Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Micklehurst Cricket Club

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The result of the debate was no consensus. Mailer Diablo 14:46, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Micklehurst Cricket Club

A cricket club in Saddleworth, a town in near Oldham which has 20,000 people, competing in the Saddleworth Cricket League, effectively some kind of local town competition. There are 13 clubs in this town - see List of English cricket clubs, so on average each club would draw from around 1500 people each. Given that a random high school has 1500 students to draw from, how is this more important than a high school cricket team. The claim to professionalism isn't necessarily that great - many sports teams pay $2000 for instance for a "star player" to play with them, but it isn't a full-time job, it's just to get a "relatively good" player. nnßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 05:18, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete No claims as to notability for either club, league or their star player. A list of wins and table positions would be a minimum requirement as proof.  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  07:19, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. 51 Google hits are too low to be notable.--Jusjih 08:23, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. The argument is grossly misleading. Micklehurst Cricket Club is not in Saddleworth. To my knowledge it is the only cricket club based in the nearby town of Mossley (population 10,000 - significantly more than the 1500 cited). Also, there are other flaws to the above argument: No team draws from just an allocated number of cricket fans. As well as potentially being relevant to a certain number of local residents, the club is relevant to all with a recent or historic interest in the Saddleworth & District Cricket League, at all age levels, as well as having relevance to all with an interest in the current Huddersfield Cricket League.
    SimonMayer 17:10, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
  • keep we have non league football clubs such as Rushden and Diamond's, surely cricket clubs should be kept or deleted under the same criteria Jcuk 20:53, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete Duckdid 23:09, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete Little-to-zero Web presence and no assertion of notability at all. -- Kicking222 23:27, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.