Littleborough Cricket Club
Littleborough Cricket Club, based in Littleborough, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, is an English cricket team currently playing in the Central Lancashire League. However its main team is more famously known as Los Galacticos (3rd Team) who went the entire season unbeaten in 2015, they are the best team in the club and the team that draws in the biggest crowds.
The club was founded in 1839 and play on the famous Hare Hill ground where the stunning Pennine scenery provides a dramatic backdrop to the matches played there.
Littleborough were founder members and inaugural champions of the Central Lancashire League, and they have been league champions on twenty occasions, the last time being in 2005.
Littleborough hold Lancashire Cricket Board Focus Club status and are ECB Clubmark accredited. Two senior teams play in the CLL in addition to a 3rd XI who play in the North Manchester League.
The club's junior section fields teams in the CLL at U18, U15, U13, U11 and U9 age groups and the juniors receive expert coaching at the club during the summer on Monday evenings.
Professional players
Many notable professionals have appeared in the Littleborough side over the years, including Sir Garfield Sobers, Joel Garner, Ezra Moseley, Franklyn Stephenson, Andy Roberts, Mike Whitney, and Stuart Law. The club's professional player engaged for 2012 is the Queensland batsman Clinton Perren.
Littleborough is also the home club of the Surrey and England international Chris Schofield.
Club honours
NMCL Division 2 Champions
2015
Hodson Cup Winners
2015
CLL champions
1892, 1911, 1912, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2005
Wood Cup
1935, 1941, 1942, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999
JW Lees Lancashire Challenge Trophy
1997, 2005
2nd XI champions
1910, 1920, 1928, 1936, 1973, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2005
Burton Cup
1985, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011
Aggregate Cup
1932, 1935, 1936, 1977, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005
Whittaker Cup
2006, 2007
Taylor Cup
1996, 1997, 2006, 2007