{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Use British English|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox cricket team | name = Lowerhouse Cricket Club | league = [[Lancashire League (cricket)|Lancashire League]] | captain = Benjamin Heap | 2captain = Declan Stansfield | overseas = | colours = Royal blue and yellow | founded = 1862 | ground = Brooks Foundation Ground, Liverpool Road, Burnley | title1 = [[Lancashire League (cricket)|Lancashire League]] | title1wins = 5 | title2 = [[Lancashire League (cricket)#Worsley Cup|Worsley Cup]] | title2wins = 5 | title3 = [[Lancashire League (cricket)#20/20 Cup|20/20 Cup]] | title3wins = 1 | title4 = [[Lancashire League (cricket)#Ron Singleton Colne Trophy|Ron Singleton Colne Trophy]] | title4wins = 3 | title5 = [[Lancashire League (cricket)#2nd XI League|2nd XI League]] | title5wins = 3 | title6 = [[Lancashire League (cricket)#Lancashire Telegraph Cup|Lancashire Telegraph Cup]] | title6wins = 2 | title7 = [[Lancashire League (cricket)#3nd XI League|3nd XI League]] | title7wins = 2 | website = [https://www.lowerhousecc.com lowerhousecc.com] }}
'''Lowerhouse Cricket Club''' is a [[cricket]] club in the [[Lancashire League (cricket)|Lancashire League]], which plays its home games at The Brooks Foundation Ground on Liverpool Road in [[Burnley]].
In recent years the club has been very successful, winning the [[Lancashire League (cricket)|Lancashire League]] in 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2025, the [[Lancashire League (cricket)#Worsley Cup|Worsley Cup]] in 2004, 2012, 2018, 2021 and 2024, and the [[Lancashire League (cricket)#20/20 Cup|20/20 Cup]] in 2013. The club won the Lancashire League for the first time in 2005, captained by Joe Beneduce, having won the Worsley Cup for the first time the year before, captained by Matt Hope.<ref>[http://lancashireleague.com/Records/index.html www.lancashireleague.com]. Accessed 9 September 2007.</ref> It has employed professionals, including [[Matthew Mott]], [[Ryan Harris (cricketer)|Ryan Harris]], [[Martin van Jaarsveld]], [[Jacques Rudolph]] and [[Peter Fulton]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lowerhouse Professionals |url=http://lancashireleague.com/Players/Lancashire/PRO_PLAYERS/LOWPROS.html |website=lancashireleague.com |access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
==History== A team called Lowerhouse played on a field near the former Griffin Hotel on Rossendale Road between 1855 and 1861. When it was dissolved, three new teams were founded. However, in 1863, the three teams merged again to re-form Lowerhouse Cricket Club. For many years they were still known as the Garibaldians, after one of the teams started in 1862. When in 1874, the club employed Gibson Price as the professional, he also worked as the [[groundsman]]. By 1890, the club's finances had improved to a point that two professionals were employed. The membership rose from 93 in 1882, to 570 in 1915.<ref>{{cite book|first=Walter|last=Bennett|title=The History of Burnley from 1850|publisher=Burnley Corporation|year=1951|pages=224–225|asin=B001HBTW7S}}</ref>
==Honours== The club has won the following honours: *'''1st XI League''' - '''5''' - 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2025<ref>{{cite web |title=Lancashire League Champions |url=http://lancashireleague.com/Records/LLCHAMPS.html |website=lancashireleague.com |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> *'''Worsley Cup''' - '''5''' - 2004, 2012, 2018, 2021, 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=Worsley Cup Winners |url=http://lancashireleague.com/Records/LLWCWINS.html |website=lancashireleague.com |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> *'''20/20 Cup''' - '''1''' - 2013<ref>{{cite web |title=The 20/20 Competition Winners |url=http://lancashireleague.com/Records/2020COMP.html |website=lancashireleague.com |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> *'''Ron Singleton Colne Trophy''' - 3 - 2012 (shared), 2022, 2025<ref>{{cite web |title=Colne Trophy Winners |url=http://lancashireleague.com/Records/COLNETROPHY.html |website=lancashireleague.com |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> *'''2nd XI League''' - '''3''' - 1900, 1923, 1927<ref>{{cite web |title=Lancashire League 2nd XI Champions |url=http://lancashireleague.com/Records/LL2CHAMPS.html |website=lancashireleague.com |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> *'''2nd XI (Lancashire Telegraph) Cup''' - '''2''' - 1973, 1982<ref>{{cite web |title=2nd XI League Knock out Cup Winners |url=http://lancashireleague.com/Records/LL2CUPWINS.html |website=lancashireleague.com |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> *'''3rd XI League''' - '''2''' - 2004, 2014<ref>{{cite web |title=Lancashire League 3rd XI Champions |url=http://lancashireleague.com/Records/LL3CHAMPS.html |website=lancashireleague.com |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Burnley Cricket Club]] - another Lancashire League team from Burnley
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.lowerhousecc.com/ Lowerhouse Cricket Club official site] *[http://lancashireleague.com/Clubs/LLLOWERCD.html Lancashire League Club Directory]
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