Colne Cricket Club
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Colne Cricket Club is a cricket club who play in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at The Horsfield in Colne. For the 2022 season, their club captain is Tom Bradshaw. Their professiona
The players of Colne CC with the Lancashire League trophy won in 1910.
Test cricket
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Test cricket is a format of the sport of cricket, considered the game's most prestigious and traditional form. Often referred to as the "ultimate test" of a cricketer's skill, endurance and temperamen
Colne Cricket Club
…in 1919 and 1924. In 1921 Colne played a match against probably the strongest side ever to play on the Horsfield - a Yorkshire team containing seven test players, losing by 22 runs. In 1935 Colne employed its first ever overseas professional, Amar Singh. He was seen as a rival to Nelson's Learie Constantine…
A Test match between South Africa and England in January 2005. The two men wearing black trousers are the umpires. Test cricket is played in traditional white clothes and usually with a red ball – a pink ball in day/night Tests
The earliest published photo of the Ashes urn, from The Illustrated London News, 1921
Reggie Schwarz in c. 1905 showing the smaller wicket
Jardine leads the English Team onto the Sydney Cricket Ground, 2 December 1932