Norfolk County Cricket Club
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Norfolk County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county cricket clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Norfolk.
The team is currently a member of the
History
Cricket may have reached Norfolk by the end of the 17th century. The earliest reference to cricket in the county is dated 1745. The first county match played by the team was Norfolk v Suffolk at Bury St Edmunds Race Course on Thursday 23 August 1764, which was won by Norfolk. This was reported in the Gazetteer & London Daily Advertiser on Tuesday 28 August. More games against Suffolk followed.
A number of
Honours
Norfolk has won the Minor Counties Championship five times, two of them shared. It won the first Championship in 1895, sharing with
First XI honours
- Minor Counties Championship (3) - 1905, 1910, 1913; shared (2) - 1895, 2002
- MCCA Knockout Trophy (5) - 1986, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009
Grounds
Norfolk's main ground since 2001 has been Manor Park, Horsford on the northern fringes of Norwich. Prior to this the County Ground, Lakenham close to the centre of the city had been used. This was redeveloped for housing in the early 21st century and the cricket pitch and historic pavilion destroyed.[3] The club has played home matches on nine other grounds within the county.
Notable players
Players who represented Norfolk and who have subsequently gone on to play over 100 first-class matches or Test cricket include:
- Bill Edrich – 39 Tests for England between 1938 and 1954–5
- John Edrich – 77 Tests and seven ODIs for England between 1963 and 1976
- Geoff Edrich – 339 first-class appearances for Lancashire between 1946 and 1958
- Michael Barton – Surrey captain from 1949 to 1951. 147 first-class matches played.
- Peter Parfitt – 37 Tests for England between 1961 and 1972
- Clive Radley – eight Tests and four ODIs for England in 1978. 559 first-class matches played.
- Martin Saggers – three Tests for England in 2003–04. 119 first-class matches played.
Former Test Match Special commentator Henry Blofeld played one List A match and 44 times in minor counties competitions for Norfolk between 1956 and 1965.
See also
References
- ^ Wise C (2018) Norfolk aiming to keep up the good work in Manor Park double-header, Eastern Daily Press, 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
- ^ "List A events played by Norfolk". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ Lakenham's historic cricket ground pavilion demolished, BBC News website, 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
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