RETRO SPORT: cricket in Wigan over the decades

By Michelle Adamson

Published 1st Apr 2023, 04:55 GMT

Seeing as the 2023 English cricket season begins in the coming week, we have dipped into the Wigan archives for a selection of pictures taken by our photographers at local matches over the years.

RETRO SPORT: Cricket

Dalton Cricket Club Life Member Joe Flaherty is given a guard of honour by Dalton captain Arthur Ball and Eccleston captain Tom Taylor after officially opening the club's new pavillion on Sunday 29th of May 1988. The teams competing played in the first match at Dalton in 1888.

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Dalton Cricket Club Life Member Joe Flaherty is given a guard of honour by Dalton captain Arthur Ball and Eccleston captain Tom Taylor after officially opening the club's new pavillion on Sunday 29th of May 1988. The teams competing played in the first match at Dalton in 1888. Photo: Frank Orrell

Sean Casham is given out lbw against against Newton le Willows in a Liverpool and District Competition match on Saturday 26th of April 2008.
Newton le Willows won the game.

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Sean Casham is given out lbw against against Newton le Willows in a Liverpool and District Competition match on Saturday 26th of April 2008. Newton le Willows won the game. Photo: Frank Orrell

Wigan Cricket Club first team with President Harold Bullough after a successful season when they won the Stockton Championship Trophy and the Burtonwood Trophy mid-week knock out competition in the Manchester Association's centenary season of 1992.

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Wigan Cricket Club first team with President Harold Bullough after a successful season when they won the Stockton Championship Trophy and the Burtonwood Trophy mid-week knock out competition in the Manchester Association's centenary season of 1992. Photo: Frank Orrell

The Orrell Red Triangle cricket team in 1996.

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The Orrell Red Triangle cricket team in 1996. Photo: Frank Orrell

Young lads during cricket practise at Wigan Cricket Club, Bull Hey, in September 1973.

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Young lads during cricket practise at Wigan Cricket Club, Bull Hey, in September 1973. Photo: Frank Orrell

The Highfield cricket team in 1996.

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The Highfield cricket team in 1996. Photo: Frank Orrell

Wigan Cricket Club first team with President Harold Bullough after a successful season when they won the Stockton Championship Trophy and the Burtonwood Trophy mid-week knock out competition in the Manchester Association's centenary season of 1992.

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Wigan Cricket Club first team with President Harold Bullough after a successful season when they won the Stockton Championship Trophy and the Burtonwood Trophy mid-week knock out competition in the Manchester Association's centenary season of 1992. Photo: Frank Orrell

Dalton Cricket Club Life Member Joe Flaherty is given a guard of honour by Dalton captain Arthur Ball and Eccleston captain Tom Taylor after officially opening the club's new pavillion on Sunday 29th of May 1988. The teams competing played in the first match at Dalton in 1888.

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Dalton Cricket Club Life Member Joe Flaherty is given a guard of honour by Dalton captain Arthur Ball and Eccleston captain Tom Taylor after officially opening the club's new pavillion on Sunday 29th of May 1988. The teams competing played in the first match at Dalton in 1888. Photo: Frank Orrell

Sean Casham is given out lbw against against Newton le Willows in a Liverpool and District Competition match on Saturday 26th of April 2008.Newton le Willows won the game.

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Sean Casham is given out lbw against against Newton le Willows in a Liverpool and District Competition match on Saturday 26th of April 2008.Newton le Willows won the game. Photo: Frank Orrell

The Orrell Red Triangle cricket team in 1996.

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The Orrell Red Triangle cricket team in 1996. Photo: Frank Orrell

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