Northern Club (sports Club) - History

History

The club was originally called the Northern Cricket Club, and the first clubhouse was situated in Rawson Road in Seaforth. Although the predominant sport was cricket, bowls was also played, and ladies indulged in archery. In 1879, the club re-located to premises north of Haigh Road, in the Waterloo Park area of Waterloo. A lawn tennis court was incorporated, and additional grass and cinder courts added later, and by 1888 the total membership numbered 70. The grounds were then sold in 1907, and the club moved to its current location while the Moor Park residential area was still in its infancy.

In the 1970s, Waterloo Park Cricket Club merged into the Northern, and when their former ground was sold in 1989, the Moor Park grounds were expanded with the acquisition of 9 acres (36,000 m2) of farming land that are now cricket pitches. A synthetic hockey pitch and second bowling green were also added to the amenities. Ladies hockey came to Northern when Ormskirk Ladies Hockey Club, which had been founded in 1966, merged into the Northern in 1995.