🏏Dawood Rahman in action at Alexandra Meadows last week as East Lancs took on Crompton CC in the J.W. Lees Lancashire League.

A great shot from the day 📸

#EastLancsCC #LancashireLeague #CricketSnapshot #DawoodRahman

Haris Saleemi in action last week against Crompton CC at Alexandra Meadows 💪🏏

A solid knock in the J.W. Lees Lancashire League clash!

#EastLancsCC #LancashireLeague #CricketAction

A spectator rolled up to Alexandra Meadows in style 🏍️ for last week’s J.W. Lees Lancashire League clash between East Lancs and Crompton CC.

Nothing beats classic wheels and quality cricket on a sunny matchday! 🏏☀️

#CricketInStyle #LancashireLeague #EastLancsCC #ClassicRide

Mr and Mrs Learie Constantine are received by local dignitaries prior to the East Lancashire CC v Nelson CC Lancashire League fixture in August 1929. Left to right, J. A. Ormerod, J. P. (Mayor), Mrs Norma Constantine, A. E. Higham (East Lancashire Cricket Club Chairman), H. Bottomley, J. P. (President East Lancashire CC) and Learie N. Constantine (Nelson CC).

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While county cricket was effectively still-born, leagues flourished at the recreational level.

The most famous league was the #LancashireLeague where #LearieConstantine played. And yet, professionalism was, like the league format, common throughout the North and South of England prior to #WW1.