Saltaire Cricket Club

Identifier: PAR104
Type: organisation
Name: Saltaire Cricket Club
Dates when active: 1869-
Description: Saltaire Cricket Club was founded in 1869 and still operates today. It's home has always been Roberts (orginally Saltaire) Park where it has a scenic pitch and pavillion with a backdrop of the River Aire, Salts Mill and the United Reformed Church.

Among its more famous players was the England bowler Sydney Barnes who played for the club between 1915 and 1925 and helped Saltaire win the Bradford League three times. Jim Laker, the outstanding England spin bowler of the 1950s, lived in Shipley, attended the Salt High School and played for the Cricket Club in the late 1930s.

The club remains very active today playing in the Aire & Wharefdale Senior Cricket League.
Additional information: Website of Saltaire Cricket Club
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Items with "Associated person or organisation: Saltaire Cricket Club"
Title	Class
D2-017.2: Letters confirming the re-development of Saltaire Cricket Club	Physical Object
D2-017.3: Project Brief for the Re-development of Saltaire Cricket Club	Physical Object
D2-017.4: Newsletter of the Saltaire Cricket Club	Physical Object
D2-017.5: Advertisements for the Saltaire Cricket Club season	Physical Object
D2-040: Saltaire Veterans Cricket Club	Physical Object
D2-041: Saltaire Cricket Club Pavillion	Physical Object
D2-042: Saltaire Cricket Club 1869-1969	Physical Object
D2-048: Cricket Pavillion	Physical Object
D2-049: Saltaire Cricket Club	Physical Object
D2-051: Fixture list for Saltaire Cricket Club 1998	Physical Object
F1a-370: Jim Laker 19-90	Physical Object
H2-084a: Opening of Saltaire Cricket Pavillion	Physical Object
H2-085b: Opening of the Saltaire Cricket Pavillion	Physical Object
H2-086b: The opening of the Saltaire Cricket Pavillion	Physical Object
H2-177a,c: James Denby Roberts opened New Cricket Pavilion given by Sir James Roberts	Physical Object
H2-191a-c: James Roberts letter on Saltaire Cricket Club	Physical Object