St Helens Recreation Cricket Club
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St Helens Recreation Cricket Club aka St Helens Recs Cricket Club (not to be confused with St Helens
CC), is an English
amateur cricket
club based in St Helens, Merseyside
.
The club was formed in 1847 and plays its home games at Ruskin Drive, formerly Pilkington's Sports Ground, Dentons Green, St Helens.
Replacing Preston, the club became a member of the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition
in 1953 and has 3 senior sides.
The 1st XI were Champions in 1978 with the 2nd XI being Champions in 1981 and 1985.
The 1st XI now play in the 1st XI First Division of the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition
on a Saturday after being crowned champions of the 1st XI Second Division last season mainly due to Daron Cruickshank and Nazim Mohammed. The 2nd XI play in the 2nd XI Second Division also on a Saturday. The 3rd XI play on a Sunday, in the 3rd XI Sunday First Division (East).
and wicket keeper John Lyon
all began their careers at St Helens Recs before representing Lancashire. Shuttleworth
went one step further by representing England and was selected for the 1970-71 Ashes tour of Australia.
St Helens Cricket Club
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....
CC), is an English
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 1847 and plays its home games at Ruskin Drive, formerly Pilkington's Sports Ground, Dentons Green, St Helens.
Replacing Preston, the club became a member of 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....
in 1953 and has 3 senior sides.
The 1st XI were Champions in 1978 with the 2nd XI being Champions in 1981 and 1985.
The 1st XI now play in the 1st XI First Division of 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....
on a Saturday after being crowned champions of the 1st XI Second Division last season mainly due to Daron Cruickshank and Nazim Mohammed. The 2nd XI play in the 2nd XI Second Division also on a Saturday. The 3rd XI play on a Sunday, in the 3rd XI Sunday First Division (East).
Notable players
Mike Beddow, Gerry Houlton, Ken ShuttleworthKen Shuttleworth (cricketer)
Kenneth Shuttleworth is an English former cricketer. He played five Test matches and one One Day International for England in the early 1970s.-Life and career:...
and wicket keeper John Lyon
John Lyon (cricketer)
John Lyon was a first-class cricketer who played for Lancashire between 1973 and 1979.-Early cricket career:...
all began their careers at St Helens Recs before representing Lancashire. Shuttleworth
Ken Shuttleworth (cricketer)
Kenneth Shuttleworth is an English former cricketer. He played five Test matches and one One Day International for England in the early 1970s.-Life and career:...
went one step further by representing England and was selected for the 1970-71 Ashes tour of Australia.