Oxfordshire County Cricket Club
Team information | |
---|---|
Founded | 1921 |
Home ground | Various |
History | |
Minor Counties Championship wins | 5 |
Official website | Oxfordshire CCC |
Oxfordshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty
The team is currently a member of the
Grounds
The club plays matches at Banbury CC, Great & Little Tew, Challow and Childrey, Radley College & Bicester & North Oxford, Aston Rowant and Thame. There are plans to expand this range of venues. Oxfordshire County Cricket Club is an integrated part of the Oxfordshire Cricket Board.
Honours
- National Counties Championship (5) - 1929, 1974, 1982, 1989, 2021; shared (0) -
- NCCA Knockout Trophy (0) -
Earliest cricket
Cricket probably reached Oxfordshire by the end of the 16th century. Although "not cricket", a 1523 reference to stoolball has been found (see Rowland Bowen's history) re a designated field in Oxfordshire.
The earliest reference to cricket in the county is at the University of Oxford in 1673. Dr Samuel Johnson stated that he played cricket during his time at the university; he was there in 1729 for one year only.
One of the earliest references to cricket in Oxfordshire was in the Reading Mercury on Monday 4 October 1779: "On Tues. Oct 5 at Henley, the County of Berks v the County of Oxford, for £25 a side". This is the first time we read of an Oxfordshire county team. Berkshire was rated a first-class team at the time but this was a minor match.
Origin of club
There was a county organisation in 1787, according to
Club history
Oxfordshire has won the Minor Counties Championship five times. It won the title outright in 1929, 1974, 1982, 1989 and 2021.
Oxfordshire has never won the
Notable players
- See List of Oxfordshire CCC List A players and Category:Oxfordshire cricketers
The following Oxfordshire cricketers also made an impact on the first-class game:
- Daniel Rowe
- John Arnold
- Jonathan Batty
- Buck Divecha
- Andrew Strauss
- Robert Cunliffe
- Tim Hancock
- Lord Williams of Elvel, sometime UK government minister
References
- ^ "List A events played by Oxfordshire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
External links
- Oxfordshire Cricket Board site
- Oxfordshire County Cricket Club website
- Minor Counties Cricket Association 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