Lancashire League Handbook 2016

144 16/17 Aug 1955 Subhash Gupte (P) 10 - 101Rishton v Todmorden (WCF) June 30th 1962 Roy Gilchrist (P) 10 - 75 Bacup v Church July 14th 1962 Wes Hall (P) 10 - 57 Accrington v Burnley Aug 25th 1962 Wes Hall (P) 10 - 28 Accrington v Bacup July 11th 1964 Roy Gilchrist (P) 10 - 41 Lowerhouse v Ramsbottom June 25th 1988 Anton Ferreira (P) 10 - 45 Nelson v Accrington Sept 9th 2012 Daniel Salpietro (P) 10 - 34 Rishton v Rawtenstall 2nd XI League May 4th 1901 T. Chadwick 10 - Church v Haslingden May 17th 1902 J.W. Crossley 10 - 39 Todmorden v Nelson May 22nd 1926 T. Sutcliffe 10 - 24 Todmorden v Accrington May 1st 1993 Ryan Hesketh 10 - 57 Lowerhouse v East Lancs June 15th 2003 Ian Cameron 10 - 22 Haslingden v Rishton INTERESTING FACTS ON EACH CLUB ACCRINGTON Accrington when winning the Championship in 1915 created two records. Scoring the then highest number of points in any one season, 44 and by going through the season undefeated, their undefeated record actually extended from, July 4th 1914 to June 14th 1916. Accrington won the Championship in three successive seasons 1914-15-16. Alan Worsick (83 wkts) & Eddie Robinson (75 wkts) took 158 wickets between them in 1970, a league record as no 2 amateurs have ever taken so many wickets in a season. Accrington, Bacup and East Lancs, are the only Clubs which can claim the distinction of playing a season without suffering a defeat, each in their Championship year, Accrington in 1915, Bacup in 1924 and East Lancs, in 1947, 1951 and 1973. Accrington won the Senior Championship in 1975 with each member of the team, including the professional, Alan Worsick, having a birth qualification for the Club. Graham Beech set a new amateur batting record in 1981 scoring 938 runs, beating his own previous record of 677 from 1977. Bill Rawstron set a new club wicket keeping record in 1989 with 43 victims (19 ct 24 st). On 18th July 1999 Mark Bailey and Mahsooq Ahmed broke the record for any wicket with a 3rd wicket partnership of 221 at Rishton. Accrington’s defeat at home to Ramsbottom on 11th September 2005 was the club’s 24th of the season equalling the record of Colne (1991) and Rishton (2003). Accrington set a new league record for most defeats when they lost their 16th successive match at Enfield on 23rd July. In 2006, Nishit Shetty made the 2nd & 3rd highest ever scores by an