Captain:

Home Grounds used:
Thorneyholme Road, Accrington

Away Grounds visited:
Turf Moor, Burnley; Lanehead, Bacup; Acre Bottom, Ramsbottom; Liverpool Road, Lowerhouse; Dill Hall Lane, Enfield; Bentgate, Haslingden; Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle; The John Stanning Memorial Cricket Ground, Leyland; Blackburn Road, Rishton; Centre Vale, Todmorden; Cliffe Park, Great Harwood; The Horsfield, Colne

First XI playing record:
P 24     W 12     D 6     L 6

Click on this link for the season's First XI scorecards and results

25 players appeared in First XI matches for Accrington in 1885:
JJ Bank; WT Bond; W Boothman; F Broughton; W Broughton; RG Calvert; CF Critchley; W Eastham; J Foster; P Gilbraith; E Hacking; J Hargreaves; JW Hargreaves; JL Heys; J Hindle; SM Holden; R Horne; P Hughes; JA Moore; S Raynor; J Roberts; A Rogers; E Smith; F Whittaker; WJ Whittaker.