Chorlton CC: Summer Cricket in South Manchester

Chorlton Cricket Club play their home fixtures at the Chorlton Sports Club ground, a multi-sport facility that gives the cricket section a proper setting in one of south Manchester’s most active residential communities. The Manchester Association Cricket League is the main competition, a well-established local league that provides structured Saturday cricket from May through to September. Chorlton CC are one of the more visible cricket clubs in south Manchester, with enough of a profile that new players moving to the area tend to find them quickly.

The junior section is one of the club’s strengths, running age-group coaching and competition through the summer. Adult players looking to get into Saturday league cricket – or returning to it after a gap – can contact the club through their website for pre-season trials. The Manchester weather is part of the deal at this latitude, and a certain philosophical attitude toward an interrupted afternoon is part of cricket culture in the North West. When the sun does arrive, the ground at Chorlton is as pleasant a place as you’ll find for watching or playing a summer sport in the city.