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This history of Bradshaw Cricket Club is not a brief summary. It is an amazing and intriguing work researched, compiled and written by Mr. J. B. Taylor to commemorate the clubs centenary year of 1984. It traces the progress of cricket in the village of Bradshaw from around 1868 through Bradshaw Cricket Clubs formation in 1884, its entry into, and rise in the ranks of the Bolton & District Cricket Association, its part in the breakaway that lead to the formation of The Bolton League, all it's triumphs and tribulations up to 1984.
I am grateful to Barry Taylor for letting me reproduce this on the site. I hope it carries you back to times gone by and gives you a feel of the club, the ground, the village and the people of Bradshaw.
This history can be read in the manner of the book by turning the page, or direct to a particular page.
NOTE: All references to the present in this history refer to the centenary year of 1984. |
The cover picture shows the Rigby's at a time when the Cricket Club had first moved there in the late eighteen nineties. Benches can be seen in the foreground and just in the picture on the far mid left is part of the fence surrounding the pavilion. (The original illustration was one of the earliest examples of the four colour reproduction process used in printing. It was produced from a hand-coloured photograph.) |
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