Herefordshire County Cricket Club

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.

The club plays matches around the county at Brockhampton, Colwall, Eastnor, Kington, and the Luctonians club at Kingsland near Leominster.

The Minor Counties play three-day matches at a level below that of the first-class game. At present, Herefordshire competes in the Western Division of the Minor Counties Championship.

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 it no longer exists.

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 in 2000.

Famous players

The following Herefordshire cricketers also made an impact on the first-class game:
* Steve Adshead
* Mohammad Ali
* Kevin Cooper
* Ismail Dawood
* Martin McCague
* Naved-ul-Hasan
* Neal Radford
* Harvey Trump

References

External sources

* [http://herefordshireccc.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp Herefordshire County Cricket Club website]
* [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/NATIONAL/ENG/MINOR/MCCA/ Minor Counties Cricket Association Official Site]

Further reading

* 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