Lancashire League Handbook 2013

149 The Club became the last team to achieve the Senior League Championship in 2005. Vishal Tripathi became the youngest player on record at 17 years 3 months, 23 days to score a century against Rishton for Lowerhouse on 26th June 2005. RyanHarris (144) & Jonathon Finch (123) created a newLancashire League 1st wicket partnership of 257 on 29thApril 2007. During the 2011 season Lowerhouse became the first team to win all 13 home games. In 2011&2012 no side scored 200 or more runs against Lowerhouse 1st XI. Chris Bleazard scored his 100th Lancashire League half century for Lowerhouse against Burnley at Lowerhouse on June 4th NELSON Nelson won their first 9 matches in season 1919 with Morfee, (pro) and A. Pollard bowling unchanged until the seventhmatch. Nelson dismissed Church in a League match on May 3rd 1924 for 9 runs. In season 1928, Nelson 1st and 2nd teams both lost their first match, (versus Bacup) and then never lost another match and the Club established a record by winning the Senior and Junior League Championships and the Worsley Cup in the same season. Nelson is the only Club to have won the Championship in four successive seasons, 1934-5-6-7. Learie Constantine scored 192 not out in 118minutes against East Lancs on 2nd August 1937. In aWorsley Cup game June 6th, 7th and 8th 1939, Nelson scored 441 runs and Lowerhouse repliedwith 274 runs. On 2nd July 1995 in the game Nelson v Enfield after 28 overs Nelson were 79 for 9. T. Kegg 100 andM.Warburton 5* put on 98 runs for the final wicket. This was a club record for a last wicket partnership. This was Trevor Kegg’s highest score and the first No. 9 batsman to score a century for Nelson C.C. Joe Scuderi made an amateur record score in theWorsley Cup for Nelson on 9th May 2004 with 155 at Rishton. He made 1000 eight times (7 Nelson 1 Colne) and holds both the amateur and professional batting records for runs in a season. Michael Bradley set a new Lancashire League record for wicket keeping dismissals inAugust 2007with 712. Sean Lemonmade 143 for Nelson against Colne on 25thMay 2008. RAMSBOTTOM W Fenwick of Ramsbottom was the first player to take over 100 wickets in a season in 1900with 137. Ramsbottom dismissed East Lancashire in a League Match onApril 1900 for 8 runs. Ramsbottom by winning the Championship in 1921 created a record, being the only Club, at that time, to have occupied every position in the LeagueTable.