NOTHING appeared extraordinary when Mike Dunkerley recently turned out to play for Greenfield Cricket Club’s newly formed fourth team against Whalley Range. Grasscroft-based Mike, however,…
View More Seven decades not out: Mike Dunkerley celebrates cricket career
EDDIE Bayliss, a well-known and highly respected local sporting figure, has died aged 83 in a nursing home in Chadderton following a short illness. He…
View More Local sporting ‘gentleman’ Eddie Bayliss dies after short illness
RICHARD Hepworth has been made an honorary life member at Greenfield in recognition of his service to the cricket club. It was bestowed on the…
View More Richard’s a Greenfield lifer
WORK will start imminently on new changing rooms at Greenfield Cricket Club in a development that will cost approaching a six-figure sum. Once grants are…
View More Changing rooms work is to start
GREENFIELD Cricket Club has secured major funding towards new changing rooms that could cost £100,000. Grants have been secured from the English Cricket Board,…
View More Greenfield secure major grant for changing rooms
Greenfield Cricket Club will be hoping former West Indies Test cricketer Devon Smith hits opponents for six in the forthcoming season. The Ladhill Lane…
View More Devon Smith hopes to hit for six
FOUR COMMUNITY projects in Saddleworth have been boosted by generous grants from this year’s Rapid ROCA scheme. The scheme, established in 2007 by First Choice…
View More Rapid ROCA grants boost Saddleworth groups
GREENFIELD CRICKET Club is celebrating a ‘coup’ as it launches a new youth academy under the tutorship of former Lancashire professional John Abrahams. A select…
View More Greenfield Cricket Club delighted by youth academy ‘coup’
By Trevor Baxter GREENFIELD Cricket Club has suffered a double blow in readiness for life in the newly created Pennine League. The Ladhill Lane outfit, situated…
View More Volunteers wanted to help clean up Greenfield Cricket Club after floods and break-in
GREENFIELD CRICKET Club has signed Zimbabwe Test player Tinashe Panyangara as their new professional. It is quite a coup as the 29-year-old will be opening…
View More Test cricketer signs in Greenfield coup
