{"id":31,"date":"2013-02-03T19:45:42","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T19:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2014-02-06T18:35:24","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T18:35:24","slug":"club-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.blubberhousescc.co.uk\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"Club History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blubberhouses Cricket Club was originally formed during the first half of the 19th
\nCentury, between this time and the present day the Club has only occupied four cricket
\ngrounds:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. On land belonging to the \u2018Gill family\u2019 of Blubberhouses Hall, situated on the opposite
    \nside of the river Washburn, slightly upstream from the present ground. The \u2018Gill Family\u2019
    \nstill have connections with the club.<\/li>\n
  2. Between 1904\/06 on land near to the Hopper Lane Hotel.<\/li>\n
  3. At the rear of the Manor House, (Which stands on the opposite side of the road to
    \nBlubberhouses Church).<\/li>\n
  4. On the present ground, which was originally the site of the West House Flax Mill and below
    \nthe site of the old Skaife Hall.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    Towards the end of the 19th century the then occupant of Skaife Hall a Colonel
    \nGalloway improved the ground and held an annual cricket festival, which brought a degree of fame
    \nto the ground and to Blubberhouses, with national and international players taking part,
    \nincluding the Hon.F.S.Jackson, B.J.T. Bosanquet (the father of the Googly) and George Ulyett.<\/p>\n

    The Galloway\u2019s became great benefactors to the Cricket Club and eventually
    \nallowed the Club to use the ground. Ownership later passed to the Leeds Corporation and thence to
    \nYorkshire Water, who are the present day land lords.<\/p>\n

    Our present ground, below the site of the old Skaife Hall, was improved by the
    \nGalloway family and is believed to have been used around the 1880\u2019s. Col. William Galloway who
    \nas President of the club promoted a annual Cricket Festival with national and international
    \nplayers taking part, including the Hon. F.S.Jackson who played for Yorkshire between 1890 &
    \n1907, George Ulyett who played for Yorkshire between 1873 & 1893 and B.J.T.Bosanqet the
    \nplayer responsible for the \u2018Googly\u2019.<\/p>\n

    1992 sparked a memorable year as it commemorated the opening of the new pavilion.
    \nIn 2006, the installation of electricity was completed.
    \n
    The 2008 season saw a new kitchen with cooker installed into the pavilion.
    \nIn 2013, thanks to Club President Michael Clipston, the club acquired an electric scoreboard.<\/p>\n

    Local History<\/h2>\n

    Information provided by Pete Kilvert of Friends of Salford Cemeteries Trust<\/a><\/p>\n

    Weaste Cemetary Heritage Trail: WILLIAM GALLOWAY (1796 \u2013 1873)<\/h4>\n

    William Galloway was an engineer and ironfounder, famous for manufacturing
    \n\u201cLancashire\u201d and \u201cGalloway\u201d boilers which powered many of the cotton mills of Lancashire.
    \nHe lived in Stretford.<\/p>\n

    His father, also named William Galloway, was a Scot, who, with two other Scots,
    \nestablished the Caledonia Foundry, Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester in 1817. They made water
    \nwheels for mills, including the water-powered spinning mill at Douglas Green, Whit Lane,
    \nPendleton.<\/p>\n

    William, born in 1796 and his brother John (born 1804), were trained as engineers
    \nand ironfounders. They initially worked with their father, but in 1830, began their own venture.
    \nThis was at the time of the world\u2019s first passenger railway from Manchester to Liverpool. They
    \nhad a railway workshop for repairs and made the first railway locomotive in Manchester, named
    \n\u201cManchester\u201d. It had vertical cylinders and its wheels were wooden with iron tyres. It took
    \nsix, third-class carriages to Chat Moss, but on the way back it hit the points, bent a crank and
    \nreturned \u201cwobbling\u201d. They made four more locos including the \u201cCaledonian\u201d that had trials
    \nin September and October 1832.<\/p>\n

    In 1835, William and John decided on another venture called Knot Mill Ironworks of
    \nW & J Galloway. They made steam engines for mills, gas works equipment, screw jacks and other
    \nmachinery. In 1840 they started making the \u201cLancashire Boiler\u201d (credited to Fairbairn) and
    \ntook out several patents relating to the improvement of boilers and other parts of steam engines.
    \nTheir first \u201cGalloway\u201d boiler was made in 1849 for Messrs J Leeming & Co, Adelphi,
    \nSalford. Up to 1891, they made nearly nine thousand Galloway type boilers, including a 30 horse
    \npower specimen for the Great Exhibition in 1851. They also designed and built the Levens Railway
    \nViaduct at Ulverston and Southport Pier.<\/p>\n

    In 1856, William\u2019s son, John Galloway junior and John\u2019s son, Charles John
    \nGalloway entered the business as partners and the firm became known as W & J Galloway and
    \nSons. It prospered and diversified.<\/p>\n

    John junior\u2019s son, William Johnson Galloway, (1867 \u2013 1931), became a JP and was
    \nMember of Parliament for South Manchester. He was also a Colonel in 42nd East Lancashire Division
    \nEngineers and a Director of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company.<\/p>\n

    Buried at Weaste Cemetary: William Johnson Galloway, MP<\/h4>\n

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    W.J.Galloway was a Director of the Manchester boilermaking firm W & J Galloway
    \nLtd and became MP for Manchester South West in 1895.<\/p>\n

    He was born in Sale, Cheshire in 1868, the son of John Galloway JP and the grandson
    \nof William Galloway, the co-founder of W & J Galloway Ltd, the famous boiler-making company.
    \nHe was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire (which was created as a national monument to the
    \nDuke of Wellington and boasts former pupils as George Orwell, James Hunt and Rory Bremner),
    \nfollowed by Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He lived at The Cottage in Old Trafford, Manchester and
    \nbecame a senior partner in the family business.<\/p>\n

    William was an active Conservative in Manchester and was selected for the seat of
    \nRugby in the 1892 General Election, but was defeated. However three years later he stood for
    \nManchester South West and was successful, joining Lord Salisbury\u2019s Conservation Government. He
    \nheld the seat until 1906 when he was defeated by George Davy Kelley, Labour.<\/p>\n

    William J. Galloway was a Lieutenant in the Duke of Lancaster\u2019s Own Yeomanry and
    \nlater became honorary Colonel of the East Lancashire Engineers, a unit of the Territorial Force.
    \nDuring the First World War he was on the staff of the Quartermaster General and also held
    \npositions with the Ministry of Information and the Foreign Office.<\/p>\n

    His business interests were numerous. He was chairman of the Claremont Park
    \nBuilding Company, Blackpool and director of the Carnforth Iron and Haematite Works and the
    \nHoyland Silkstone Coal Company. In 1903 he was elected a Director of the Great Eastern Railway
    \nCompany, becoming chairman of the Locomotive Committee. When the GER was merged into the LNER, he
    \nbecame a director and also chairman of the Steamships and Continental Committee.<\/p>\n

    William was a co-worker with his mother in a large mission and philanthropic work
    \nin Hulme, Manchester. He was also a member of the Board of Hulme Dispensary. He travelled around
    \nthe world visiting many countries and in 1899 wrote the book Advance Australia – a short account
    \nof Australia on the eve of Federation. He died of 28th January 1931 and is buried in the Galloway
    \nfamily grave at Weaste Cemetery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Blubberhouses Cricket Club was originally formed during the first half of the 19th Century, between this time and the present day the Club has only occupied four cricket grounds: On land belonging to the \u2018Gill family\u2019 of Blubberhouses Hall, situated on the opposite side of the river Washburn, slightly upstream from the present ground. The … <\/p>\n

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