St Helens Cricket Club
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St Helens Cricket Club is an English
amateur cricket
club based in St Helens, Merseyside
. The club was formed in 1843, making it one of the oldest clubs in Lancashire, the club plays its home games on Windleshaw Road Cricket Ground, Dentons Green, St Helens.
The club has 3 senior sides playing in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition
. The 1st XI narrowly missed promotion in 2010 to the 1st division and will still play in the newly formed Second division of this competition in 2011. The 2nd XI won promotion in 2010 and will be playing in the 1st division of the LDCC on a Saturday. The 3rd XI play on a Sunday, in the 3rd XI Sunday premier division after gaining promotion in 2009.
The 2nd and 3rd XI have new captains for the 2011 season.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
amateur 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 based in St Helens, Merseyside
St Helens, Merseyside
St Helens is a large town in Merseyside, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens with a population of just over 100,000, part of an urban area with a total population of 176,843 at the time of the 2001 Census...
. The club was formed in 1843, making it one of the oldest clubs in Lancashire, the club plays its home games on Windleshaw Road Cricket Ground, Dentons Green, St Helens.
The club has 3 senior sides playing in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition
Liverpool and District Cricket Competition
The Liverpool and District Cricket Competition is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the Liverpool area and since 2000 has been a designated ECB Premier League, one of two in Lancashire, the other being the Northern League....
. The 1st XI narrowly missed promotion in 2010 to the 1st division and will still play in the newly formed Second division of this competition in 2011. The 2nd XI won promotion in 2010 and will be playing in the 1st division of the LDCC on a Saturday. The 3rd XI play on a Sunday, in the 3rd XI Sunday premier division after gaining promotion in 2009.
The 2nd and 3rd XI have new captains for the 2011 season.