Suffolk county cricket teams

Suffolk county cricket teams
Team information
Established c. 1764
Last match 1859
Home venue Field Lane, Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk county cricket teams were the teams that represented the historic county of Suffolk before the first official formation of Suffolk County Cricket Club in 1864.

18th century

Cricket had probably reached Suffolk by the end of the 17th century. The earliest known reference to cricket in Suffolk was in 1743.[1][2] The first mention of a Suffolk representative team is in 1764, with Suffolk playing against Norfolk at Bury St Edmunds racecourse (today the location of Rougham Airfield) on 23 August. Norfolk won this match, which was reported in the Gazetteer & London Daily Advertiser on Tuesday 28 August.[3] Suffolk played two further matches against Norfolk on 10 and 12 September at Scole, Norfolk.[2]

19th century

A team representative of Suffolk is next recorded as playing in 1827 against the Marylebone Cricket Club.[2] It was during this time that the Bury St Edmunds club became prominent, its reputation enhanced when Fuller Pilch joined in 1824. It was the Bury Club, as it was often called,[4] playing under the name of Suffolk, that played two important matches against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1830, one at Lord's and the other at Field Lane, Bury St Edmunds.[5] The teams won one match each. The team was sometimes called Bury St Edmunds and sometimes Suffolk. In 1847, Suffolk played two more important matches against MCC, again played at Lord's and Field Lane.[5] This time, MCC won both matches by large margins. Teams representative of Suffolk continued to play minor matches until at least 1859, when an All-England Eleven played the county.[2] The original Suffolk County Cricket Club was formed on 27 July 1864, becoming representative of Suffolk as a traditional county. It was reconstituted in 1932. It has always fielded a minor counties team.

The following is a list of matches played by Bury St Edmunds or Suffolk from 1821 to 1859; those marked with dagger are definitely minor fixtures while the majority are potentially important matches depending on their treatments by different sources:

date match title venue result source
26 July 1821 Cambridge Town Club v Bury St Edmunds Parker's Piece, Cambridge
6 August 1821 Bury St Edmunds v Cambridge Town Club Bury St Edmunds School Ground
22 August 1821 Cambridge Town Club v Bury St Edmunds Newmarket Heath, Newmarket
21 July 1823 dagger Saffron Walden v Bury St Edmunds Saffron Walden
22 Sept 1823 dagger Biggleswade v Bury St Edmunds Parker's Piece
16 August 1824 dagger Biggleswade v Bury St Edmunds The Cricket Field, Biggleswade
29 April 1825 Cambridge University v Bury St Edmunds University Ground, Barnwell, Cambridge
2 May 1825 Bury St Edmunds v Cambridge University unknown
15 July 1825 dagger Newmarket v Bury St Edmunds Newmarket Heath
12 Sept 1825 Bury St Edmunds v Nottingham Rougham Park, Bury St Edmunds
5 May 1826 Cambridge University v Bury St Edmunds Parker's Piece
10 May 1826 Bury St Edmunds v Cambridge University unknown
21 July 1826 dagger Saffron Walden v Bury St Edmunds Saffron Walden
8 Sept 1826 Cambridgeshire v Bury St Edmunds Newmarket Heath
17 May 1827 Cambridge University v Bury St Edmunds Parker's Piece
18 May 1827 Cambridge University v Bury St Edmunds Parker's Piece
16 July 1827 Marylebone Cricket Club v Suffolk Lord's
26 August 1827 Suffolk v Marylebone Cricket Club Field Lane, Bury St Edmunds
9 June 1828 Marylebone Cricket Club v Suffolk Lord's
28 July 1828 Bury St Edmunds v Marylebone Cricket Club Field Lane
13 July 1829 Norfolk v Suffolk New Ground, Norwich
23 July 1829 Suffolk v Norfolk Field Lane
27 July 1829 Marylebone Cricket Club v Suffolk Lord's
3 August 1829 Bury St Edmunds v Marylebone Cricket Club Field Lane
21 June 1830 Marylebone Cricket Club v Suffolk Lord's
16 August 1830 Suffolk v Marylebone Cricket Club Field Lane
27 June 1831 Marylebone Cricket Club v Bury St Edmunds Lord's
15 August 1831 Bury St Edmunds v Marylebone Cricket Club Field Lane
7 August 1843 dagger Swaffham v Bury St Edmunds Racecourse Ground, Swaffham
13 August 1844 dagger Audley End v Bury St Edmunds unknown
15 August 1844 Cambridge Town Club v Suffolk Parker's Piece
30 August 1844 Bury St Edmunds v Cambridge Town Club Field Lane
5 July 1847 Marylebone Cricket Club v Suffolk Lord's
19 August 1847 Suffolk v Marylebone Cricket Club Field Lane
2 August 1849 dagger Suffolk v All England Eleven Field Lane
7 July 1859 dagger Suffolk v All England Eleven Ipswich School Ground, Ipswich

Players

See Category:Suffolk cricketers

References

  1. ↑ Bowen, p.263
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Other Matches played by Suffolk". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Buckley, p.43
  4. ↑ ACS, Important Matches, pp. 14–15.
  5. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Suffolk". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2013.

Bibliography

  • ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709–1863. Nottingham: ACS.
  • Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. ISBN 0413-27860-3.
  • Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell.
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