Lewes Priory Cricket Club

The wicket at the Stanley Turner Ground (2013), home of Lewes Priory Cricket Club Lewes Priory Cricket Club playing evening cricket at the Stanley Turner Ground (STG), May 2013. Nets in background Third eleven May 2013. Some matches are played at the convent ground. Lewes castle and remains of the priory in the background Traditional cricket club blazer from Lewes Priory cricket club, Sussex, England (1937). Originally the property of Dick Carvill, accountant at Harvey's brewery, Lewes. Then belonged to Rex Hudson, former club vice captain and local auctioneer/estate agent (who sold Shelley's hotel on a number of occasions) Traditional cricket club tie from 1960s

Lewes Priory is a cricket club based in Lewes, England. The club is based at the Stanley Turner Ground, although the Saturday 3rd XI plays at the Convent Field, which is situated behind Lewes F.C.'s The Dripping Pan ground. The Saturday 1st XI plays in the 2nd division of the Sussex Cricket League. The Saturday 2nd XI plays in the 2nd XI Division 2 of the Sussex Cricket League. The Saturday 3rd XI plays in Division 9 of the East Sussex Cricket League. There is also a Sunday XI and an occasional midweek XI that play friendly matches.

Lewes Priory Cricket Club cap is currently black with the town's shield. In the 1980s this style started to replace the traditional cap which consisted of the club colours (see blazer) in the form of hoops

Lewes Priory has a large junior section and was clubmark accredited until October 2014. The club runs sides from under-8s/9s to an under-16 development XI Quite a few of the Lewes Priory junior players play area cricket, eastern eagles, southern sabres etc. The current under 16 team features a player who plays for sussex academy.

Lewes Priory is associated with the annual wandering side Lewes Nomads. In the summer of 2013 and 2014 their tour is to the Isle of Wight.

Some matches are held at Falmer. Lewes (and the locations of the home games of Lewes Priory Cricket Club) are six minutes by train/bus from the University of Sussex.

Honours

• Sussex Cricket League
  • Premier Division champions 1986, 1990
  • Division 2 champions 1999, 2006, 2008

History

The origin of the club extends back to at least 1831 when Mr J Longford (one of the local brewers) bought 10 acres of the Lewes Priory Grounds from the Earl of Chichester and made some of the grounds known as the 'Dripping Pan' available for cricket ^[1]

Lewes priory cricket club (Sussex, England) cap and tie. Cap is pre- 1939 and the tie more recent, i.e. cap shows original colours

Timeline of club history

Club captains

1960 H. Pett 1961 J. Winter 1962 J. Winter 1963 R.C. Cosham 1964 R.C. Cosham 1965 R.C. Cosham 1966 J. O'Connor 1967 J. O'Connor 1968 J. O'Connor 1969 R.C. Cosham 1970 S.B. Hughes 1972 S.B. Hughes 1973 C.H. Johnson 1974 C.H. Johnson 1975 J. O'Connor 1976 J. O'Connor 1977 J. O'Connor 1978 J. O'Connor 1979 J. O'Connor 1980 J. Leckey 1981 B. Holding 1982 B. Holding 1983 B. Holding 1984 R. Seager 1985 R. Seager 1986 R. Seager 1987 R. Seager 1988 C. Hartridge 1989 C. Hartridge 1990 J. Roycroft 1991 J. Roycroft

Lewes priory cricket club 150th anniversary tie and cap (1981)

Club Presidents

to 1981 Rt Hon. Viscount Gage KCVO 1982-1985 S.B. Hughes, Esq 1986-1984 J.P. Beilby, Esq 1995-1996 R.J. Hayward 1996-1999 R.C. Cosham 2000 to date J.A. O'Connor

Notable members

• Herbert Whitfield^[5]
• Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield^[6]
• Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon^[7]
• Alfred Mynn^[8][9]
• George Spillman represented Middlesex CCC.^[10] Died c1911
• George Kent (1907-1980): Captain of Lewes Priory Cricket Club and Lewes Rugby Football Club. Kent served as president of the Sussex County Rugby Football Club, was a committee member of the Sussex County Cricket Club, chairman of the Lewes Building Society and the Sussex County Building Society. He was Conservative district counsellor for Kingston in 1973 and served as chairman of Lewes District Council ^[11]
• Brian Lessiter^[12] Played cricket for Cornwall and Sussex second eleven.
• Jon Roycroft^[13] director of sport at Oxford University
• Bob Gardner played for Leicestershire. Play for Lewes Priory CC for two seasons as opening batsman (his batting average in one year was 54 the next 61)
• Les Bampton a superb leg spin and googly bowler who captained the Club Cricket Conference for several years. Took 300 wickets twice in a season

Sussex CCC players

Since 1938 at least six Lewes Priory players have played for Sussex, including:

• Doug Smith fast bowler who played for sussex before the second world war
• D.J. Smith^[14]
• P.G. Laker^[15]
• Ralph Cowen:^[16] Oxford blue at cricket and football who was at the receiving end of the fastest goal (at that time) scored at Wembley. He also took 6 wickets for 19 runs bowling Sussex to victory against the Aussies. One of his victim was Alan Border
• Carl Hopkinson^[17] current fielding coach at Sussex CCC
• Paul Phillipson^[18]

England players

• Rosalie Birch^[19]

Overseas players and members

• K.G.N. (Kyron) Lynch (Trindad & Tobago)^[20]
• Amit Jaggernauth (Trinidad & Tobago offspinner)^[21]
• Rayad Emrit (Trinidad & Tobago off)^[22]
• Suren Perera (Sri Lanka and Ragama cricket club) ^[23]
• Kashif Ibrahim^[24]
• Indrajit Coomaraswamy^[25]
• John Boyd played top grade cricket for Waverley cricket club in Sydney, Australia

Lewes Priory Cricket Club sticker tour of Denmark 1985

References

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External links

Official website: http://lewespriory.play-cricket.com