Lancashire League Handbook 2016

140 Worsley Cup Final - Sunday, August 5th 1989 - Accrington V Enfield Gate £2521(£1.50 gate). Gate receipts Jennings Worsley Cup Final 1993 Rawtenstall v. Bacup £3,295.50p Worsley Cup Final - Sunday, August 8th 2004 at Liverpool Road, Lowerhouse V Haslingden, the gate receipts were a new record of £4951.50. In order to put gates’’ into perspective please note the following:- LANCASHIRE CRICKET LEAGUE – PRICES FOR ADMISSION 1920-1931 6d plus Tax 1976-1977 30p inc. VAT 1932 7d inc. Tax 1978-1979 40p inc. VAT 1933-1935 6d plus Tax 1980 50p inc. VAT 1936-1940 6d 1981 60p inc. VAT 1946-1950 1/- inc. Tax 1982-1983 70p inc. VAT 1951-1954 1/3d inc. Tax 1984-1985 80p inc. VAT 1955-1960 1/6d inc. Tax 1986-1988 £1 inc. VAT 1961-1964 2/- inc. Tax 1989-1990 £1.50 inc. VAT 1965-1969 2/6d inc. Tax 1991 £1.70 inc. VAT 1970 3/- 1993-1997 £2.00 inc. VAT 1971-1972 15p 1998-2001 £2.50 inc. VAT 1973-1974 20p inc. VAT 2002-05 £3.00 inc. VAT 1975 25p inc. VAT 2006 £4.00 inc. VAT ANNIVERSARY DINNERS The League celebrated its “Diamond Jubilee” by holding a dinner at the Town Hall, Accrington, on the 19th September 1952. To commemorate the occasion, Mr. R. Alan Boddington, J.P., a member of the M.C.C. Committee presented on behalf of the President of the M.C.C. an engraving of the “Long Room” at Lord’s which was received on behalf of the League by the President, Mr. Harold Longworth. The League celebrated its Seventy-fifth Anniversary by holding a Dinner at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, on Wednesday the 18th October 1967. The Principal Guest was Mr. A.E.R. Gilligan, President of the M.C.C. and former Captain of England and Sussex. Other guests included representatives of the Lancashire County Cricket Club. The League celebrated its 80thAnniversary by a Dinner at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, on Thursday, 5th October 1972. The Principal Guest was, Mr. Aidan Crawley, M.B.E., President of the M.C.C. and other guests included representatives of the Lancashire County Cricket Club. The League celebrated its Eighty Fifth Anniversary by a Dinner at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, on Thursday, 6th October, 1977, when the Principal Guest was, Mr. Alick J. Leggat, Honorary Treasurer, Lancashire County C.C. Other