Herefordshire County Cricket Club

Grounds

The club plays matches around the county at Brockhampton CC, Colwall CC, and Eastnor CC. Matches were also played at Kington CC, Luctonians CC in Kingsland near Leominster, and Dales CC in Leominster in the past. (see List of Herefordshire County Cricket Club grounds)

Honours

Minor Counties Championship (0) – ; shared (1) – 2002

MCCA Knockout Trophy (2) – 2000 and 2016

Earliest cricket

Cricket probably reached Herefordshire in the 18th century, though possibly earlier. The earliest reference to cricket in the county is dated 1823.

Origin of club

A county club was founded in 1836 but later went out of existence. The present county club was formed in 1992, with it joining the Minor Counties Championship in the same year as a replacement for Durham who had been elevated to the County Championship at the end of the previous season.

Club history

Herefordshire has won the Minor Counties Championship once, sharing the title with Norfolk in 2002. The county only joined the competition in 1992, replacing Durham, who were promoted to first-class status in the same year.

Herefordshire has won the MCCA Knockout Trophy twice since its inception in 1983. It won it in 2000 and 2016.

Notable players

See List of Herefordshire CCC players and Category:Herefordshire cricketers

The following Herefordshire born or Herefordshire CCC cricketers made an impact on the first-class game:

England players born in Herefordshire:

Reg Perks

Peter Richardson

Dick Richardson

Jack Sharp

England players who played for Herefordshire CCC

Martin McCague After conclusion of first-class career

Neal Radford After conclusion of first-class career

Chris Woakes Before start of first-class career

First-class players

Steve Adshead

Mohammad Ali

Kevin Cooper

Ismail Dawood

Naved-ul-Hasan Played for Pakistan

Harvey Trump

Alvin Kallicharan Played for West Indies