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!colspan=2 style="background:#ccf"|<span style="color:black;">'''Middleton Cricket Club'''</span><br />
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|'''League'''||<small>[[Lancashire League (cricket)|Lancashire Cricket League]]</small><br />
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|'''Ground'''||<small>Towncroft Ave, [[Middleton, Greater Manchester|Middleton]], [[Greater Manchester]].</small><br />
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|'''CLL history'''||<small>1895 - 2015</small><br />
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|'''PL history'''||<small>2016 - 2017</small><br />
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|'''LL history'''||<small>2018 -</small><br />
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'''Middleton Cricket Club''', based in [[Middleton, Greater Manchester|Middleton]], in the [[Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale]], [[Greater Manchester]] are an [[England|English]] [[Cricket]] team currently playing in the [[Lancashire League (cricket)|Lancashire Cricket League]]. [[Basil D'Oliveira]], [[Hedley Verity]], [[Roy Gilchrist]] and [[Peter Sleep]] are all past Professionals who have at one time or another played Test Cricket. The only actual amateur from the Club to play Test Cricket was the legendary Fast Bowler [[Frank Tyson]].<br />
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Recently they signed [[James_Price_(cricketer)|James Price]] as their professional for the upcoming 2020 season. The South African has league cricket experience with [[Milnrow Cricket Club]] and [[Colne Cricket Club]] and is a right-handed batsmen and right arm seam bowler.<br />
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The scoreboard building has the same [[wind vane]] design (Father Time replacing the bails) as that of the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]], whose initials are also used by Middleton.<br />
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From start of the 2018 season Middleton moved to the [[Lancashire League (cricket)|Lancashire League]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/15211849.lancashire-league-confirm-five-new-clubs-will-join-2018-season/ |title=Lancashire League confirm five new clubs will join for 2018 season |author=Alex James |date=7 April 2017 |work=Lancashire Telegraph |accessdate=13 February 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Notable players==<br />
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* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Basil D'Oliveira]]<br />
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Hedley Verity]]<br />
* [[Roy Gilchrist]]<br />
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Frank Tyson]]<br />
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ian Harvey]]<br />
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Scholes]]<br />
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Sleep]]<br />
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Richie Wellens]]<br />
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Will Byers]]<br />
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rhys Tierney]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.middletoncc.co.uk/ Club website]<br />
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[[Category:Central Lancashire League cricket clubs]]<br />
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[[Category:Sport in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale]]<br />
[[Category:Middleton, Greater Manchester]]<br />
[[Category:Cricket in Greater Manchester]]<br />
[[Category:Organisations based in Rochdale Borough]]<br />
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