Stand Cricket Club, established in 1853, is situated between Hamilton Road and Higher Lane in Whitefield

Whitefield, Greater Manchester

Whitefield is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on undulating ground in the Irwell Valley, along the south bank of the River Irwell, south-southeast of Bury, and to the north-northwest of the city of Manchester...

, Bury

Bury

Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, east of Bolton, west-southwest of Rochdale, and north-northwest of the city 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...

. The Club was a member of the Central Lancashire League

Central Lancashire Cricket League

The Central Lancashire League is a fifteen team cricket league, traditionally based in Lancashire, England. It is now based around Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire. The league runs competitions at First Team, Second Team, Third Team, Under 18, Under 15, Under 13 and Under 11 levels.The...

 between 1993 and 2004, then moved to the Lancashire County League for the 2005 season. Since joining the LCL the club have won the Walkden Cup (2008), the Hulme Trophy (2009), the 2nd XI Last Six Competition (2010) and the 3rd XI League, the Bryden Trophy (2006, 2007, 2008).

For the 2011 season the club will be running three senior teams and five junior teams (U11's, U12's, U13's, U15's, and U17's).

Famous players have included Warren Hegg

Warren Hegg

Warren Kevin Hegg is an English cricketer. He played County Cricket for Lancashire. Although primarily a wicket-keeper, Hegg was also a handy lower-order batsman, and made several first-class hundreds...

of Lancashire County Cricket Club and England.

1XI

• 1941 Lancashire and Cheshire Champions
• 1951 Lancashire and Cheshire Champions
• 1961 Lancashire and Cheshire Champions and Walkden cup winners Saville Whittle Shield winners
• 1962 Walken Cup Winners
• 1988 Hough Shield Winners
• 1989 Hough Shield Runners Up
• 2008 Walkden Cup Winners

2XI

• 1977 Hulme cup winners
• 1985 Lancs and Cheshire 1st Division Champions Hulme cup runners Up
• 1988 Lancs and Cheshire 2nd Division winners
• 2009 Hulme Trophy Winners
• 2010 LCL Last Six Competition Winners

3XI

• 1982 North Manchester 3rd Division Winners Stokes Cup Winners
• 1983 Hodgson Cup Runners up
• 1990 North Manchester 2nd Division Runners Up
• 1991 Hodson Cup Winners
• 1999 North Manchester 3rd Division Runners Up
• 2002 Stokes Cup Runners Up
• 2003 CLL Division and Cup winners
• 2006 LCC Division winners
• 2007 LCC Division winners
• 2008 LCC Division winners

U18's

• 1978 Greenhaugh Cup Runners up
• 1979 Division Runners up
• 1980 Greenhaulgh Cup winners
• 1984 Division Winners and Cup Winners
• 2007 Greenhaughs Cup Winners

Professionals

• 1981-1984 Jim Kenyon (Eng)
• 1985 Steve Burnage (Eng)
• 1986-1988 Dave Parsons (Eng)
• 1989-1990 Franny Daly (Eng)
• 1991 Dave Townley (Aus)
• 1992 Andy Williams (Eng)
• 1993–1998 Mick Warden (Aus)
• 1999 Sampath (SL)
• 2000–2001 Brad Flegg (SA)
• 2002–2003 Martin Hegg (Eng)
• 2004–2005 John Seedle (Eng)
• 2006–2007 Trent Scott (Aus)
• 2008 Naranjan Kumara (SL)
• 2009–2010 Amila Weththasinghe (SL)
• 2011 James Cutt (Eng)

Overseas Amateurs

• 1984 Dave Townley (Aus)
• 1993 Geoff Nelson (Aus)
• 1994-1995 Dean Temple (Aus)
• 2001 Josh McClean (Aus)