The 1st Round of the 2023 competition which will be played on Sunday May 6th. The full draw: Colne v Ramsbottom Norden v Great Harwood Greenmount v Church Bacup v Lowerhouse Middleton v Burnley East Lancs v Darwen Clitheroe v Crompton Walsden v Haslingden Byes: Accrington Enfield Littleborough Nelson Rawtenstall...
An interesting piece from Paul Spencer today about the decline in visitors to local cricket in 1991 – even at a Burnley vs Lowerhouse match. Also a shame that East Lancashire Cablevision didn’t take off!
A great preview to the 1991 season with Jez Hope taking the helm of captain at 27. Interestingly the local bookies offered odds of 16/1 on Lowerhouses’ chances that year. Another great contribution from Paul Spencer
A great addition to the History Books today from Paul Spencer, when Blez took 5-31 off 7 against Nelson and followed it up with 79. Full scorecard here
Another great addition to the History Books from 1991, sent in by Paul Spencer.
Lowerhouses, Eliza Cottam has been selected for the NW Thunder Academy (Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumbria) which is the level below Thunder which is the professional team. Congratulations from everyone at the club Eliza – keep up the hard work!
An interview by Paul Spencer of Delroy Morgan, the clubs professional in 1990.
Putting a face to the player – Joseph Soult. We have been contacted by Richard Miller, who writes on the early years of cricket in Scotland and who previously got in touch looking for a photo of local hero Tommy Shutt. Richard has been trying to find a good, authenticated...
Lowerhouses’ Liberty Heap has been called up to the England Women U19 squad for ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2023. Well done Liberty – we are over the moon for you! What an achievement. It’s the first time the best U19 cricketers have come together from the women’s...
Todays piece from 1994, written by Paul Spencer is the game versus Nelson in 1994, where the wheels fell off after a great start for Stan and Nick Hope Full scorecard here
Another great addition from Paul Spencer to the History Books, a piece he wrote on Brian Higgin calling it a day in 1992.
Vincent Kompany’s Burnley travel to Birmingham City on Wednesday Evening 7.45pm KO If you arent able to make the trip to Birmingham the club is open from 7.00pm with the game live on our three TV’s A great opportunity to catch up with friends and family and support the club at...
Another great addition from Paul Spencer, a thrilling game from 1982. Scorecard is here..
A great clipping from Paul Spencer, the newest contributor to the History Books – from the paper with the 1984 Burnley and Lowerhouse averages with a photo of Kirti Azad.
A letter of thanks from the LCF for hosting Lancashire Under 16s and Lancashire Girls Under 15s in July
Many thanks to Joe Martin for his sterling work in enabling us to renew our clubmark status which we have held since the inception of the scheme some 20 years ago.
By Paul Hargreaves If I said to you that the best ever Lowerhouse cricketer with the surname ‘Heap’ isn’t Ben, you’d probably question my sanity. If I said Tommy Shutt might not be the best cricketer to be born in Lowerhouse village, you’d probably say I was crazy. So then...
Bonfire Deliveries are now being scheduled for the clubs annual Bonfire & Fireworks display on Saturday 5th November (see here for more info & tickets) We are extremely grateful for the companies that have already contacted us and scheduled deliveries, please contact Stan on 07941439741 Last week we received a...
Grace Johnson last night took the award for her age group at the Lancashire awards! Well done Grace
James McGregor collecting his young volunteer of the year award at Old Trafford tonight. In good company!
Congratulations to Taylor De Vries who has been selected for this year’s Thunder Emerging Players Programme 2022/23 The EPP will be held at three centres across the North West- Sedbergh School, Grange Academy and Emirates Old Trafford. Taylors’s training will be held at Emirates Old Trafford.
First team batsman, Dean Barlow has left Lowerhouse to rejoin his former club Rawtenstall. A popular player around the club Dean scored 1135 league runs in 82 matches since joining in 2017. Dean was a key member of the Lancs KO final team and the Worsley Cup winning side of...
Our 2022 community bonfire is scheduled for Saturday 5th of November 2022 We now begin the process of receiving wood donations to add to our stock pile for this event Please note, we cannot pick up any wood. If anyone has access to or can assist please contact Stan on 07941439741 to arrange...
The CricketHistory.website recently uploaded a Burnley Cricket Club programme from 1947. In it is a scorecard versus Lowerhouse and a great little write up about Joan Wilkinson who we have previously written about on the site here. Take a look at this great peice of history on the link below....
Physical also available from 20th September from the following outlets: Mooch Cafe – Gift Shop 87, Burnley Road, Padiham, BB12 8BL Emmas News – Corner Dugdale Road/Padiham Road The Post Office – 8 Lowerhouse Lane, Burnley, BB12 6HU Or Ring Stan to arrange collections at the club 07941439741 Burnleys...
Lowerhouse will host Lancashire Cup Winners Longridge CC on Saturday 8th April 2023 in the first of 3 friendlies organized as part of the clubs preparations for the 2023 campaign. On Sunday April 9th House travel to Church Meadow Clitheroe to play Ribblesdale Wanderer’s followed by a visit the following...
Saturday Third Eleven versus Rishton 4 (Home) Meet Lowerhouse 11.30am Metcalfe P Ali A Ali S Broome C Broome J Cain Chir Y De Vries K Johnstone Metcalfe D Ullah Reserves . From Fourth Eleven Umpire . Mr. R. Blackburn Scorer . Mr. W. De Vries
Thanks to Anne and the BCTHIC archive for sending these cracking photos of the 1982 Holland Cup win in. You can view the post on their site here 14th September 1982 Photos from Lowerhouse v Rawtenstall. Lowerhouse have been pipped for the Lancashire League championship by just one point by...
Lowerhouses Isa Nadeem was one of the top scorers in todays best of the Under 14s interleague team versus Lancashire Under 14s. Well done Isa. Scorecard here
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