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Rochdale Cricket Club are anEnglishcricket team fromRochdale,Greater Manchester, currently playing in the Lancashire League. Until 2015 they played in the Central Lancashire League, being one of the oldest - and most successful - of all the CLL teams. They joined the CLL in 1893, the league having been founded a year earlier under the title of theSouth East Lancashire league. Rochdale won the league title a record 28 times, the last occasion being in 2007.[1] They also won the Wood Cup - a knockout competition - 13 times, equalling Littleborough.
From start of the 2018 season Rochdale moved to theLancashire League.[2]
Famous players to have played cricket for Rochdale includedCecil Parkin, who was the club's professional in 1921 when he was selected to play forEngland inThe AshesTest againstthe Australians; when Parkin was picked for England, Rochdale recruited another England Test player,Patsy Hendren, to play instead for a single match againstHeywood.[3] Other notable professionals include England bowlerSydney Barnes,[4] West Indian cricketer (and politician)Learie Constantine[5] and professional footballerCraig Dawson.[6]
