Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Overview
Historic counties of England
The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...
clubs which make up the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and Welsh
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
national cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators.
The club plays most of its home games at the County Cricket Ground
County Cricket Ground, Bristol
The County Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in Bristol, England. It is in the district of Ashley Down. The ground is home to the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club....
, Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
. Currently, each season a number of games are played at both the Cheltenham
Cheltenham
Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds in the South-West region of England. It is the home of the flagship race of British steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup, the main event of the Cheltenham Festival held...
and Gloucester
Gloucester
Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....
cricket festivals held at the College Ground, Cheltenham
College Ground, Cheltenham
The College Ground is a cricket ground in the grounds of Cheltenham College, England. Gloucestershire County Cricket Club have played more than 300 first-class and more than 70 List A matches there; it also hosted a Women's One Day International between England and Australia in 2005.The College...
and The King's School, Gloucester
Archdeacon Meadow
Archdeacon Meadow is a cricket ground in Gloucester, England. The land is owned by The King's School. The ground was first used by the Gloucestershire 1st XI in 1993...
.
- Champion County (3) – 1874, 1876, 1877; shared (1) – 1873
- County Championship
- Runners-Up (6) – 1930, 1931, 1947, 1959, 1969, 1986
- 2 Divisions since 2000 (2000-2003 D2, 2003-2005 D1, 2006- D2)
- Division 2 - 3rd – 2003 - Promoted to Division 1, 2005 - Relegated to Division 2
- Gillette/NatWest/C&G Trophy (5) – 1973, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004
- Semi-Finalists (6) – 1968, 1971, 1975, 1987, 1988, 2009
- Sunday/National League/Pro40 (1) – 2000
- Division Two (2) – 2002, 2006
- Twenty20 Cup
- Finalists (1) – 2007
- Semi-Finalists (1) – 2003
- Benson & Hedges Cup (3) – 1977, 1999, 2000
- Finalists (1) – 2001
- Semi-Finalists (1) – 1972
Cricket probably reached Gloucestershire by the end of the 17th century.
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