At the end of the campaign Sigsworth's 780 runs had become a club record, surpassing Threlfall's 1926 total. Ernie Steele, in 1947, had been the only other player to score over 700 runs in a season for Bradshaw, enabling him to win the league's professional prize, as had Sigsworth this season. Bradshaw also featured in the Bolton League's first two-legged final in 1954. They had already played four cup-ties, by tieing with Farnworth at home and winning a low-scoring replay at Bridgeman Park, and then disposing of Westhoughton at Bradshaw, before the semi-final was won at Astley Bridge, where Bob James bowled out the first five batsmen and hit the stumps again later in the innings in his 7 for 52.

The first leg of the cup-final at The Rigbys resulted in Bradshaw (thanks to Sigsworth's 7 for 26, and an excellent 52 by Harold Hornby) taking a 62 run lead to Kearsley. John Roberts, later to become Bradshaw's professional, took 6 for 8 in the second-leg, Bradshaw's lowest-ever cup total of 38 all out leaving Kearsley only 100 runs in arrears, a target reached comfortably with the loss of only one wicket.

With the exception of finishing runners-up to Westhoughton in 1956, when Brian Fairclough shared the league prize with 12 catches, (a surprising statistic this; the Bradshaw score book shows quite clearly that David Hindle took 15 catches, a careful check establishing none to have been taken as deputy wicket keeper), the years from the middle-fifties and into the sixties provided only average performances on the cricket field, co-inciding with a period of general inactivity at the club. 1957 was the last year of Counc. T. Lomas's 30-year reign as Club Chairman.

There was concern at the inadequate number of third team players in 1958, and at the A.G.M. of 1960, The secretary lamented the apathy shown by the public to cricket.

1959 had seen an amateur player score the highest number of runs in an innings for the club, when Denis Hobson scored 124 not out against Kearsley in a Hamer Cup-tie at Bradshaw.

A year later a significant innings took place at home against Tonge, when a young player making his debut for the first team, and down at No. 4, was called on to avert a hat-trick after the first four balls of the innings had been bowled. Denying Vinoo Mankad this glory, he carefully defended another 19 deliveries before adjudging one from Mankad that from which to open his account. And what an account! This was Brian Cole's first run for Bradshaw; nearly 10,000 more had yet to come. David Hindle also chose this season to become the first Bradshaw player to win the Bolton League batting prize.

At the end of the 1961 season Mr. Jack Holt, after 28 years unstinting dedication to the cricket club, retired from the secretaryship of the Management Committee, a position he had held for the 20 years that has passed since its inception. Prior to this appointment Jack Holt, had become cricket secretary in 1936 and continued in that post until 1950. It was for this latter service he had been made a life member in 1951.

A "New-dressing-room-fund" committee had been formed in 1960, but little progress had been made in the first year, and even 12 months later in 1962, when permission was sought from the Management Committee to approach a brewery with a view to a long term low interest loan, there was little significant change. The Management Committee in any case declined to allow the brewery scheme to mature.

After a successful Autumn Fair that raised £350 between the three sections, and with donation of £100 from the ladies committee, plus a transfer of £300 from the General Account, the Dressing-Room-Fund stood at £800, and it was agreed to go ahead. The estimated cost of the project was £1,100.

The 1962 season, the second of Peter Greenwood's six as professional to the club, had seen an upturn in playing fortunes and the side had completed the term in second place. Now with the promise of a new and necessary building, it seemed fresh life was breathed into the club. Practical help on the dressing room building included assistance from many of the players, and enthusiasm spilled over to the cricket field, and into social events.

The 1963 season began unrewardingly at Walkden with Bradshaw unable to match the home side's 123. But this was to be the only defeat of the season, and 14 of the remaining games were won. The club became Bolton League Champions for the fourth time, continuing the nine-year-pattern that had begun in 1936. Peter Greenwood, Brian Cole, Denis Hobson, David Hindle and Tommy Croft, shared the batting honours, whilst Peter Greenwood, Ken Whittle and Stan Wilson took the bulk of the wickets, which is not to say that Tommy Hughes, who captained the side, George Elson, Garry Stockton and wicket keeper David Morris, who completed the side, could by any stretch of the imagination be classed as make-weights.

A historic event took place at The Rigbys on August 17th of that year when Peter Greenwood took 10 Little Lever wickets for 11 runs out of a total of 74, creating a Bolton League record and contributing to his selection for the professional's prize.