Padiham Cricket Club, Ribblesdale League Champions 1908

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277637

Reference identifier

EBU20190108005

Title

Padiham Cricket Club, Ribblesdale League Champions 1908

Place

Padiham

Personal names

S. Moss, C. Howarth. A. Hudson, C. Adam, R. Lee, H. Spencer, J. Graham, B. Duxbury. B. Adam A. Hacking, A. Hindle, B. Whittaker, J. Stevenson, J. Hitchon,C. Lambert, S. Rawlinson

General notes

Padiham Cricket Club are founder members of the Ribblesdale Cricket League.  Padiham were founded in 1891. Runners up in 1901 and 1906, Padiham won their first league Championship in 1908.  The club was unable to continue after the First World War but moves to re-establish a club in Padiham began in 1947.  Land was bought at the Arbories, and in 1948 Padiham C.C. re-opened with the ground dedicated as a memorial to the victims of the Seond World War. (This text is from the Padiham CC website). 
The names hand-written on the back of the photo are Back row : S. Moss, C. Howarth. A. Hudson, C. Adam, R. Lee, H. Spencer, J. Graham, B. Duxbury. B. Adam
Middle: A. Hacking, A. Hindle, B. Whittaker, J. Stevenson, J. Hitchon
Front: C. Lambert,   S. Rawlinson
but  there are some discrepancies with the names printed in the newspaper report.  The newspaper names the players as

Back row : S. Moss, (pro.), Dawson, . A. Hudson, (secretary) C. Adams, R. Lee, (scorer)  H. Spencer, J. Graham, (chairman)  B. Duxbury. R. Adams

Middle:  C. Haworth  A. Windle  R.H. Wilkinson (Capt.) J. Stevenson, J. Hitchen

Front: C. Lambert,   S.  Rowlandson
After 15 years, Padiham finished the 1908 Ribblesdale League season as champions for the first time. Their season had finished the previous Saturday, and a week later the trophy was brought to Padiham to be presented to them.  A committee had arranged a  big    celebration, with the main road decorated with pennants, the gas works had erected  some illuminated displays.  A crowd of thousands watched a long torchlight procession from the cricket ground (then at the end of Sowerby/Wyre Street) wend its way around the town.  It was led by a Temperance Band, mounted police,and morris dancers, then came floats with lots of comic scenes, the Colne Comic Band, veteran players, the trophy itself, and "the usual grotesque figures...the suffragettes came in for the inevitable  gibes".  "Padiham has quite a reputation for organising striking processions" The trophy was presented at an interval in a dance the same evening in the Co-op Hall with speeches  exhorting Padiham to support the team. (Burnley Express 16.9.1908 p6.)

Padiham Cricket Club are founder members of the Ribblesdale Cricket League. Padiham were founded in 1891. Runners up in 1901 and 1906, Padiham won their first league Championship in 1908. The club was unable to continue after the First World War but moves to re-establish a club in Padiham began in 1947. Land was bought at the Arbories, and in 1948 Padiham C.C. re-opened with the ground dedicated as a memorial to the victims of the Seond World War. (This text is from the Padiham CC website).
The names hand-written on the back of the photo are Back row : S. Moss, C. Howarth. A. Hudson, C. Adam, R. Lee, H. Spencer, J. Graham, B. Duxbury. B. Adam
Middle: A. Hacking, A. Hindle, B. Whittaker, J. Stevenson, J. Hitchon
Front: C. Lambert, S. Rawlinson
but there are some discrepancies with the names printed in the newspaper report. The newspaper names the players as

Back row : S. Moss, (pro.), Dawson, . A. Hudson, (secretary) C. Adams, R. Lee, (scorer) H. Spencer, J. Graham, (chairman) B. Duxbury. R. Adams

Middle: C. Haworth A. Windle R.H. Wilkinson (Capt.) J. Stevenson, J. Hitchen

Front: C. Lambert, S. Rowlandson
After 15 years, Padiham finished the 1908 Ribblesdale League season as champions for the first time. Their season had finished the previous Saturday, and a week later the trophy was brought to Padiham to be presented to them. A committee had arranged a big celebration, with the main road decorated with pennants, the gas works had erected some illuminated displays. A crowd of thousands watched a long torchlight procession from the cricket ground (then at the end of Sowerby/Wyre Street) wend its way around the town. It was led by a Temperance Band, mounted police,and morris dancers, then came floats with lots of comic scenes, the Colne Comic Band, veteran players, the trophy itself, and "the usual grotesque figures...the suffragettes came in for the inevitable gibes". "Padiham has quite a reputation for organising striking processions" The trophy was presented at an interval in a dance the same evening in the Co-op Hall with speeches exhorting Padiham to support the team. (Burnley Express 16.9.1908 p6.)

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

14 x 9

Year of image

1908

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Locator

W126

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