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Ramsbottom Cricket Club
League	Lancashire League
Ground	Acre Bottom, Ramsbottom Ramsbottom Ramsbottom is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on the course of the River Irwell, in the West Pennine Moors. Historically within Lancashire, it is located north-northwest of Bury, and north-northwest of Manchester... , Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
Professional	Shanan Stewart Shanan Stewart Shanan Luke Stewart is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Canterbury in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and represented New Zealand A during the Top End tour. He has recently re-signed for East Lancs CC for a second season after a good first season. He was born in Christchurch... (New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... )
2010 League Position	1st

Ramsbottom Cricket Club is 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, which plays its home games at Acre Bottom in Ramsbottom

Ramsbottom

Ramsbottom is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on the course of the River Irwell, in the West Pennine Moors. Historically within Lancashire, it is located north-northwest of Bury, and north-northwest of Manchester...

. For the 2011 season its captain is Jon Fielding, and its professional is Shanan Stewart

Shanan Stewart

Shanan Luke Stewart is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Canterbury in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and represented New Zealand A during the Top End tour. He has recently re-signed for East Lancs CC for a second season after a good first season. He was born in Christchurch...

of New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. Usman Khawaja was called up to the Australian test squad and instead their professional is Alex Doolan

Alex Doolan

Alex Doolan in Launceston, Tasmania is an Australian cricket player, who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers. He plays his club cricket for South Hobart/Sandy Bay Cricket Club.-External links:...

. The club has won the league on four occasions and won the cup 6 times, including two victories in consecutive years in 2001 and 2002. It has employed professionals including Wasim Raja

Wasim Raja

Wasim Hasan Raja , was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 57 Tests and 54 ODIs for the Pakistani national cricket team from 1973 to 1985. His younger brother, Rameez Raja, also represented Pakistan in Tests and ODIs, becoming captain of the national side...

, Keith Arthurton

Keith Arthurton

Keith Lloyd Thomas Arthurton is a former West Indian cricketer. Having become only the third player to hail from Nevis, the left-arm unorthodox bowler played in 33 Tests between July 1988 and August 1995 and continued playing in one day matches until May 1999. However, he never recovered from the...

and Brad Hodge

Brad Hodge

Bradley John Hodge is an Australian and Victorian cricketer. He attended St Bede's College in Mentone, Victoria. He is a right hand batsman who bats in the middle order, as well as a part time right arm off spin bowler....

Honours

1st XI League Winners - 5 - 1921, 1925, 1974, 1992, 2010
Worsley Cup Winners - 8 - 1939, 1957, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2011
20/20 Cup - 2 - 2010, 2011
Ron Singleton Colne Trophy Winners - 4 - 1997, 2006, 2010, 2011
2nd XI League Winners - 10 - 1910, 1935, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, 2001, 2006, 2007
2nd XI (Lancashire Telegraph) Cup Winners - 11 - 1972, 1975, 1987, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011
3rd XI League Winners - 4 - 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000

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