Herefordshire County Cricket Club

Herefordshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Herefordshire.

The team is currently a member of the Minor Counties Championship Western Division and plays in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. Herefordshire played List A matches occasionally from 1995 until 2004 but is not classified as a List A team per se.^[1]

The club plays matches around the county at Brockhampton CC, Colwall CC, and Eastnor CC. Matches were also played at Kington CC, Luctonians CC in Kingsland near Leominster, and Dales CC in Leominster in the past.

Honours

Minor Counties Championship (0) - ; shared (1) - 2002
MCCA Knockout Trophy (1) - 2000

Earliest cricket

Cricket probably reached Herefordshire in the 18th century, though possibly earlier. The earliest reference to cricket in the county is dated 1823.

Origin of club

A county club was founded in 1836 but no longer exists. The present county club was formed in 1992, with it joining the Minor Counties Championship in the same year as a replacement for Durham who had been elevated to the County Championship at the end of the previous season.

Club history

Herefordshire has won the Minor Counties Championship once, sharing the title with Norfolk in 2002. The county only joined the competition in 1992, replacing Durham, who were promoted to first-class status in the same year.

Herefordshire has won the MCCA Knockout Trophy once since its inception in 1983. It won it in 2000.

Famous players

See List of Herefordshire CCC players and Category:Herefordshire cricketers

The following Herefordshire born or Herefordshire CCC cricketers made an impact on the first-class game:

England players born in Herefordshire:

England players that played for Herefordshire CCC

Martin McCague After conclusion of first-class career
Neal Radford After conclusion of first-class career
Chris Woakes Before start of first-class career

First-class players

References

↑ "List A events played by Herefordshire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

External sources

Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
E W Swanton (editor), Barclays World of Cricket, Guild, 1986
Playfair Cricket Annual – various editions
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions
Ken Hook and Frank Bennett, Cricket in Herefordshire in the 20th Century, Logaton Press, 2007

Minor counties of English cricket

Western Division:	Berkshire Cheshire Cornwall Devon Dorset Herefordshire Oxfordshire Shropshire Wales Minor Counties Wiltshire

Eastern Division:	Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cumberland Hertfordshire Lincolnshire Norfolk Northumberland Staffordshire Suffolk

Former Minor counties:	Worcestershire Northamptonshire Glamorgan Durham

Defunct Minor counties:	Carmarthenshire Denbighshire Monmouthshire

Other Minor counties:	Huntingdonshire Isle of Wight

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