Glastonbury Cricket Club

Glastonbury Cricket Club
Nickname(s): The Thorns
Captain: Matt Shawcross
Overseas player(s): Callum Hotham
Colors:      Maroon      White
Founded: 1986
Home ground: Tor Leisure Ground, Glastonbury
Official website: glastonbury.play-cricket.com

Glastonbury Cricket Club is an English amateur cricket club based in Glastonbury, Somerset. The club's first team plays in the West of England Premier League which is an accredited ECB Premier League, the highest level for recreational club cricket in England and Wales.

History

The first record of a cricket club representing Glastonbury is from 1893, when they played host to Weston-super-Mare at the Morlands Athletic Ground, Glastonbury. The home side won by seven wickets with a match-winning performance by 'R Laver', who claimed six Weston-super-Mare wickets, and then top-scored for Glastonbury in their reply with 54.[1] Laver continued to star for Glastonbury in the three recorded matches from 1894, taking seven wickets against Wells,[2] six against Yeovil,[3] and five against Bridgwater.[4] He claimed five wickets again in 1899, their next recorded match, against Wincanton.[5]

In 1986, the Morlands Athletic Ground was renamed the Tor Leisure Ground. Glastonbury played in the Somerset League from at least 1990 until 2002, when they were divisional champions, earning promotion to the Bristol & Somerset Division.[6] They won this division at the first attempt in 2003. Despite finishing with fewer points than Midsomer Norton, they had a higher average number of points due to having one more match cancelled.[7] Playing in Premier Two in 2004, Glastonbury finished top of their league for the third successive season, gaining promotion to the West of England Premier League Premier One division.[8]

Honours

Players

Current squad

No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
24 Matt Shawcross  England 26 September 1994 Right-handed Right-arm Off Spin
2 Josh Beal  England 18 June 1991 Right-handed Right-arm Medium pace
17 John Stratton  England 30 November 1995 Right-handed Right-arm Medium pace
4 Will Mason  England 28 March 1995 Right-handed Right-arm Leg Spin
5 Harry Ellison  England 22 March 1993 Right-handed Right-arm Medium pace
49 Jack Lukins  England 21 October 1996 Right-handed Right-arm Off Spin
All-rounders
8 Alfie Barron  England 22 July 1995 Right-handed Left-arm Off Spin
9 Chris Herbert  Australia 16 February 1991 Right-handed Right-arm Leg Spin Overseas
10 Ali Easton  England 22 July 1995 Right-handed Right-arm Off Spin Captain
11 Archie Dunning  England 4 November 1997 Right-handed Right-arm Fast bowling
23 Joe Mason  England 3 January 1994 Right-handed Right-arm Medium pace
Wicket-keepers
63 Callum Hotham  Australia 16 February 1991 Right-handed Overseas
13 Ben Mason  England 7 October 1996 Right-handed  –
14 Ian Odam  England 14 January 1972 Right-handed  –
15 Herbert Rumney  England 27 August 1996 Right-handed  –
Bowlers
86 Stephen Keates  South Africa 20 March 1986 Right-handed Right-arm Fast bowling Club Captain
10 Dan Williams  England 18 October 1994 Right-handed Right-arm Fast bowling Vice Captain

List of professional former players

Jos Buttler (Lancashire)
Craig Kieswetter (Somerset)
Rory Hamilton-Brown (Sussex)
Ben Duckett (Northamptonshire)
Wes Durston (Derbyshire)
James Hildreth (Somerset)
Cameron Steel (Middlesex)
Gareth Andrews (Worcestershire)

Records & Statistics

Team records

Batting

Bowling

Fielding


All statistics & records as of March 23, 2014.

Club officials

Committee

Coaching staff

References

  1. ↑ "Glastonbury v Weston-super-Mare". CricketArchive. 1893-07-15. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  2. ↑ "Glastonbury v Wells". CricketArchive. 1894-06-27. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  3. ↑ "Glastonbury v Yeovil". CricketArchive. 1894-07-19. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  4. ↑ "Glastonbury v Bridgwater". CricketArchive. 1894-08-11. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  5. ↑ "Glastonbury v Wincanton". CricketArchive. 1899-07-15. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  6. ↑ "Somerset 2002 - Table". play-cricket.com. England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  7. ↑ "Bristol and Somerset 2003 - Table". play-cricket.com. England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  8. ↑ "Premier Two 2004 - Table". play-cricket.com. England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 2010-05-22.

External links

Coordinates: 51°08′40″N 2°43′23″W / 51.144363°N 2.723022°W / 51.144363; -2.723022

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