Home 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. RETRO SPORT: cricket in Wigan over the decades 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.
By Michelle Adamson
Published 1st Apr 2023, 04:55 BST
13. RETRO The trophy winning St. Oswald's, Ashton, RC Primary School cricket team in 1979. Photo: Frank Orrell
14. RETRO The Wigan Cricket Club first eleven at Bull Hey on Saturday 24th of April 1982. Photo: Frank Orrell