Earliest Cricket in Lancashire
Further information: Manchester Cricket ClubThe earliest known reference to cricket being played in Lancashire is in 1781.
In 1816, the Manchester Cricket Club was founded and soon became representative of Lancashire as a county in the same way that Sheffield Cricket Club and Nottingham Cricket Club represented Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. On 23–25 July 1849, the Sheffield and Manchester clubs played each other at Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield but the fixture was called "Yorkshire versus Lancashire". As such, it was the first match to involve a Lancashire county team and also, therefore, the first "Roses Match". Yorkshire won by five wickets.
In 1857, the Manchester club moved to Old Trafford, which has been the home of Lancashire cricket ever since.
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