The Manchester and District Cricket Association (MDCA) is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 association which contains 17 teams spread around the Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...

area. Founded in 1892, it supports two leagues for teams playing First XI cricket, two for Second XI cricket and a single league for Third XI teams; not all teams have a Third XI, which accounts for this difference.

Club sides

• • Bolton Indians
  • Brooksbottom
  • Bolton
  • Burnage
  • Bury
  • Deane & Derby
  • Euxton
  • Hindley St. Peter's
  • Lostock
  • Newton Heath
  • South West Manchester
  • Stretford
  • Swinton Moorside
  • Westleigh
  • Whalley Range
  • Winton
  • Worsley
  • Wythenshawe

These sides only compete in the 3rd team division and are feature their stonger sides in a different association.

• • Astley & Tyldesley
  • Flixton
  • Heywood
  • Stand

First XI

• Premier League
  • Bury
  • Deane & Derby
  • Hindley St. Peter's
  • South West Manchester
  • Stretford
  • Swinton Moorside
  • Whalley Range
  • Winton
  • Worsley
  • Wythenshawe

• Division One
  • Bolton Indians
  • Brooksbottom
  • Bolton
  • Euxton
  • Lostock
  • Newton Heath
  • Westleigh

Second XI

• Division 2A
  • Bury
  • Deane & Derby
  • Euxton
  • Hindley St. Peter's
  • South West Manchester
  • Stretford
  • Swinton Moorside
  • Winton
  • Worsley
  • Wythenshawe
• Division 2B
  • Bolton Indians
  • Brooksbottom
  • Bolton
  • Lostock
  • Newton Heath
  • Westleigh
  • Whalley Range

Third XI

• Division 3
  • Brooksbottom
  • Deane & Derby
  • Heywood
  • South West Manchester (3rd)
  • South West Manchester (4th)
  • Stretford
  • Swinton Moorside
  • Whalley Range
  • Winton
  • Worsley
  • Wythenshawe