| Team information | |
|---|---|
| City | Royal Tunbridge Wells |
| Founded | 1782 |
| Home ground | Nevill Ground |
| History | |
| Kent Cricket League wins | 3 |
Tunbridge Wells Cricket Club are an amateur cricket club in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. They were founded in 1782[1] and play their home matches at the Nevill Ground. They currently play in the Kent Cricket League Premier Division.
History
editTunbridge Wells Cricket Club was founded in 1782. They first started playing cricket on the Higher Common Ground in Tunbridge Wells.[2] In 1882, to commemorate their centenary, they played a match against Marylebone Cricket Club.[3]
In 1895, Tunbridge Wells CC purchased a lease alongside Bluemantle Cricket Club from William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny to establish a cricket ground. As a result the Nevill Ground was established on a 99 year lease and named after the Marquess.[4] In 1902, Kent County Cricket Club started playing annually at the Nevill Ground which became Tunbridge Wells Cricket Week.[5] In 1913, the pavilion was destroyed in an arson attack by suffragettes, which also destroyed the club's archives.[6] The attack is believed to have been provoked by a comment from a Kent official who is purported to have said: "It is not true that women are banned from the pavilion. Who do you think makes the teas?"[7] The club were helped by a series of fund raising concerts at Royal Tunbridge Wells' Opera House and the pavilion was rebuilt within 8 weeks in time for the Tunbridge Wells Cricket Week.[8] Tunbridge Wells CC later hosted a 1983 Cricket World Cup match between India and Zimbabwe where India's Kapil Dev scored 175*.[9]
In 1970, Tunbridge Wells CC were one of the founder members of the Kent Cricket League.[10] They have won the Kent Cricket League three times, most recently in 1988.[11] In 2004, Tunbridge Wells CC were granted by the England Cricket Board the ECB Clubmark.[12] In 2016, Tunbridge Wells made it to the final of the ECB National Club Twenty20.[13]
References
edit- ^ http://www.kentishtowns.com/tunbridge_wells/tunbridge_wells_leisure/tunbridge_wells_cricket_club.php
- ^ Turcan, Robert (2013). "Higher Common Ground". Tunbridge Wells Through Time. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1445631790.
- ^ http://wwwewugrew.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/433/433017.html
- ^ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/60218.html
- ^ http://www.kentlive.news/festival-fun-wells/story-16249239-detail/story.html
- ^ "Militancy and a Cricket Pavilion". The Times. No. 40184. London. 12 April 1913. p. 10. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ Scott, Les (2011). "48: Kent". Bats, Balls & Bails: The Essential Cricket Book. Random House. ISBN 978-1446423165.
- ^ http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/345988.html
- ^ http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/suffragettes-burned-down-pavilion-of-nevill-ground-tunbridge-wells-25094
- ^ http://community.saa.co.uk/gallery/artwork/tunbridge-wells-cricket-club-by-peter-bowen_26325.html
- ^ Kent Cricket League 2015 Handbook
- ^ http://www.ecb.co.uk/development/club-cricket/clubmark/ecb-clubmark-accredited-clubs,1169,BP.html
- ^ http://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/tunbridge-wells-reach-national-club-t20-finals-day