road in Burnley.
League | Lancashire League |
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Personnel | |
Captain | Benjamin Heap |
2nd XI captain | Jack Simm |
Overseas player(s) | Ruan de Swardt |
Team information | |
Colours | Royal Blue & Yellow |
Founded | 1862 |
Home ground | Brooks Foundation Ground, Liverpool Road, Burnley |
History | |
Lancashire League wins | 4 |
Worsley Cup wins | 4 |
20/20 Cup wins | 1 |
Ron Singleton Colne Trophy wins | 2 |
2nd XI League wins | 3 |
Lancashire Telegraph Cup wins | 2 |
3nd XI League wins | 2 |
Official website | lowerhousecc.com |
In recent years the club has been very successful, winning the league in 2011, 2012 and 2014, the Worsley Cup in 2004, 2012, 2018 and 2021 and the Twenty20 Cup in 2013. The club won the league for the first time in 2005, captained by Joe Beneduce, having won the cup for the first time the year before, captained by Matt Hope.[1] It has employed professionals including Matthew Mott, Ryan Harris, Martin van Jaarsveld, Jacques Rudolph, and Peter Fulton.[2]
For the 2022 season the captain is Benjamin Heap,[3] and the professional is Stephen Parry.[4]