Heywood Cricket Club

On Friday 1st December the Club lost one of its longest standing servants. Robert Alexander (Bob) Cross had first come to Crimble in 1957 when a colleague in the RAF […]...

Another from Vernon, and another with me in it. From the Whittaker Cup final 1989. The second win on the trot for that team. Not many if anyone still playing […]...

A bit of self-indulgence. I've got some old cuttings from Vernon Connolly that I am putting online and the first one up is evidence that every now and again, I […]...

I have posted this reply to the Heywood CC Pro XI in case you haven't looked at the comments. It's from Mark Wright and it's brilliant. A glimpse into a […]...

In the battle of the pros, maybe this is why we would go for Curtly over Lawson. Watch and wince! (Thanks Marcus)...

A few team pictures here from Heywood Cricket Club first, second and junior teams. I recognise a lot of them, including most of the (I think) 1983 Wood Cup final […]...

Andy Flower was overseas amateur for Heywood in 1989 (with John Abrahams as pro) and later professional in 1992-1993. With Andy as pro, we beat Middleton in the famous 1993 […]...

It's little wonder Heywood was such a powerful club in the mid 2000s with the likes of Aussie amateur Royce Blight in our ranks. Royce undoubtedly ranks up there with […]...

Bruce Hara is the latest former pro/ player to contribute to our Crimble Memories section. In early 1999, I was introduced by an acquaintance to the Chairman of Heywood CC, […]...

Overseas amateur Hamish Paterson ended his first season with Heywood on a high, picking up 6-21 in that stunning final-day victory over Royton. He finished the season with 27 wickets […]...