Url
	https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10985
Date
	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.
Identifier
	PAR104
Title
	Saltaire Cricket Club
Type
	organisation

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