Stockport Cricket Club

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Stockport Cricket Club is a cricket club in Stockport, England, whose first and second teams play in the Cheshire Cricket League.

Ground

Stockport Cricket Club was formed in 1855, and has had 2 previous grounds before moving to Cale Green in 1883. These were on Charles Street, Higher Hillgate and on Greek Street. The Cale Green Ground was donated, along with the adjacent Cale Green Park, by Henry Bell, the former Mayor of Stockport. The cricket ground is one of the largest in the borough at 135 yards wide and 130 yards long, and the site also accommodates a lacrosse pitch, two bowling greens, the pavilion and a war memorial.

History

Stockport Cricket Club was a member of the Manchester Cricket Association until 1937, when the club joined the

Cenotaph

The war memorial at the corner of the cricket field is dedicated to the memory of the 18 members who died in World Wars I and II, and has the following inscriptions:-

AND THESE MEN DIED LEAVING THEIR DEATH FOR AN EXAMPLE OF A NOBLE COURAGE AND A MEMORIAL OF VIRTUE UNTO ALL THE NATION

II Macabees 6

SONS OF THIS PLACE LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID

THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD

THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP

A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP

Rev T E Royde

THERE'S BUT ONE TASK FOR ALL FOR EACH ONE LIFE TO GIVE WHO STANDS, IF FREEDOM FALL WHO DIES, IF ENGLAND LIVE

Rudyard Kipling

External links

• Official website

References