"Although there is little doubt that the Cricket Club at Wrea Green had its origin in the mists of antiquity," wrote Frank Jolly in the 1951 Palace Shield handbook, existing records only go back to 1905.

There had been references to the game being played on The Green during Victorian times but by the early 1900s the village had no cricket team.

Wrea Green was then a very sleepy little village with its inhabitants enjoying a slow pace of live and most had little time for events taking place outside the parish boundary. But the advent of a new headmaster for the school was to change all that.

Tommy Myles hailed from Manchester and was very forward thinking and a great innovator. He established an award winning school choir, organised school trips outside the village, and instigated Empire Day celebrations. For many in Wrea Green, especially the young, he opened the gates to the outside world. One of Tommy's passions was cricket and he followed the fortunes of Lancashire avidly through the pages of the Manchester Guardian. When he moved to Wrea Green in 1898 he could think of nothing finer than a team of cricketers playing on the village green. Another new resident in 1898 was Lawrence Salisbury who moved into Ribby Road from Wesham after marrying a Wrea Green girl and he shared Tommy's interest in cricket. In contrast, Alec Jolly was a life long Wrea Green resident of some thirty six years standing and he too was keen on cricket. When another cricketer, Reverend Barker, became vicar in the early 1900s the thought of reviving the sport in the village took another step forward and the vicar chaired the original meeting which formed Wrea Green Cricket Club a hundred years ago.

The club has always had strong links with the church and Reverend Barker's successor, Reverend A.S. Bean captained the side immediately after the First World War. Also in the side at this time were the headmaster, Tommy Myles, and Joe McCall, the Preston North End and England international. As the club approached its centenary the club could still count on a headmaster (Phil Wood) and an England football international (Dave Bardsley). It was only the vicar's knees that prevented history from completely repeating itself.

The club entered the Palace Shield in 1922 when the league formed a second division and has remained there ever since although the early games did not bode well for the future. Steam roller driver Lawrence Salisbury had been made captain for the club's first foray into league cricket but he could be as fiery as his boiler and there was a mass argument during one of the first few matches that resulted in Lawrence resigning from the team and the club.

Frank Jolly had become treasurer in 1919 at the age of seventeen and became secretary on a temporary basis in 1923. He was such a good organiser and immaculate minute taker that he remained in the post for twenty two years and at one stage virtually ran the club on his own. Frank became captain in 1929 and had the satisfaction of leading the club to the Second Division title in 1931.

After the Second World War Frank was the chairman when the 1st XI won the Second Division title for three years running under the captaincy of Dick Wilson. The team at that time contained a great character in Dudley Matthews who had played for Lancashire before the war but had been sent to work on the land of the Fylde after receiving a shrapnel wound to the head. A fierce hitter of the ball he could clear the Dub with ease but it was a game to him to hit the ball into the water. That was until the Evening Post's cartoonist Furnival came to The Green to cover a match against Great Eccleston. Dudley had become a great crowd puller and Furnival had heard of his liking for hitting the ball into the Dub. The resulting cartoon jokingly suggested that it was costing Wrea Green a fortune in lost balls and that the only way to stave off bankruptcy was to train the ducks to retrieve them. When Dudley saw this he thought that he would have to pay for any balls that he hit into the water and so never did so again.

By 1973 Dick Wilson was the chairman as the 1st XI won the Meyler Cup for the first, and so far, only time. He would have to wait over twenty years for the team to lift the 'B' Division title for the first time since the days of his all conquering side of the 1950's and it was his son Richard who captained the team to glory as Dick, now president of the club, looked on from the boundary.

Playing on the village green, whilst idyllic, has presented the club with many problems over the years and there has been more than one battle for survival. The club has come through its share of tribulations and celebrated its centenary in 2005 in lavish fashion with a festival week of cricket and entertainment on The Green.

In 2007 the club won Group 9 of the npower Village Cup although this was achieved without actually completing a game thanks to the atrocious weather. A comprehensive win in Lincolnshire against Burgh set up a home clash with much fancied Overbury from near Tewkesbury in the last 16 of the competition. The Green was still not fit to play on and the tie was switched to Stanley Park, courtesy of Blackpool CC. However severe flooding in Tewkesbury meant that most of the Overbury side found themselves unable to get out of their homes and the match was postponed for seven days. Stanley Park was again the venue and Wrea Green put in a superb bowling and fielding display to win. The Quarter Final saw a home tie against  Hathersage from Derbyshire with The Green looking a picture but the Lord's dream slipped away as Hathersage won an absorbing game in front of a large crowd.