Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club
Personnel | |
---|---|
Captain | Thomas Hampton |
Coach | Jason Harrison |
Chairman | Ian Hodgson |
Team information | |
Founded | 1891 |
Home ground | Various |
History | |
Minor Counties Championship wins | 9 |
MCCA Knockout Trophy wins | 1 |
Official website | Bucks CCC |
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty
The team is currently a member of the
The club has its administrative headquarters at Little Chalfont and plays its matches around the county at various locations including at Wormsley on the Getty Estate. Until 1979 it played regularly at Ascott Park, the home of the Rothschild family which was prominent in the club's foundation.
Honours
- Minor Counties Championship (10) - 1922, 1923, 1925, 1932, 1938, 1952, 1969, 1987, 2009, 2023; shared (1) - 1899[2]
- MCCA Knockout Trophy (1) - 1990[2]
Earliest cricket
A match in October 1730 on Datchet Heath (now known as Datchet Common), outside the village of Datchet near Windsor, is the first reference to cricket in Buckinghamshire. Datchet is nowadays in Berkshire but was historically part of Buckinghamshire.
In September 1740, a team called "Buckinghamshire, Berkshire & Hertfordshire" played two matches against the famous London Cricket Club at Uxbridge and the Artillery Ground. London won the first "with great difficulty" but no post-match report was found of the second.[3]
In 1759, an All-England team that played three matches against the noted Dartford Cricket Club included a wicketkeeper called Gill from Buckinghamshire. The same player almost certainly featured in another All-England team in 1772.[4]
A number of games involving Buckinghamshire teams are mentioned in newspapers of the late 18th century. Unlike neighbouring Berkshire, Buckinghamshire was never considered a first-class county.
Origin of club
The present Buckinghamshire CCC was founded on 15 January 1891 as "Bucks County Cricket Club" with the Rothschild family prominent in its formation. Family member Anthony Gustav de Rothschild even represented the club.
Club history
Buckinghamshire joined the Minor Counties Championship in the competition's second season, 1896. Buckinghamshire declined an invitation to join the first-class
The county first played
Notable players
- See List of Buckinghamshire CCC List A players and Category:Buckinghamshire cricketers
The following Buckinghamshire cricketers also made an impact on the first-class game:
1st XI Grounds
The club have no fixed home, but play their matches at various grounds across the county. Grounds used for the 2011 season included:
- Gerrards Cross Cricket Club Ground, Gerrards Cross
- London Road, High Wycombe
- Tring Park Cricket Club Ground, Tring (in neighbouring Hertfordshire)
References
- ^ "List A events played by Buckinghamshire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Minor Counties Roll of Honour". www.ecb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- H T Waghorn: Cricket Scores 1730 - 1773
- ^ Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826)
- ^ "1990 Holt Cup final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ a b "List A Matches played by Buckinghamshire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Buckinghamshire v Somerset, 1987 NatWest Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ Briggs, Simon (24 December 2004). "Minor counties denied their day in sun". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
External links
- Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club website
- National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA) Official Site
Further reading
- Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
- E W Swanton(editor), Barclays World of Cricket, Guild, 1986
- Playfair Cricket Annual – various editions
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions
- Douglas Miller, A History of Bucks County Cricket Club, ACS Publications, 2006