Lancashire League Handbook 2014

147 Runners-Up and were the first winners of the Holland Cup which had been introduced that season. Burnley won the Senior Championship in 1964 with the highest number of points, 70, since the introduction of 4 points for a win in season 1956. Collie Smith (pro) scored 306 not out against Lowerhouse in the 1959 Worsley Cup competition breaking EvertonWeekes previous record of 225 not out against Rawtenstall in 1958. In May 1977, the game Burnley v Bacup (Senior League) realised the highest aggregate score in limited overs cricket with Burnley 271-4 and Bacup 256-2. Peter Brown retired in 1998 having made a half century against every other club. 48 in total (41 league 7 in cup). Jonathan Clare at the age of 17 years 10 months, 10 days became the youngest ever player to score a century in a Lancashire League match at Bentgate on 24thApril 2004. In 2006, Jonathan made the highest ever score by a Burnley amateur in limited overs 11th June 2006 against East Lancs with 161. In 2009 Bharat Tripathi, with 76 wickets, established a new amateur bowling record by surpassing Trevor Jones 30 year old record of 72 from 1979. In achieving the record he took the same number of wickets as the 2 leading professional,AnwarAli (Colne) &Gary Brent (Enfield). On 19thAugust 2012 during the home game v Bacup, play was suspended to allow theAirAmbulance to land for emergency purposes. CHURCH In 1874 Church Cricket Club established a football team to play at their ground and in 1885, the year Blackburn Rovers went on to win the competition, Church reached the 6th Round of the FACup. Church amateur player Richard “Dick” Pilling went on to play 250 first class matches for Lancashire and 8Test Matches for England. A long line of Church wicketkeepers have gone on to play for Lancashire with Bill Heys, Dick Pilling, William Pilling, William Worsley and John Whewell all representing the County. Jack Houldsworth finished his playing career with Church in 1987 with 1247 league and cup wickets and on 84 occasions he took 5 wickets or more in Senior league and Cupmatches. On 23rd June 2002 against Lowerhouse in the semi-final of theWorsley Cup Church scored of 325 all out, a club record. On 18th May 2003 against Rishton Greg Mail scored 180 setting a club record for the highest individual score in league or cup for Church. Ruvin Pieris in 2007, in his fourth and final year at Church, became the professional with the highest total of league runs for the Club with 4277 at an average of over 50 and he also took 214 league wickets. Nasser Hussain 132no and Levi Wolfenden 100no became the first Church