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2011 - Minor Counties Championship
Congratulations to Cambridgeshire and Devon who have respectively won the Eastern and Western Divisions. They will meet in the final, which will be over 4 days, at March Town CC from Sunday 4th September to Wednesday 7th September 2011.
The earliest reference to cricket played in Cambridgeshire is at the University in 1710. Outside that, the earliest reference is a game in 1758 between the parishes of Saffron Walden and Cambridge. "Cambridge Town CC" and "Cambridgeshire CCC" were effectively the same team as the town club teams were representative of the county as a whole. The town club's earliest known first class match was against the University in 1819 and the county name was first used for the match against Surrey in 1857. The County Club was formally established on 13 March 1844, playing under the name of "Cambridge Town and County Club", but after 1847 the name reverted to "Cambridge Town CC" for a while.
Between 1857 and 1871 the County Club was accorded first class status, but unfortunately the club itself was dissolved in 1869. Two first-class matches arranged in 1869 and 1871 involved playing members of the former club and the team in both these games was called Cambridgeshire CCC. The present club was founded on 6 June 1891.
Cambridgeshire first took part in the Minor Counties Championship in 1898 and has competed every season since with the exception of 1902 and 1920. It has won the Minor Counties Championship 1963 and the MCCA KO Trophy in 1995 and 2003. Famous players include Mike Brearley OBE and Sir Jack Hobbs.
To become a member of Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club please contact any of the committee members or apply on line. There is always a committee member at all the matches played over the season.
The 2009 one-day squad
President: Derick Wing
Chairman: Nigel Gadsby
Hon. Secretary: Peter Gooden
Match Manager: Keith Coburn
Club Captain: Simon Kellett
Club Vice-Captain: James Williams
CCB Delegate: Stephen Kay
