Illingworth St Mary's Cricket Club is a cricket club based in Illingworth, 3 miles (5 km) north of Halifax in West Yorkshire, England. They play in the Airedale-Wharfedale Senior Cricket League, as well as the Halifax League Sunday Section.
The club was established in 1884 and will shortly be celebrating its 125th anniversary.
Over the years many famous players have played for and at Illingworth; Tom Emmett (England), Gary Fellows (Yorkshire), Stuart Law (Essex, Queensland, Lancashire & Australia) and Robin Uthappa (India).
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