Lancashire League Handbook 2022

40 who is engaged as or agrees to and/or plays as a Professional in any League shall immediately lose his qualification as an amateur but any player having signed a Professionals Agreement form in respect of a future season (other than a contract with a County as specified in Rule D5) shall be considered to have lost his amateur qualification from the beginning of the League Season in which he has agreed to commence his professional duties. 6.2. Any such former professional returning to the League as an amateur may only return to the Club holding his amateur registration but may make application to the League Committee for transfer to another Club for which he has an amateur qualification. 7. PROFESSIONAL BECOMING AMATEUR 7.1. Should any professional cricketer retire from professional cricket during or at the end of a season he shall only be eligible to play as an amateur in the Lancashire League in the following season if he satisfies one of the following conditions: 1. He is a former amateur registered with the League and returning to the League as an amateur in accordance with Rule C.6 above, or: 2. He is over 35 years of age and possessed of a birth, residential or business qualification as required by Rule D.1.1. 7.2 If the former professional does not satisfy 1 of the conditions above he will be eligible to playas an amateur in the league after one season has elapsed provided he is possessed of a birth, residential or business qualification as required by rule D1.1 8. AMATEUR REQUIRING TRANSFER 8.1. An Amateur may not be registered for more than one Club in the League at one time. An Amateur may transfer from one League Club to another League Club at any time outside of the season. He may also transfer from one League Club to another League Club during the season at any time provided he has not played for his previous club in a League or Cup game organised by the League, LCF, or ECB during the season in which he wishes to transfer. He must apply in writing to the League Secretary, stating the Clubs concerned. The League Secretary will then ascertain if his former Club objects, and if it consents the transfer shall be granted by him to become operative forthwith, but should it object, the ground of objection must be stated forthwith, and the Executive Committee shall have power to deal with the matter at once, or to leave it to the next League Meeting, when the applicant must attend if notified to do so. Any player who would otherwise not be permitted to transfer to a League Club or register for a League Club under this rule or any other League rule, may apply in writing to the League Committee for permission to transfer or register. The League Committee may then in their absolute discretion grant or refuse permission for the player to transfer or register, which may include granting permission to transfer or register but restricting the competitions in which the player may play.