Wisbech Cricket Club Ground
Encyclopedia
Wisbech Cricket Club Ground is a cricket
ground in Wisbech
, Cambridgeshire
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1926, when Cambridgeshire
played the Leicestershire Second XI
in the Minor Counties Championship. Cambridgeshire have used the ground during a number of periods, up to 2009 the ground has hosted 58 Minor Counties Championship matches and 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy
matches.
The ground has held a single first-class
match when the East of England cricket team
played the touring New Zealanders in 1927.
The ground has also held List-A matches. The first List-A match held on the ground was between Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire
in the 1967 Gillette Cup
. Between 1967 and 1997, the ground played host to 4 List-A matches, the last of which saw Cambridgeshire play Hampshire
in the 1997 NatWest Trophy
.
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of Wisbech Cricket Club who play in the Tucker Gardner Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Cricket League First Division.
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...
ground in Wisbech
Wisbech
Wisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish with a population of 20,200 in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges...
, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1926, when Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club
Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.The club is based at The Avenue...
played the Leicestershire Second XI
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
in the Minor Counties Championship. Cambridgeshire have used the ground during a number of periods, up to 2009 the ground has hosted 58 Minor Counties Championship matches and 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy
MCCA Knockout Trophy
The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor Counties in English cricket...
matches.
The ground has held a single first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
match when the East of England cricket team
East of England cricket team
The East of England appeared in 5 first-class matches between 1892 and 1948. Their first-class debut in 1892 came against the West in the inagural East v West fixture which was held at the United Services Recreation Ground in Portsmouth on 6, 7 and 8 September. Their final appearance in...
played the touring New Zealanders in 1927.
The ground has also held List-A matches. The first List-A match held on the ground was between Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire County Cricket Club
Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
in the 1967 Gillette Cup
1967 Gillette Cup
The 1967 Gillette Cup was the fifth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 23 April and 2 September 1967...
. Between 1967 and 1997, the ground played host to 4 List-A matches, the last of which saw Cambridgeshire play Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
in the 1997 NatWest Trophy
1997 NatWest Trophy
The 1997 NatWest Trophy was the 17th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 7 September 1997...
.
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of Wisbech Cricket Club who play in the Tucker Gardner Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Cricket League First Division.
External links
- Wisbech Cricket Club Ground on CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...
- Wisbech Cricket Club Ground on CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...