Peterborough Town Cricket Club

Peterborough Town Cricket Club is part of City of Peterborough Sports Club[1] based at Dalrod Sports Ground, Bretton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. Peterborough Town have two senior Saturday XI teams in the Northamptonshire Cricket League,[2] a 3rd XI team in the Huntingdonshire County Cricket League,[3] two Sunday XI teams in the Rutland and District Cricket League,[4] and an established Junior Section, who play in the Higham & District Youth League.[5][6]

Peterborough Town Cricket Club
LeagueNorthamptonshire Cricket League
Team information
Colors  Black   Gold
Home groundDalrod Sports Ground, Bretton
History
ECB Northamptonshire Cricket League Championship wins5
Rutland & District Cricket League Championship wins8
Official websiteptcc.clubbuzz.co.uk

Ground

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Peterborough Town's 1st and 2nd XI play their home matches at the Dalrod Sports Ground, Bretton, and the 3rd XI use the Thomas Deacon Academy, Queen's Gardens, Peterborough. In 2005 they were one of the 1st clubs in the country to receive Clubmark accreditation from the ECB.[1] The club was re-accredited in 2019. A brand new electronic scoreboard was installed at the start of the 2018 season, and a two lane artificial net practice facility that was laid at the start of the 2009 season was refurbished in 2020.[1]

History

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Competing in the Northamptonshire County Cricket League, Peterborough Town became League Champions as early as 1956, and continued to achieve further successes in the league up to the late 1990s. 1970 saw the formation of the Peterborough Town Cricket, Hockey & Squash Club Ltd (now known as the City of Peterborough Sports Club).[7] The club was formed by an amalgamation of Peterborough Town Cricket Club and Peterborough Town Hockey Club, formerly based at Crawthorne Road, and the City & Counties Squash Club formerly based in Priestgate. Up until 1971 Peterborough Town Cricket Club was based at Crawthorne Road in the city centre but then relocated to Bretton Gate, presently known as the Dalrod Sports Ground.[8][1] By 1999, the Northamptonshire Cricket League, as it is now known, was designated an ECB Premier League, and Peterborough Town is one of only three cricket clubs (Finedon Dolben, Old Northamptonians and Peterborough Town) to have held a constant presence in the highest level of competition for recreational club cricket in Northamptonshire, with five ECB Premiership league championship titles to their name.[2] Peterborough Town also maintain a significant presence in the regional Sunday cricket league, the Rutland and District Cricket League, and they have achieved seven League Championship titles since 2010.[4]

Beyond League activity, Peterborough Town attracted national attention when they became a group champion in the ECB National Club Cricket Championship in 2018. High Wycombe just needed three runs to win, off the final two overs, but Peterborough Town miraculously took seven wickets in 11 balls to win the Group Championship.[9]

Club Performance

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The Northamptonshire Cricket League competition results showing the club's positions in the league (by Division) since 2003.

Key
Gold Champions
Red Relegated
Grey League Suspended
Key
P ECB Premier Division
1 Division One
2 Division Two, etc.
Northamptonshire Cricket League
Team 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
1st XI P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
2nd XI 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

Source: Northamptonshire Cricket League[2]

The Huntingdonshire County Cricket League competition results showing the club's positions in the league (by Division) since 2011.

Huntingdonshire County Cricket League
Team 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
3rd XI 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2
4th XI DD DD

Source: Huntingdonshire County Cricket League [3]

The Rutland and District Cricket League competition results showing the club's positions in the league (by Division) since 2000.

Rutland and District Cricket League
Team 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Sunday 1st XI 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sunday 2nd XI R1 R1 7 7 6 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 4W 4E 4E 4E 4E 4E 4E

Source: Rutland and District Cricket League[4]

Club Honours

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Northamptonshire Cricket League Champions
Division Year(s)
Premier 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021
Division Two 2012, 2021
Huntingdonshire Cricket League
Division Year(s)
Division 3 2012
Division 4 2012
Northamptonshire County Cricket League
Division Year(s)
Division One 1956, 1979, 1991, 1996
Division Two 1994, 1996
Division Three 1989
Rutland and District Cricket League
Division Year(s)
Division 1 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Division 2 2003
Division 3 2002
Division 4 2000
Division 6 2008
Division 7 2007
Cup & Trophy Competitions
Result Cup Year
Winners Hevey NCL T20 Championship 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2021, 2023[a]
NCL Division Two Knock-out Final Trophy 2021
Northamptonshire County Knock-out Cup 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018
ECB Club T20 East Midlands Area Champions 2011, 2013, 2014
RDCL John Wilcox Cup 2009, 2011, 2013
RDCL Stamford KO Shield 2023
  1. ^ 2023 shared with Oundle Town CC

Source:[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "About Peterborough Town Cricket Club". ptcc.clubbuzz.co.uk. Peterborough Town Cricket Club. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Northamptonshire Cricket League". ncl.play-cricket.com. Northamptonshire Cricket League. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Huntingdonshire County Cricket League". huntsccl.play-cricket.com. Huntingdonshire County Cricket League. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Rutland and District Cricket League". rutland.play-cricket.com. Rutland and District Cricket League. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Hunts County Youth League". huntscyl.play-cricket.com. Hunts County Youth League. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Peterborough Town Cricket Club". peterborough.play-cricket.com. Peterborough Town Cricket Club. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Peterborough Town Sports Club renamed". peterboroughmatters.co.uk. Archant Community Media Ltd. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Peterborough Town Cricket, Hockey & Squash Club Ltd., Bretton". bretton-city-of-peterborough.cylex-uk.co.uk. CYLEX Local Search UK. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Cricket collapse: Peterborough Town take seven High Wycombe wickets in just 11 balls". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Northamptonshire Competition Winners". acscricket.com. The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
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