This is a list in alphabetical order of cricketers who played for Manchester in historically important matches prior to the foundation of Lancashire County Cricket Club in 1864. Some of the teams fielded by Manchester were styled Lancashire and its players in those matches are included here. Manchester is classified as an important team by substantial sources from 1844 to 1864.
The details are the player's usual name followed by the years in which he was active as a Manchester/Lancashire player and then his name is given as it appears on match scorecards (i.e., usually his surname preceded by all initials). Note that many players represented other important teams besides Manchester and that several played for the county club from 1865, at which time Manchester ceased to be an important team.
A Tom Adams (1851) : T. M. Adams John Adamthwaite (1832–1845) : J. Adamthwaite William Armitstead (1852–1853) : W. G. Armitstead Aspinall (1844) : Aspinall
B Samuel Baldwinson (1845–1846) : S. Baldwinson Robert Barlow (1850–1852) : R. A. Barlow Richard Bellhouse (1845–1865) : R. T. Bellhouse Thomas Bellhouse (1841–1864) : T. T. Bellhouse Lea Birch (1826–1853) : L. Birch Scholes Birch (1845–1854) : S. Birch Joseph Birley (1847–1853) : J. H. Birley Thomas Blain (1850–1860) : T. G. Blain David Bleakley (1852–1863) : D. Bleakley C. Bradshaw (1844–1849) : C. Bradshaw Henry Brandt (1854–1857) : H. Brandt Stephen Braybrooke (1841–1853) : S. H. Braybrooke John Buttery (1847–1852) : J. Buttery
C Julius Caesar (1851) : J. Caesar William Caffyn (1851–1858) : W. Caffyn Charles Cameron (1849) : C. F. Cameron James Clegg (1854–1856) : J. Clegg George Cooke (1845–1858) : G. F. Cooke Henry Cooke (1840–1851) : H. Cooke
D Samuel Dakin (1852) : S. Dakin George Dallas (1849) : G. F. Dallas Thomas Davis (1857) : T. Davis Alfred Diver (1852) : A. J. D. Diver
E John Earl senior (1844–45) : J. Earl John Henry Earl (1849–52) : J. H. Earl Charles Elmhirst (1848) : C. Elmhirst
G W. Galloway (1852–1858) : W. Galloway Arthur Girling (1845–1848) : A. Girling
H R. Hampson (1827–1855) : R. Hampson Thomas Heighes (1851–1857) : T. Heighes Tom Hunt (1846–1858) : T. Hunt A. Hutton (1851) : A. Hutton
K William Kington (1858–1859) : W. M. N. Kington
L Charles Langton (1849) : C. Langton John Lillywhite (1848–1857) : J. Lillywhite
M William Mackworth (1847–1848) : W. A. Mackworth Joseph Makinson (1857) : J. Makinson James Marchanton (1854–1858) : J. Marchanton Edward Martin (1848) : E. Martin J. Martin (1846) : J. Martin T. McConnell (1842–1844) : T. McConnell Pierrepont Mundy (1845) : P. H. Mundy
P Elgar Pagden (1845–1851) : E. C. Pagden J. Paget (1851) : J. Paget Frederick Perera (1857–1858) : F. Perera Henry Pickford (1842–1857) : H. Pickford J. E. Price (1852) : J. E. Price
R Charles Rogers (1858) : C. Rogers Daniel Rowland (1849) : D. Rowland Alexander Rowley (1854–1876) : A. B. Rowley James Rowley (1849–1859) : J. C. Rowley
S G. Shaw (1851) : G. Shaw Shepherd (1844–1845) : Shepherd John Sherman (1844–1852) : J. Sherman Tom Sherman (1851) : T. Sherman Thomas Smelt (1848–1859) : T. Smelt
T S. Taylor (1851–1852) : S. Taylor Frederick Thackeray (1845) : F. Thackeray Cris Tinley (1851) : R. C. Tinley Vincent Tinley (1850–1851) : V. Tinley
W J. Walker (1849) : J. Walker Edward Whitlow (1852–1857) : E. H. Whitlow John Whittington (1853–1865) : J. Whittington George Wigzell (1849) : G. Wigzell John Wisden (1852–1857) : J. Wisden J. Womack (1845–1852) : J. Womack Edward Wright (1832–1850) : E. Wright Henry Wright (1857–1858) : G. H. Wright
See also List of Lancashire County Cricket Club players
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