Rochdale Cricket Club are an English cricket team from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, currently playing in the Central Lancashire League. Rochdale are one of the oldest - and most successful - of all the CLL teams. They joined the league in 1893, which was founded a year earlier under the title of the South East Lancashire league. It became the Central Lancashire League a year later. Rochdale have won the league title a record 28 times, the last occasion being in 2007. They have also won the Wood Cup - a knockout competition - 12 times, second only to Littleborough Cricket Club who have 13 successes to their name.
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