Bacup Cricket Club
League	Lancashire League
Ground	Lanehead, Bacup Bacup Bacup is a town within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. It is located amongst the South Pennines, along Lancashire's eastern boundary with West Yorkshire. The town sits within a rural setting in the Forest of Rossendale, amongst the steep-sided upper-Irwell Valley, through which the... , Lancashire Lancashire Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
Professional	Jon-Jon Smuts Jon-Jon Smuts Jon-Jon Smuts is a South African cricketer who plays for the Chevrolet Warriors in the South African domestic competitions. He is a right-handed opening batsman and a slow left-arm bowler. He attended Graeme College in Grahamstown. In 2010 he was selected for the South African Emerging Players'...  (South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... )
2010 League Position	14th

Bacup Cricket Club, based at Lanehead in Bacup

Bacup

Bacup is a town within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. It is located amongst the South Pennines, along Lancashire's eastern boundary with West Yorkshire. The town sits within a rural setting in the Forest of Rossendale, amongst the steep-sided upper-Irwell Valley, through which the...

, Lancashire

Lancashire

Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...

, are a cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 club in the Lancashire League.

The club started in 1892 when the Lancashire League was formed. Their professional for the 2008 season was Chris Harris

Chris Harris (cricketer)

Chris Zinzan Harris is a former New Zealand cricketer who had become, over the course of the 1990s, a folk-hero in New Zealand cricket....

. Their captain for the 2011 season is David Warren and their professional is Jon-Jon Smuts. In their history, they have won the league championship 10 times and the cup 6 times.

Honours

• 1st XI League Winners - 10 - 1899, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1930, 1958, 1960, 2000, 2001, 2002
• Worsley Cup Winners - 6 - 1923, 1927, 1930, 1956, 1972, 1993
• Ron Singleton Colne Trophy Winners - 3 - 2001, 2002, 2003
• 2nd XI League Winners - 6 - 1951, 1955, 1960, 1962, 1988, 1989
• 2nd XI (Lancashire Telegraph) Cup Winners - 2 - 1977, 1990
• 3rd XI League Winners - 1 - 1996