Wigan Cricket Club was founded in 1848 and has one of the proudest history's of club cricket in Lancashire. The club was 1 of 13 clubs which founded the Lancashire County Cricket Club in 1864.
Wigan Cricket Club members also founded Wigan Football Club in 1872, now Wigan Warriors, to keep themselves active by playing rugby during the winter.
The club's ground is at Bull Hey very close to the town centre of Wigan and currently fields three senior sides in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition with the junior sides playing in the Wigan and District Cricket League.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Wigan Cricket Club History". wigan.play-cricket.com.