Offerton Cricket Club was formed in 1921 by players originally connected with the local church team, St Albans. Plans to develop a new housing estate forced the club to approach Joseph Ramsden, a local landowner, with a proposal to create a new cricket ground in an area close to the river Goyt which had originally been used to train racehorses. The ground was officially opened by Mr Ramsden on 27th May 1937 and it was formally named The Paddock to reflect the nature of its original use. After the Second World War play resumed at The Paddock on a limited basis during 1945 and more comprehensively after the club joined the High Peak league in 1946. It was at this time that Offerton formed a junior cricket section, the first club to do so in the area. In 1946, Joseph Ramsden died: In his will however, he left the ground to the members of the cricket club.

After spells in the North Western League, The Saddleworth League and the Glossop League, Offerton moved to the Meller Braggins Cheshire League in 1993. Promotion from the second division was achieved at the first attempt and the club’s best season so far in the Meller Braggins Cheshire League was in 1995 when the 1st XI finished runners-up to Prestbury. Since then the club hasn’t managed to emulate the success of the 1995 season and has suffered a change in fortunes, sliding down the Cheshire pyramid to its lowest point of Cheshire Alliance Third Division where the club nearly folded. However due to the hard work of a few dedicated members the club survived and that season was instantly promoted.

The club is now building for the future and aiming to climb back up the Cheshire pyramid which will present Offerton with exciting new challenges in the coming years.