SOME HISTORIC PICTURES
The
1st XI of 1932
1st match after
World War II
The 1st team
in 1948
Another
from the late 1940s
Some
1948 statistics
Location of grounds in the 1940s and 1960s
1967: Annual Dinner in Carnforth
The 1st XI of
1968
The
new ground
The small first
pavilion on the new ground
Erecting
pavilion no.2
Lancaster
& District League Champions in 1970
The 1st XI in
c1973
The 1st XI in
1975
The 1st XI of
1977
The
1st XI in 1978
Celebrations in the style of the 1970s
Newsletter
1981
The
1st XI of 1981
The
75th Anniversary
Another 75th Anniversary photo
Former
players formed a team in 1984
2nd
team cup winners in 1984
The
1st XI in 1984
The
2nd team in 1985
The 1st
XI in 1986
The
2nd team in c1986
A
last view of the old pavilion in 1988
The
new pavilion under construction
First Division
Champions 1990
At
Wrea Green in 1995
The 1st XI in
1996
The
1st XI in 1997
The Under-15s were County Champions in 1998
Match in memory of Harold Thompson 2001
National Village KO 2004
National
Village K.O. in 2006
The 1st XI in 2007
1946
There was no local cricket for 6 years
during World War II. The first post-war match was on 11th May 1946 — a home
game v Halton which Shireshead lost. Here is the record of Shireshead's bowling
performance: Billy Wildman took 5/15 off 10 overs.
From the 1948 scorebook
The
statistics were kept with meticulous care during the 1940s. The page below is
a summary of batting performances in 1948. Sadly, many of the clubs playing at that time no longer
exist.
Where were the club's grounds in the 1940s and 1960s?
The Annual Dinner was held at the Royal Station
Hotel in Carnforth
on Saturday 30th September 1967
Printed on the menu were these encouraging words:
Just stand before those three sticks Sir,
attempt to hit the ball.
Be not afraid, it matters not
that the bowler's ten feet tall.
Those present left their autographs on
the reverse of the menu
1968
The first time in Division One of the Lancaster & District League
Action on the new ground circa 1968
A poor photo, but the only one we have from that time
The trees on the left are now within the ground
Note the rough outfield
Getting ready for entering the new league in 1975
Celebrations in the style of the 1970s
Please
scroll down for more photos from those times
The period 1979-1981 was an important time in the club's
history,
as will be seen from this page in the Spring Newsletter
In 1984 many former players came to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Club's formation
The
2nd team won the Adam & Gaskell
Trophy in 1984
Former players formed a team to celebrate the 75th Anniversary in 1984
Another 75th Anniversary group in 1984
The
2nd team in 1985
The Under-15s were County Champions of Cumbria in 1998
This was one of many triumphs for the juniors under the leadership of Colin
Twiname
Click
here to read more
Following the untimely death of Harold
Thompson in 2001
a memorial match was held against a Lancaster XI captained by Geoff Bates
The purpose was to raise funds for cancer research
Here are members of the Shireshead team who were joined for the occasion by
former star Ray Blackwell
Cutting
the sod for the new pavilion in July 1988
Harold Thompson assisted by Paul Dennison, Tim Mansfield & Peter Mansfield
The pavilion seen
here was the second on the Clifton Park ground.
It replaced the first, much smaller one, around 1975.
CLICK FOR A
VIEW OF THE FIRST PAVILION
Winter
1988/9, the new pavilion under construction
This team played Salesbury in the National Village KO 2004
Colin Twiname
Mike Whalley Robert Charles Phil Oliver Ben Hornby Alastair
Holmes
Malcolm Taylor Simon Moulson Mark Sutcliffe Paul Yates Michael
Armstrong
Progress in the National Village K.O. in 2006
Shireshead reached the last 16 before losing narrowly to Houghton Main
who were the winners at Lord's. This was the team at Warkworth in Northumberland
where Phil Oliver hit an orgy of sixes
The 1st team at the start of the 2007 season
