Cornwall County Cricket Club

Cornwall County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Cornwall.

The team is currently a member of the Minor Counties Championship Western Division and plays in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. Cornwall played List A matches occasionally from 1970 until 2004 but is not classified as a List A team per se.^[1]

The club is based at St Levan, Penzance, and plays matches at Roskear in Camborne, Trescobeas in Falmouth, Boscawen Park in Truro and at the Wheal Eliza ground in St Austell.

History and notable players

Earliest cricket

Cricket probably reached Cornwall during the 18th century, possibly sooner and a county organisation is known to have existed in 1813 (see Bowen) and this is the earliest reference to cricket in the county. The first cricket club in Cornwall was known as the Cornish Cricket Club of Truro and later became Truro Cricket Club.

Origin and history of CCC

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. Cornwall won the Minor Counties Championship for the first time in their history in 2012, beating Buckinghamshire in the final. In 2015 Cornwall won the Unicorn Knockout Trophy beating Northumberland by 7 wickets at Sir Paul Getty's Ground, Wormsley, Buckinghamshire.^[2]

Honours

• Minor Counties Championship (1) – 2012^[3]
• Unicorns Knockout Trophy (1) – 2015^[2]

Famous players

See List of Cornwall CCC players and Category:Cornwall cricketers

The following Cornwall cricketers also made an impact on the first-class game:

• Jack Crapp
• Anthony Penberthy
• Ryan Driver
• Carl Gazzard
• Pasty Harris
• Robin Harvey
• Charlie Shreck
• Michael Munday
• Jack Richards

References

External sources

• Cornwall County Cricket Club website
• 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

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