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'Cheshire County Cricket Club' is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cheshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.
The club is based at Cheadle and plays matches around the county at Boughton Hall in Chester, and at Nantwich, New Brighton, Grappenhall and Alderley Edge.
The Minor Counties play three-day matches at a level below that of the first-class game. At present, Cheshire competes in the Western Division of the Minor Counties Championship.
★ 'Minor Counties Championship (3) - '1967, 1985, 1988; 'shared (2) - '2001, 2005
★ 'MCCA Knockout Trophy (3) - '1983, 1987, 1996
Cricket may not have reached Cheshire until the 18th century. The earliest reference to the game being played there is in 1781.
According to ''Wisden'' there was a county organisation as early as 1819. The present club was founded on 29 September 1908 and entered the Minor Counties Championship for the first time the following year, 1909.
Cheshire has won the Minor Counties Championship three times, and twice shared the title. It won the title outright in 1967, 1985 and 1988. It shared the accolade in 2001 with Lincolnshire and in 2005 with Suffolk.
Cheshire has won the MCCA Knockout Trophy three times since its inception in 1983. It won in 1983, 1987 and 1996.
The following Cheshire cricketers also made an impact on the first-class game:
★ Bob Barber
★ Winston Benjamin
★ Mudassar Nazar
★ Minor Counties Cricket Association Official Site
★ ''Barclays World of Cricket'', 1986 edition, edited by E. W. Swanton
★ ''Cricket: History of its Growth and Development'' by Rowland Bowen
★ ''Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records'' by Peter Wynne-Thomas
★ ''Playfair Cricket Annual''
★ ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack'' (annual)
The club is based at Cheadle and plays matches around the county at Boughton Hall in Chester, and at Nantwich, New Brighton, Grappenhall and Alderley Edge.
The Minor Counties play three-day matches at a level below that of the first-class game. At present, Cheshire competes in the Western Division of the Minor Counties Championship.
| Contents |
| Honours |
| Earliest cricket |
| Origin of club |
| Club history |
| Famous players |
| External links |
| References |
Honours
★ 'Minor Counties Championship (3) - '1967, 1985, 1988; 'shared (2) - '2001, 2005
★ 'MCCA Knockout Trophy (3) - '1983, 1987, 1996
Earliest cricket
Cricket may not have reached Cheshire until the 18th century. The earliest reference to the game being played there is in 1781.
Origin of club
According to ''Wisden'' there was a county organisation as early as 1819. The present club was founded on 29 September 1908 and entered the Minor Counties Championship for the first time the following year, 1909.
Club history
Cheshire has won the Minor Counties Championship three times, and twice shared the title. It won the title outright in 1967, 1985 and 1988. It shared the accolade in 2001 with Lincolnshire and in 2005 with Suffolk.
Cheshire has won the MCCA Knockout Trophy three times since its inception in 1983. It won in 1983, 1987 and 1996.
Famous players
The following Cheshire cricketers also made an impact on the first-class game:
★ Bob Barber
★ Winston Benjamin
★ Mudassar Nazar
External links
★ Minor Counties Cricket Association Official Site
References
★ ''Barclays World of Cricket'', 1986 edition, edited by E. W. Swanton
★ ''Cricket: History of its Growth and Development'' by Rowland Bowen
★ ''Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records'' by Peter Wynne-Thomas
★ ''Playfair Cricket Annual''
★ ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack'' (annual)
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