50 and 500 club
Matt Walker’s double of 50 wickets and 500 runs is only the 29th in Lancashire League history.
Even more remarkable it is only the 9th in the last 35 years.
Lowerhouse have 3 of those 9 ; Matt, Jon Hartley in 1980 and Jon Finch in 2005 and 2 of the last 3 are Lowerhouse players
Produced by kind permission of Nigel Stockley, Lancashire League website
Lancashire League
Amateurs who have performed the double of 500 runs and 50 wickets in a season
1892-2015
Season | Name | Club | Runs | Wickets |
1903 | Jim Briggs | Colne | 534 | 65 |
1903 | Tom Lancaster | Enfield | 769 | 110 |
1905 | Tom Lancaster | Enfield | 731 | 80 |
1906 | Tom Shutt | Lowerhouse | 502 | 64 |
1908 | Tom Lancaster | Enfield | 500 | 75 |
1920 | Ted Riley | Haslingden | 512 | 55 |
1925 | Albert Rhodes | Haslingden | 733 | 62 |
1933 | Fred Hartley | Bacup | 511 | 88 |
1934 | Fred Hartley | Bacup | 747 | 68 |
1935 | Fred Hartley | Bacup | 789 | 90 |
1937 | Fred Hartley | Bacup | 789 | 90 |
1938 | Fred Hartley | Bacup | 532 | 82 |
1939 | Les Bulcock | Colne | 661 | 50 |
1940 | Jim Brierley | Haslingden | 653 | 58 |
Reg Parkin | Church | 578 | 66 | |
1941 | Les Warburton | East Lancs | 844 | 51 |
Jim Brierley | Haslingden | 519 | 69 | |
1942 | Jim Brierley | Haslingden | 506 | 52 |
1944 | Arthur Ramsbottom | Rishton | 803 | 52 |
1955 | John Ingham | Haslingden | 596 | 68 |
1980 | Jon Hartley | Lowerhouse | 507 | 50 |
2002 | Peter Sleep | Rishton | 931 | 57 |
2004 | Steve Dearden | Haslingden | 628 | 55 |
Qasim Ali | Colne | 503 | 50 | |
2005 | Steve Dearden | Haslingden | 522 | 52 |
2010 | Steve Dearden | Haslingden | 609 | 75 |
2010 | Jon Finch | Lowerhouse | 590 | 63 |
2010 | Liam Jackson | Enfield | 540 | 57 |
2015 | Matt Walker | Lowerhouse | 611 | 55 |
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