Southgate Cricket Club

Southgate Cricket Club is located in the London suburb of Southgate. The club played eight matches ranked as first-class between 1863 and 1868. Six of these were against Oxford University and the remaining two were against Cambridge University. Though recognised as first-class fixtures, they were all scheduled for only two days.[1] All of them were away fixtures.

Club history

The club was founded in 1855 by the Walker brothers, the famous "Walkers of Southgate". Its ground, Chapel Fields in Waterfall Road, Southgate, was renamed the Walker Cricket Ground in their honour in 1907 and is maintained by the Walker Trust to this day.[2][3]

Four of the Walker brothers played for the United All-England Eleven. Both the United All-England team and the MCC would visit Southgate to take on the brothers and their team, attracting crowds of up to 10,000.

More recently Southgate CC won the national club cricket competition in 1977 (then called the John Haig Trophy) and the Middlesex County Cricket League in 1976 and 1977.

The club today

The club and its ground are very active. The club now plays in the Middlesex County Cricket League. Middlesex CCC, which was also founded by the Walkers, still occasionally plays County Championship, one day and 20/20 matches at the ground.[4] In 2011, the 1st XI gained promotion to the Middlesex County Cricket League Premier Division, winning the Division Two championship.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ CricketArchive scorecard oracle - search on team name of "Southgate".
  2. ↑ Cricinfo: "The Walker Cricket Ground, Southgate"
  3. ↑ Walker Trust website
  4. ↑ Scorecard of Middlesex v Leicestershire at Southgate, 2007.
  5. ↑ Southgate CC Website, 2011.

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