Donaghcloney Mill Cricket Club

Donaghcloney Mill Cricket Club is a cricket club in Donaghcloney, County Down, Northern Ireland, playing in Section 1 of the NCU Senior League.

It was formed in 2017, when Donacloney Cricket Club and the club merged with Millpark Cricket Club merged and adopted the name Donaghcloney Mill.[1][2]

Donacloney had been founded by the Liddell family, proprietors of the William Liddell & Co.[3] factory in the village of Donaghcloney. The Liddells were members of the North of Ireland Cricket Club in Belfast and decided to establish a club in Donaghcloney for the recreation of the factory workers.[4]

Donaghcloney Mill Cricket Club are a growing Cricket team who put a lot of emphasis on promoting youth cricket. Every summer (except 2020) It has an annual Summer scheme for kids ages 8–16.The days which summer scheme is on are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. They last from 10am to 12.30pm. Recently not only has it been Cricket coaching and Cricket fun they have started to have Trips For example The Newcastle trip 2021.

Although Donaghcloney Cricket club has a great emphasis on youth training it does not fail to have successful adult teams. Often on Saturdays they have up to 4 XIs playing on the same day.