Category: History

A great addition to the website from the CricketHistory.website is the 1955: Lowerhouse vs Haslingden Scorecard

A great addition to the website from the CricketHistory.website is the 1956: Lowerhouse vs Burnley Scorecard

Ben has surpassed 7,000 Lancashire League runs in todays game versus Greenmount. Only 3 other batsmen have achieved this feat in the clubs history (Stan Heaton – 7939, Brian Higgin – 8108 and Uncle Chris Bleazard – 16719). Congratulation Ben from everyone at the club, I’m sure you’re already gunning...

A great addition to the website from the CricketHistory.website is the 1953: Lowerhouse vs Burnley Scorecard

A great addition to the website from the CricketHistory.website is the 1954: Lowerhouse vs Nelson Scorecard

A great addition to the website from the CricketHistory.website is the 1959: Lowerhouse vs Burnley Scorecard

Class of 1963 with class of 1983. Stan Heaton with still sprightly Ken Smith at the ground today. Ken (80) had cycled from his home up Brunshaw. Topics for reminiscence included 1963 pro West Indian Pascal Roberts gold tooth and his reaction to the first time he saw snow The...

By Paul Hargreaves As a very strange cricket season concluded at ‘bonny’ Colne, a few Lowerhouse ultras were considering if any of us had foreseen Matt Hope, after a 12 year hiatus, playing for the first team again. Also a girl (Liberty Heap) making her debut. Another topic was how...

A roundup of local cricket in the paper sent in from RawtenstallClaret on Twitter – Mick Swift has had better runs of form…

In our post yesterday, we talked through the History of the Club and the club legend Tommy Shutt. This is Lowerhouse Cricket Clubs 160th year in existence – we wanted to mark the occasion, with an interactive experience so that people, whilst on the ground can see what it looked...

Photo sent in by Phil and Catherine Metcalfe, the Second Team 2022 squad.

Background and early years Tommy Shutt’s story starts with his parents, William Shutt and Sarah Holden living in Lowerhouse in the second half of the 19th century. People were coming into Lowerhouse village from all over to work in the textile industry, often living in overcrowded, insanitary conditions.  The Shutts...

A great addition to the website from the CricketHistory.website is the 1961: Lowerhouse vs Burnley Scorecard

A great addition to the website from the CricketHistory.website is the 1955: Lowerhouse vs Accrington Scorecard

A great addition to the website from the CricketHistory.website is the 1955: Lowerhouse vs Rishton Scorecard

Another submission from BCTHIC (original post here) Early Breakthrough Lowerhouse opener Stan Heaton goes for the hook shot off Gary Robertson and is caught by Bob Whitaker. The Express dedicated almost a full page to the local derby between Burnley and Lowerhouse, with victory for Burnley more or less ending...

A great post from the BCTHIC archive (original post here) A four hit by Colin Milburn off Joe Fletcher during his innings of 66 in the derby match at Turf Moor. Burnley pressed on relentlessly to maintain their Lancashire League title challenge in two high scoring weekend matches, in each...

Sent from in BCTHIC – (Original post here) Agony for skipper Alan Holden who is just inches away from a fine slip catch that would have stopped Church’s pro McArdle from reaching his half-century By Garry Brannigan. Everything went terribly wrong for Lowerhouse on Saturday. Perched at the top of...

A great set of photos sent in from Anne at the BCTHIC (Original Post Here) Lowerhouse achieved the sensation of the Sunday Lancashire League programme by defeating the champions, Burnley, at Turf Moor in a game in which 16 wickets fell for a mere total of 125 runs. Hero of...

Another great find from Anne Cochrane. The corner of the ground where the terraces used to be situated has had many a name over the year. Also known as ‘Stella Corner’ I think ‘Purity Corner’ has a better ring to it.

Another great contribution to the History Books from the late David Bleazards scrapbook. Multiple clippings of the club landing their Clubmark accreditation and a game in the league versus Bacup.

Another great contribution to the History Books from the late David Bleazards scrapbook. Multiple clippings and the scorecard from the Worlsey Cup Final in 2004.

Another great contribution to the History Books from the late David Bleazards scrapbook. A clipping from the Burnley Express with Lowerhouse winning their first 6 out of 6.

Another great contribution to the History Books from the late David Bleazards scrapbook. A write up from the Burnley express from 2004 of the league game on the Saturday vs East Lancs, the day before the historic Cup Final.

Another great contribution to the History Books from the late David Bleazards scrapbook. 2012s games versus Bacup and Nelson/