Tottington St Johns Timeline
Individual and team awards can also be seen on our honours page.
B&DSSL - Bury & District Sunday Schools League
NMCL - North Manchester Cricket League
GMCL - Greater Manchester Cricket League
| 1887 | Tottington St. Johns C.C. founded |
| 1912 | B&DSSL 1st Division League Champions & 2nd Division League Champions |
| 1913 | B&DSSL 2nd Division League Champions |
| 1914 | B&DSSL 2nd Division League Champions |
| 1914-1918 | 10 members lost their lives in the Great War. A plaque displaying their names was installed in the Church. This was donated to the cricket club when the Church closed for refurbishment around 2000 |
| 1928 | B&DSSL 2nd Division League Champions |
| 1930 | Moved to current ground Crompton Meadows , on land given to the club by the Crompton family |
| 1931 | B&DSSL 1st Division League Champions |
| 1933 | B&DSSL 1st Division League Champions & 1st Division GB Horridge Cup Winners |
| 1934 | B&DSSL 1st Division GB Horridge Cup Winners |
| 1936 | B&DSSL 1st Division League Champions |
| 1937 | B&DSSL 1st Division League Champions |
| 1942 | B&DSSL 1st Division League Champions & 1st Division GB Horridge Cup Winners |
| 1945 | B&DSSL 1st Division GB Horridge Cup Winners |
| 1955 | NMCL formed with 8 founder teams (Bibby & Baron, East Lancs Paper Mill, Haymain, Howe Bridge, McPherson Paints, Rawtenstall, Tottington St. Annes & Transparent Paper Mill) |
| 1956 | First year of fixtures of the NMCL |
| 1958 | Up until this year the Club had played in the Bury & District Sunday Schools League. They joined the NMCL and are the league's longest serving members. East Lancashire Paper Mill were founder members but spent several years in other leagues before re-joining NMCL |
| 1958 | Peter Schofield won NMCL 2nd Division Batting Average award |
| 1958 | Norman Ramsbottom won NMCL 2nd Division Bowling Average award |
| 1958 | Miss Janet Holt won NMCL 2nd Division Scorers award |
| 1959 | NMCL 2nd Division League Champions |
| 1959 | Trevor Settle won NMCL 2nd Division Batting Average award |
| 1959 | Peter Schofield won NMCL 2nd Division Bowling Average award |
| 1959 | Stanley Booth won NMCL 2nd Division wicket keeping award |
| 1962 | Gordon Wood won NMCL 1st Division Batting Average award |
| 1962 | Peter Schofield won NMCL 1st Division Bowling Average award |
| 1963 | Original wooden pavilion destroyed by fire. |
| 1963 | P Chadwick won NMCL 2nd Division Batting Average award |
| 1964 | NMCL 1st Division League Runners Up & 1st Division Calverley Cup Winners |
| 1964 | New pavilion opened built at a cost of 1,500 A full list of contributors who donated towards the rebuild is listed below (courtesy George Round)
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| 1964 | Gordon Wood won NMCL 1st Division Batting Average award |
| 1964 | Peter Schofield won NMCL 1st Division Bowling Average award |
| 1965 | NMCL 1st Division League Champions |
| 1965 | Stanley Booth won NMCL 1st Division wicket keeping award |
| 1965 | Cyril Fletcher won NMCL 1st Division Scorers award |
| 1966 | NMCL 1st Division League Champions |
| 1966 | Recorded NMCL lowest ever score of 3 all out v Walmsleys (one record we are not proud of) |
| 1966 | Alan Vernon won NMCL Young Player of Season award - after a spell at Walshaw, AV returned to the club and was part of the title winning side of 1999 |
| 1967 | NMCL 1st Division League Champions joint with Walshaw |
| 1969 | Miss Pamela Booth won NMCL 1st Division Scorers award |
| 1969 | PJ Boyd won NMCL 2nd Division Scorers award |
| 1970 | NMCL 2nd Division Hodson Cup Winners & 3rd Division League Champions |
| 1970 | Peter Gill won NMCL 2nd Division Bowling Average award |
| 1971 | NMCL 1st Division Calverley Cup Winners & 1st Division League Runners Up |
| 1971 | Neville Neville won NMCL 1st Division Batting Average award |
| 1971 | K Crossley won NMCL 2nd Division wicket keeping award |
| 1972 | NMCL 1st Division Calverley Cup Winners |
| 1973 | Stanley Booth won NMCL 2nd Division wicket keeping award |
| 1973 | Martyn Whittles won NMCL 2nd Division Scorers award |
| 1978 | Kath Brooks won NMCL 2nd Division (Group A) Scorers award |
| 1979 | NMCL Winners of Sportmanship Trophy |
| 1981 | Kath Brooks won NMCL 2nd Division (Group B) Scorers award |
| 1983 | Dennis Stringfellow won NMCL 2nd Division Bowling Average award |
| 1984 | Neville Dusty Dawson won NMCL 2nd Division (Group B) wicket keeping award |
| 1985 | NMCL started U18 s Junior League |
| 1985 | NMCL Junior League Runners Up |
| 1985 | Steve Hinchley won NMCL Captain of Year award |
| 1985 | Kath Brooks won NMCL 2nd Division (Group B) Scorers award |
| 1986 | NMCL Junior League Champions |
| 1986 | NMCL 2nd Division (Group C) League Runners Up |
| 1987 | Club Centenary Year: the centenary match between a past & present players ended in a tie |
| 1987 | NMCL 3rd Division League Champions & 3rd Division Cup Runners Up |
| 1987 | Neville Dusty Dawson won NMCL 3rd Division wicket keeping award |
| 1989 | NMCL 1st Division Calverley Cup Runners Up & Steve Grognet Memorial Trios Trophy Winners |
| 1991 | NMCL 2nd Division League Champions |
| 1991 | Paul Meehan won NMCL 2nd Division Bowling Average award |
| 1992 | NMCL 1st Division Last 6 Winners |
| 1993 | NMCL Steve Grognet Memorial Trios Trophy Winners |
| 1993 | Clive Brooks won NMCL 1st Division wicket keeping award |
| 1993 | Michael Jones won NMCL 4th Division wicket keeping award |
| 1994 | NMCL 4th Division Last 6 Winners |
| 1994 | Awarded 12k grant from the Foundation for Sport & the Arts which was used to install electricity, flushing toilet, build an equipment store and provided a concrete fence around the lodge side of the boundary |
| 1995 | NMCL 1st Division League Runners Up |
| 1995 | Paul Meehan won NMCL 1st Division Player s Player award |
| 1995 | Steve Moriarty won NMCL 1st Division Bowling award |
| 1995 | Clive Brooks won NMCL 1st Division wicket keeping award |
| 1996 | NMCL 1st Division Calverley Cup Runners Up, 1st Division League Runners Up, 4th Division Cyril Fletcher Cup Runners Up, 4th Division Last 6 Winners & Steve Grognet Memorial Trios Trophy Winners |
| 1996 | Played Blackpool at Stanley Park in the LCB Lancashire Knockout |
| 1996 | Clive Brooks won NMCL 1st Division wicket keeping award |
| 1996 | Ashley Parkinson won NMCL 4th Division Bowling award |
| 1996 | Stuart Hunter won NMCL 4th Division Wicket Keeping award |
| 1997 | NMCL 4th Division Last 6 Winners |
| 1997 | Entered the National Village Knockout for the first time and played Woodford (away). Unfortunately not our greatest performance! |
| 1997 | Clive Brooks won NMCL 1st Division wicket keeping award |
| 1998 | NMCL 1st Division League Champions, 1st Division Calverley Cup Winners (only year to do NMCL League & Cup double) & 4th Division Last 6 Winners |
| 1998 | Paul Meehan won NMCL 1st Division Player s Player award |
| 1998 | Paul Meehan awarded Calverley Cup Man of the Match |
| 1998 | Chris Mitcheson won NMCL 4th Division Bowling award |
| 1999 | NMCL 1st Division League Champions & 4th Division Cyril Fletcher Cup Runners Up |
| 1999 | Paul Meehan won NMCL 1st Division Player s Player award |
| 1999 | Ashley Parkinson won NMCL 1st Division Batting award |
| 2003 | NMCL 1st Division Calverley Cup Winners & 1st Division Last 6 Winners |
| 2004 | NMCL 4th Division Hunter Cup Winners & 4th Division League Runners Up |
| 2004 | Clive Brooks won NMCL 1st Division wicket keeping award |
| 2004 | Steve Moriarty won NMCL 4th Division Bowling Average award |
| 2004 | Paul Skundric awarded Hunter Cup Man of the Match |
| 2006 | NMCL 1st Division League Runners Up |
| 2006 | Became the annual opponents of Brooksbottom C.C. in their Boxing Day match when Elton Vale (formally Bolton Rd Methodists) were no longer able to fulfil the fixture |
| 2006 | Hosted the 20/20 triangular tournament in which we beat Radcliffe before narrowly losing to Greenmount in the final |
| 2006 | Ashley Parkinson won NMCL 1st Division Player s Player award |
| 2006 | Ashley Parkinson won NMCL 1st Division Batting Average award |
| 2007 | NMCL 1st Division League Runners Up |
| 2007 | Paul Meehan won NMCL 1st Division Bowling Average award |
| 2008 | NMCL 1st Division Calverley Cup Winners & 1st Division League Runners Up |
| 2008 | Ashley Parkinson won NMCL 1st Division Player s Player award |
| 2008 | Ashley Parkinson won NMCL 1st Division Batting Average award |
| 2008 | Simon Marsh won NMCL 1st Division Bowling Average award |
| 2008 | Neil Butterworth awarded Calverley Cup Man of the Match |
| 2009 | NMCL 1st Division Calverley Cup Winners |
| 2009 | Refurbished pavilion opened by David Chaytor MP |
| 2009 | 9,990 National Lottery Awards for All grant received for an artificial wicket |
| 2009 | Hosted the Boxing Day match v Brooksbottom for the first time |
| 2009 | Neil Butterworth awarded Calverley Cup Man of the Match |
| 2010 | NMCL 1st Division Calverley Cup Winners with a last ball victory against Rochdale Catholic Club (completed a hat-trick of cup wins) |
| 2010 | Received 3,000 grant from Community Foundation for Greater Manchester to replace field drains |
| 2010 | Constituted Tottington Sports Club as the umbrella club for both the cricket club and the newly named Tottington St. Johns Ladies Rounders team |
| 2010 | First ever overseas pre-season trip where TSJ triumphed against Riviera C.C. in Nice |
| 2010 | Junior section re-established |
| 2010 | Records tumble in the away match at Robinsons as Ashley Parkinson hits 200 not out before Paul Meehan grabs all 10 wickets for 11 runs - both are firsts for TSJCC |
| 2010 | Neil Butterworth captained NMCL League side against the Southport & District League |
| 2010 | Russell Brooks awarded Calverley Cup Man of the Match |
| 2011 | TSJCC U13s complete their 1st season's fixtures in the Lancashire County Junior League |
| 2011 | Received grant from Biffaward to replace pavilion roof |
| 2011 | Michael Jones won NMCL 4th Division Wicket-Keeping award |
| 2011 | Kath Brooks won NMCL 1st Division Scorers award |
| 2011 | Neil Butterworth captained NMCL League side against the Southport & District League |
| 2012 | 125th Anniversary Celebrations, including a launch meal, announcement of new life members, Olympic fun day and golf event. Plus we launched our 125th anniversary celebration book |
| 2012 | Building work started to extend pavilion |
| 2012 | Pre-season trip to Benidorm to play two games against Sporting Alfas C.C. |
| 2012 | 1st Division Last 6 Winners |
| 2012 | 50th Anniversary Boxing Day match held at Crompton Meadows v Brooksbottom C.C. (TSJ replaced previous opponents Elton Vale formally Bolton Rd Methodists in 2006) |
| 2013 | Second pre-season trip to Benidorm to play two games against Sporting Alfas C.C. |
| 2013 | LCB KO Cup 1st Round tie v Lowerhouse at Crompton Meadows |
| 2013 | Received grant from Viridor Credits to build 2 lane outdoor net training facility |
| 2013 | Clubhouse extension completed |
| 2013 | Totty Tigers established - Friday night Twenty/20 team |
| 2013 | Kath Brooks won NMCL 1st Division Scorers award |
| 2014 | New car park completed and plans approved for second tier pavilion extension |
| 2014 | Tottington St John's Women's cricket side begins |
| 2014 | Third pre-season trip to Benidorm playing against Sporting Alfas C.C. |
| 2014 | Over 4,000 attend Tottington's Big Day Out in July! |
| 2014 | 2nds win Division 4 title and secure promotion! |
| 2014 | Another hugely successful golf day and dinner |
| 2015 | Grant secured to build new upper tier extension |
| 2015 | Women's side 'officially' joins and will play home games at Crompton Meadows |
| 2015 | 4th annual overseas tour to Benidorm |
| 2015 | History made as 2nd XI vice captaincy shared! |
| 2015 | Under 11s side established to play in new regional league |
| 2015 | May 12 - Club resigns from NMCL and joins the GMCL for 2016 |
| 2015 | Totty history made as 2nds win back to back titles by capturing NMCL Div 3 title |
| 2015 | Kath Brooks won NMCL 1st Division Scorers award |
| 2015 | Upper tier extension work completed |
| 2015 | Boxing Day game washed out, rescheduled for Good Friday 2016 |
| 2016 | TSJCC become founder members of the new Greater Manchester Cricket League (GMCL) |
| 2016 | 5th annual overseas tour to Benidorm with 48 participants |
| 2016 | Danielle Collins and Eve Whaling become first girls to play in Boxing Day clash |
| 2017 | Received grant of 65,000 from Viridor Credits for ground improvements |
| 2017 | Record attendance at 4th annual TBDO |
| 2017 | Ground works starts in July and play our home fixtures at Bolton, Radcliffe and Ramsbottom |
| 2017 | 1st XI promoted to Division 3 of GMCL |
| 2017 | TSJ Women are runners up in the Thunder league for 40 over cricket and also gain 2nd place in the 20 over competition |
| 2017 | Si Marsh wins GMCL Div 4 bowling award |
| 2017 | Lose to Brooksbottom in annual Boxing Day match, despite 50 from Si Marsh |
| 2018 | Crompton Meadows development continues - senior sides play away all year |
| 2019 | GMCL restructure; 1sts placed in Div 2 |
| 2019 | Ground levelling and development complete and teams back playing at home |
| 2020 | Covid-19 devastates local cricket, with senior sides only able to play a handful of games |
| 2020 | New U9 junior side launched to great success |
| 2020 | New roll-on covers arrive! |
| 2020 | New picket fence installed on 'lines' side of ground |
| 2021 | Mike Burns becomes first official TSJ professional |
| 2022 | Pavilion revamp including new kitchen and improved facilities |
| 2022 | Niko Brooky and James Banicevich of New Zealand become first "official" overseas amateurs |
| 2022 | New U11 and U13 junior sides start up to complement the U9s |
| 2022 | Niko Brooky and Katie Schofield record hat-tricks on the same day in pre-season |
| 2022 | Matty Bradshaw and Liam Hickson pick up 9 wicket hauls on the same day. Matty's 9-8 is joint second best bowling figures in club history |
| 2022 | James Banicevic records back to back hundreds in two days |
| 2022 | School summer coaching sessions and outdoor event take place |
| 2022 | Ladies Prosecco cricket event a big success |
| 2022 | Tottington's Big Day Out returns after two year break due to pandemic |
| 2022 | 1sts are champions of GMCL Div 2A and are promoted |
| 2023 | New hybrid wickets installed |
| 2023 | New picket fence erected on lodge side of ground |
| 2023 | Phil Hayes hits three tons and ends up fifth in league batting |
| 2023 | 1sts relegated to Division 2 |
| 2023 | TSJCC gains Clubmark accreditation |
| 2023 | New life members - Nick Hudson, Al Vernon, Frankie Brockway, Nelly Butterworth and Billy Fish |
| 2023 | Building work to extend bar / storeroom / clubhouse |
