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{|width=35% border=0 style="float:right;" !colspan=2 style="background:#006600"|<span style="color:white;">'''Clifton Cricket Club'''</span> |- |'''League'''||Greater Manchester Cricket League. |- |'''Ground'''||<small>Manchester Road ([[A666 road|A666]]), [[Clifton, Greater Manchester|Clifton]], [[City of Salford|Salford]], [[Greater Manchester]]. ----</small> |- |'''Bolton Assoc. history'''||<small>1923 - 24<br>1937 - 2005</small> |- |'''CLL history'''||<small>2006 - 2015</small> |- |GMCL history |2016–present |- |} '''Clifton Cricket Club''' is an [[England|English]] [[cricket]] club based on Manchester Road ([[A666 road|A666]]) in [[Clifton, Greater Manchester|Clifton]], [[City of Salford|Salford]].
The club was established in 1874 by the Pilkington brothers who were the village's principle employers via the Clifton and Kearsley Coal Company. The family maintained a connection with the club until the 1960s but, much to the club's regret, gifted the land to the local council instead of entrusting it to the club's trustees. Latterly the club were founder members of the Greater Manchester Cricket League (GMCL) in 2016 and have played constantly in that league's Premier division...<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gmccl.leaguerepublic.com/l/league/639089761.html#|title=Greater Manchester Cricket League - League|website=gmccl.leaguerepublic.com|access-date=2016-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030001138/http://gmccl.leaguerepublic.com/l/league/639089761.html|archive-date=2016-10-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Clifton's current Captain is Richard Dempster, one of a number of players that came through the club's junior section.
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==External links== *{{Official website|1= www.cliftoncc.org.uk}}
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