Division 2 Leaders Accrington face joint ninth placed Bacup at Tony's Pizza and Kebab House Lanehead Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Accrington lost for the first time in the league at Crompton last Sunday and Bacup were beaten at Colne.
Accrington have won 98, Bacup 88, with 73 draws/no results from 261 previous Lancashire League meetings.
Jon Hayhurst returns for Accrington in place of Noah Cronshaw.
Bacup name an unchanged team.
The Match Ball Sponsor is Nathalia Association Cricket Club.
The seconds host Bacup in the reverse fixture on Sunday.
The thirds will host Farnworth in a friendly on Monday.
This season we are looking back at the long hot summer of 1976 when the club finished as runners up in both league and cup to Rawtenstall and also the less successful season of 1996 when the club finished bottom for the third season running in it's 150th year with Chad Grainger as professional.
East Lancs handed Accrington a repeat dose of last weeks medicine, dishing out a 45 run beating at Thorneyholme Road on Saturday May 22nd.
On Sunday May 23rd 1976 professional Alan Worsick took a hat-trick in Accrington's 3 wicket win over Enfield in a low scoring 1st Round Worsley Cup local derby at Thorneyholme Road.
League leaders Lowerhouse inflicted a seventh straight league defeat of the season on bottom club Accrington with a tense 1 run win at Thorneyholme Road on Bank Holiday Monday May 27th 1996.
To get the feel of the club back in 1996 please visit the monthly Newsletters on Crickethistory.website.
https://crickethistory.website/club/accrington/accrington_newsletters_1996/index.html
