In October 1890, Todmorden Cricket Club (Todmorden CC) were founder members of the Lancashire League (then called the North East Lancashire Cricket League), but resigned in February 1891 without playing a game.[3]
In 1891, Todmorden CC was a founder member of the South East Lancashire Cricket League, which changed to the Central Lancashire Cricket League in 1893.[3] The club won this league in 1896,[4] before rejoining the Lancashire League for the 1897 season.[3]
The club has won the Lancashire League on five occasions and won the Worsley Cup eight times.[5]
2011 season
For the 2011 season, captain was Simon Newbitt, and its professional was Qaiser Abbas.[6]
Current players
In the 2017 season, the club professional is the South African Kelly Smuts.[7]
South Australian cricketer and long-time cricket administrator Neil Dansie played for Todmorden in the 1955 and 1956 season, scoring 1513 runs and taking 111 wickets over the two seasons.[30]
2nd XI League Winners - 6 - 1897, 1899, 1902, 1908, 1920, 2016
2nd XI (Lancashire Telegraph) Cup Winners - 1 - 1980
Records
In April 2017, South African professional Kelly Smuts made the highest total in the history of the Lancashire League for Todmorden, scoring 211; a record previously held by future Australia Captain Michael Clarke with 200 for Ramsbottom in 2002.[33][34]
^"Neil Dansie", CKCricket Heritage"Archived copy"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Accessed 12 January 2009