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Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire.
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| Team information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1906 |
| Home ground | No fixed location |
| History | |
| MCCC wins | 2 |
| MCCAT wins | 0 |
| FP Trophy wins | 0 |
| Official website | Lincolnshire County Cricket Club |
The team is currently a member of the Minor Counties Championship Eastern Division and plays in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. Lincolnshire played List A matches occasionally from 1966 until 2004 but is not classified as a List A team per se.[1]
The club is based at Lincoln and plays matches around the county at Lincoln, Bourne, Grantham, London Road, Sleaford and Cleethorpes.
Honours
edit- Minor Counties Championship (2) – 1966, 2003; shared (1) – 2001
- MCCA Knockout Trophy (0) –
Earliest cricket
editCricket probably reached Lincolnshire in the 18th century. The earliest reference to cricket in the county is dated 1792.[2]
Origin of club
editA county organisation was set up in 1853. Grantham's mayor, Arthur Priestley was a prime mover in the development of Lincolnshire cricket, although he played for Nottinghamshire as an amateur. In 1896, he captained an English side in the West Indies. When the Gentlemen of Philadelphia toured England in 1903, they played a Lincolnshire XVI in Grantham with Bart King scoring 176 runs.
The present Lincolnshire CCC was founded on 28 September 1906. It competed in the Minor Counties Championship from 1907 to 1914 and then again from 1924.
Club history
editLincolnshire has won the Minor Counties Championship twice, and also once shared the title. It won the title outright in 1966 and 2003. It shared the accolade in 2001 with Cheshire.
Knockout Trophy
editLincolnshire has never won the MCCA Knockout Trophy since its inception in 1983.
Notable players
editThe following Lincolnshire cricketers also made an impact on the first-class game:
References
edit- ^ "List A events played by Lincolnshire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ Bowen, p. 267.
Further reading
edit- 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
- KCS Trushell – Lincolnshire Cricketers
- Tony Webb – Minor Counties Championship (various editions commencing 1895)