LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB

'Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.
The club is based at Bottesford in Nottinghamshire and plays matches around the county at Lincoln, Bourne, Grantham, Sleaford and Cleethorpes.
The Minor Counties play three-day matches at a level below that of the first-class game. At present, Lincolnshire competes in the Eastern Division of the Minor Counties Championship.

Contents

Honours

Earliest cricket

Origin of club

Club history

Knockout Trophy

Famous players

External links

References

Honours

★ 'Minor Counties Championship (2) - '1966, 2003; 'shared (1) - '2001

★ 'MCCA Knockout Trophy (0) - '

Earliest cricket

Cricket probably reached Lincolnshire in the 18th century. The earliest reference to cricket in the county is dated 1792.

Origin of club

A county organisation was set up in 1853. The present Lincolnshire CCC was founded on 28 September 1906. It competed in the Minor Counties Champioship from 1907 to 1914 and then aagain from 1924.

Club history

Lincolnshire has won the Minor Counties Championship twice, and also once shared the title. It won the title outright in 1966 and 2003. It shared the accolade in 2001 with Cheshire.

Knockout Trophy

Lincolnshire has never won the MCCA Knockout Trophy since its inception in 1983.

Famous players

The following Lincolnshire cricketers also made an impact on the first-class game:

★ Sonny Ramadhin

★ Duncan Fearnley

★ Somachandra de Silva

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)