2005 – Gary Yates Testimonial

by Steve Orrell | Dec 7, 2022 | Cricket, The Vault

Staying with the cricket football fusion theme of our last Vault post, we’re going back to 2005 again when a thunderstorm put paid to an all-star cricket match at Prestwich, but not before former Manchester City ace Nigel Gleghorn had struck a lightning-fast 66....

2008 – U17s Greenhalgh Cup glory

by Steve Orrell | Dec 2, 2022 | Cricket, The Vault

Success for our Under 17s back in August 2008 when they took the honours in the Greenhalgh Cup Final. The Prestwich youngsters grabbed the glory at The Heys, overcoming a more experienced Denton team with a superb all-round display. Our batting line-up all chipped in...

2003 – Hulme Trophy Final gallery

by Alan Michaelovitz | Nov 23, 2022 | Cricket, The Vault

We’ve gone back to 2003 when Prestwich 2XI retained the Hulme Trophy following a 57 run win over Denton St Lawrence at Heys Road. A.J. Taylor put in a man-of-the-match performance scoring 71 with Gareth Barnes also adding significant runs to the total with 59....

Cup winning team from an unknown year

by Steve Orrell | Jul 7, 2020 | Cricket, The Vault

We’ve been able to feature some great team photos from over the years, but this takes some beating. We have very little detail, except what can be deduced from the photograph. The team is obviously a successful one, with the silverware on display on the front...

Bob’s magnificent seven

by Steve Orrell | Jul 5, 2020 | Cricket, The Vault

The 1st team would have been locking horns with Flixton this weekend, which last year provided a feast of spectacular big-hitting. Ali Azmat smashed 114 – the best Prestwich batting score at their ground – but was out-batted by an even more brutal innings...

Cup winners of 1992

by Steve Orrell | Jun 29, 2020 | Cricket, The Vault

The latest in our photographic collection features our cup-winning side of 1992. Prestwich 3rd XI lifted the Stokes Cup under the captaincy of Ray Austin. Pictured (back, from left to right) are: A Battersby, H Palfreyman, D Palfreyman, P Bamber, B Ahern, A Bradley, E...