Bedfordshire County Cricket Club

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Bedfordshire County Cricket Club
Captain: Oliver Clayson
Founded: 1!!
Home ground: "arious
Manager: #ike $rcher
Minor Counties
Championship wins:
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MCCA Knockout Trophy wins: 1
fficial website:
&edfordshire
CCC
Bedfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs 'hich make up the #inor Counties in the
(nglish domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of &edfordshire and competing in the #inor
Counties Championship and the #CC$ )nockout Trophy.
The #inor Counties play three*day matches at a level belo' that of the first*class game. $t present,
&edfordshire competes in the (astern +ivision of the #inor Counties Championship.
Contents
1 ,onours
% (arliest cricket
- Origin of club
. Club history
/ Famous players
0 1rounds
2 3eferences
(4ternal sources
! Further reading
Honours
Minor Counties Championship !"# $ 1!25, 1!2%6 shared !%# $ %55.
MCCA Knockout Trophy !%# $ 1!!!
&arliest cricket
Cricket had probably reached &edfordshire by the end of the 12th century.
The earliest reference to cricket in the county is a match on #onday 15 $ugust 12.1 at Woburn Park bet'een a
&edfordshire 78 and a combined 9orthants and ,untingdonshire 78.
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Woburn Cricket Club under the
leadership of the +uke of &edford 'as on the point of becoming a 'ell kno'n club. 8ncidentally this reference
is also the earliest found about cricket in 9orthamptonshire.
The Woburn Club became prominent in the 12.5s and took part in a number of great matches against opponents
such as the famous <ondon Cricket Club.
rigin of club
$ county organisation has been traced back to #ay 1.2. The present &edfordshire CCC 'as founded on -
9ovember 1!!.
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Club history
$ &edfordshire team competed in the very first #inor Counties Championship in 1!/, 'ith si4 other teams= it
finished fourth. The county then missed the ne4t four seasons before the present club re>oined the competition
in 1!55. 8t has not missed any seasons since.
&edfordshire has 'on the #inor Counties Championship three times, one of them shared. 8t 'on outright in
1!25 and 1!2%. 8ts most recent success 'as a shared title 'ith +evon in %55..
&edfordshire has 'on the #CC$ )nockout Trophy once since its inception in 1!-. 8t 'on in 1!!!.
Famous players
See List of Bedfordshire CCC List A players and Category:Bedfordshire cricketers
The follo'ing &edfordshire cricketers also made an impact on the first*class game=
<ouis &ookman
Tom Clark
$lastair Cook
$lf 1over
Wayne <arkins
1eoff #illman
#onty Panesar
1raeme ?'ann
3e4 $lston, 'ho captained the side in 1!-%, subse@uently became famous as a &&C radio commentator on
cricket and other sports.
'rounds
?ee also= <ist of cricket grounds in (ngland and Wales= &edfordshire
The club have no fi4ed home, but most of their matches are played in Wardo'n Park, <uton. Other recently
used grounds include=
$mpthill Park, $mpthill
The "ale, Flit'ick
1oldington &ury, &edford
<ancot Park, +unstable
?outhill Park Cricket Club, ?outhill
&edford #odern ?chool, &edford
&edford ?chool, &edford