Until the administrative border was changed in 1888, the historic boundary between Lancashire and Yorkshire ran through the centre of the ground.

[8] England players who have played professionally for the club include Fred Root,[9] Brian Close,[10] Frank Tyson[11] and Paul Allott.

[12] A number of other international cricketers have been employed by Todmorden including Ashton Turner, Jim Burke, and Matt Nicholson (Australia);[13][14][15] Mohsin Khan, Aftab Baloch, Qaiser Abbas and Bilawal Bhatti (Pakistan);[16][17][18][19] Fanie de Villiers, Morné van Wyk, Francois du Plessis, Gulam Bodi and David Wiese (South Africa);[20][21][22][23][24] Ravi Ratnayeke and Chinthaka Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka);[25][26] Brendan Nash and Vasbert Drakes (West Indies);[27][28] and Gyanendra Pandey (India).

[30] Former Todmorden amateur players include Harold Dawson,[31] Dick Horsfall and Derek Shackleton.

[32] In April 2017, South African professional Kelly Smuts made the highest total in the history of the Lancashire League for Todmorden, scoring 211; a record previously held by future Australia Captain Michael Clarke with 200 for Ramsbottom in 2002.