Brooklands CC: Cricket in Sale and Timperley

Brooklands Cricket Club are based at Marsland Road in Sale, in the borough of Trafford, and play in the Manchester Association Cricket League. Sale and the Timperley area have a strong tradition of amateur sport across several codes, and Brooklands sit within that culture – a properly run club with facilities that include a decent square, a pavilion, and the logistical organisation needed to run multiple XIs through a Saturday league season. The Manchester Association Cricket League provides competitive fixtures from early May through September, and the standard across the divisions is genuine club cricket rather than social-only fare.

Midweek cup cricket supplements the Saturday league programme, and the club runs a social side as well for those who want the atmosphere of cricket without the full commitment of league selection. New adult players are welcomed – the most useful thing is to get in touch early in the year before squads are settled. Brooklands station (on the Altrincham Metrolink line) is a short walk from the ground, which makes it accessible from the city centre without a car, a useful detail in a sport whose late afternoon finishing times can create transport complications.