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 and yellow |
Founded | 1862 |
Home ground | Brooks Foundation Ground, Liverpool Road, Burnley |
History | |
Lancashire League wins | 4 |
Worsley Cup wins | 5 |
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 |
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.
In recent years the club has been very successful, winning the Lancashire League in 2005, 2011, 2012 and 2014, the Worsley Cup in 2004, 2012, 2018, 2021 and 2024, and the 20/20 Cup in 2013. The club won the Lancashire League for the first time in 2005, captained by Joe Beneduce, having won the Worsley 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]