Market Harborough Cricket Club

Market Harborough Cricket Club is a cricket club founded c.1840 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. The club's first team plays in the Leicestershire Premier Cricket League, which is one of the ECB Premier Leagues that are the highest level of the amateur, recreational sport in England and Wales.

Among the famous players to have appeared for the club are Leicestershire County Cricket Club's first first-class captain Charles de Trafford, C. J. B. Wood and Les Berry.^[1]

Market Harborough Cricket Club is located on Fairfield road, Market Harborough. The clubs sponsors are The Angel Hotel which is located in Market Harborough and Brook House Collage cricket academy. The Clubs President is Les Tobin and the chairman is Micheal Weir.

Harborough have two senior teams, the first team play in the Leicestershire Premier cricket league. The captain is Chris Weir. They enter the Leicestershire County cup, the Everards league cup and the national knockout cup. The Second eleven play in the Leicestershire division one cricket league, the captain is Karl Pollard. Squad:

Market Harborough have three junior teams, an under 15s team, an under 13s team and an under 11s team. The club also have a kwick cricket team which play in the billesdon kwick cricket tournament, the Langtons kwick cricket tournament and the market harborough tournament. The under 13s play in the Great Bowden end of season tournament. The under 15s play in the Leicestershire south league and they enter the district cup. The under thirteens play in the Leicestershire south east division one and they also take part in the district cup. In 2010, the Market Harborough 1st team won the County Cup against Loughborough Town in the penultimate over of a thrilling final at Grace Road. Furthermore, they were crowned champions of the Everards Leicestershire Premier Cricket League the following week, beating Sileby at home in a rain stricken game to become the best team in the league in 2010. The Market Harborough 2nd team struggled in Division two of the league after be promoted in 2009 from division three. They avoided relegation and survived in the final game of the season thanks to rain, rain that had so hindered the 1st team throughout the season. Leicestershire's Second XI has played both Minor Countiesand Second Eleven Championshipmatches at the Fairfield Road ground, and it was also used for matches in the ICC Trophyin both 1982 and 1986.^[2]

References

1. ^ "The Club History". www.marketharboroughcc.co.uk. http://www.marketharboroughcc.co.uk/club/history.html. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
2. ^ "Fairfield Road, Market Harborough". www.cricketarchive.com. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/1866.html. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 

Name	Bowling Style	Batting style
Chris Weir	Right arm medium	Right hand bat
Kevin Innes	Right arm medium fast	Right hand bat
Robert Taylor	Left arm medium fast	Left hand bat
Don Bhagwhati	Right arm medium	Right hand bat
Neil Pullen	Right arm medium	Right hand bat
Neal Mackey	Right arm medium	Right hand bat
Micheal Phillips	Wicket Keeper	Right hand bat
Ben Collins	Right arm off spin	Right hand bat
Laurence Perry	Left arm chinaman	left hand bat
Christopher Griffiths	Right arm medium	Right hand bat
Joe Gordon	Right arm medium	Right hand bat
Chris Gordon	Wicket Keeper	Right hand bat
George Clarke	Left arm slow	Left hand bat
Karl Pollard	Right arm medium	Right hand bat
Ben Watts	Left arm medium	Left hand bat
Peter Axon	left arm fast medium	left hand bat
Scott Williams	Right arm seam	Right hand bat
Dan Kirk	Left arm orthodox	Left hand bat
Finn Clarke	Right arm seam	Right hand bat
Gavin Baker	Right arm medium fast	Right hand bat
Lee Wenlock	Left arm chinaman	Right hand bat
Ashley Robinson	Right arm medium	Right hand bat
Matthew Trevor	Right arm medium fast	Right hand bat
James Doherty	Right arm leg spin	Right hand bat
Richard Morris	Right arm leg spin	Right hand bat
Nic O'donnovan	Right arm off spin	Right hand bat
Rishi Tank	Right arm medium	Right hand bat
Daniel Dicicco	Right arm leg spin	Right hand bat