Cornwall County Cricket Club
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Cornwall 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 Cornwall and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.
The club is based at St Levan, Penzance, and plays matches around the county at Camborne, Falmouth, Truro and St Austell.
The Minor Counties play three-day matches at a level below that of the first-class game. At present, Cornwall competes in the Western Division of the Minor Counties Championship.
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[edit] Honours
- Minor Counties Championship (0) - ; shared (0) -
- MCCA Knockout Trophy (0) -
[edit] Earliest cricket
Cricket will have reached Cornwall during the 18th century, possibly sooner. A county organisation is known to have existed in 1813 (see Bowen) and this is the earliest reference to cricket in the county.
[edit] Origin of club
The present Cornwall CCC was founded on 12 November 1894 and first competed in the Minor Counties Championship in 1904, appearing every year since with the exception of 1920.
[edit] Club history
Cornwall has never won the Minor Counties Championship.
Cornwall has never won the MCCA Knockout Trophy since its inception in 1983.
[edit] Famous players
The following Cornwall cricketers also made an impact on the first-class game:
- Jack Crapp
- Anthony Penberthy
- Ryan Driver
- Carl Gazzard
- Pasty Harris
- Charlie Shreck
[edit] References
[edit] External sources
[edit] 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
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