Kew Cricket Club Explained
Kew Cricket Club hosts matches on Kew Green in Kew,[1] which is now in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Formed in 1882 following the amalgamation of two local clubs, Kew Oxford Cricket Club and Kew Cambridge Cricket Club, cricket had been played on Kew Green for at least 150 years previously.
In August 1732, The Whitehall Evening Post reported that Frederick, Prince of Wales, attended "a great cricket match" at Kew on Thursday 27 July.[2] A report in The London Evening Post dated 16 July 1737 refers to a match between The Prince of Wales' XI and the Duke of Marlborough's XI.[3] A close neighbour of the Prince of Wales when resident at Marlborough House his London town house, the duke was a keen cricketer and a member of Marylebone Cricket Club;[4] his great nephew, the Revd Lord Frederick Beauclerk, became President of MCC (1826–27).[5]
Current activities
Today, Kew Cricket Club has four Saturday League teams, a Sunday League team and a Sunday friendly team. Kew Cricket Club operates a thriving Colts section,[6] fielding league teams at the U17 (under 17 years of age), U15, U13 and U11 levels.The current 1st XI team plays in Division 1 of the Thames Valley Cricket League.[7] The 1st and 2nd XI teams play their cricket matches at Kew Cricket Club Ground on Kew Green, whilst the 3rd and 4th XIs play at St Mary's University's grounds in Teddington.
A charity cricket match takes place annually, each May bank holiday.[8]
History
Historically in the county of Surrey and owned by the Crown Estate,[9] Kew CC's ground is adjacent to the Royal Botanical Gardens.[10]
- 1732 – Frederick, Prince of Wales, attended "a great cricket match" at Kew on Thursday 27 July[2]
- 1737 – The first recorded cricket match on Kew Green was between the Prince of Wales' XI and the Duke of Marlborough's XI[3]
- 1824 – Kew Green was enclosed by a Private Act of Parliament[11]
- 1853 – The Windsor and Eton Express reported that a meeting had been held at the Rose & Crown pub to re-establish the Kew Cambridge Cricket Club[12]
- 1855 – Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle referred to "Kew Cambridge Cricket Ground" as the venue for a match between the Goodenough House School CC and Clifden House CC which took place on 16 May[13]
- 1868 – The Windsor and Eton Express reported that despite being said to have included four professional players, a Kew United Cricket Club team had lost a match at Kew Green on 9 July against the Slough & Upton Cricket Club[14]
- 1876 – Kew Cambridge Cricket Club was granted permission to cordon off the wicket[11]
- 1881 – Kew Cambridge Cricket Club and Kew Oxford Cricket Club amalgamated to form Kew Cricket Club[11]
- 1962 – Kew CC was given permission to erect a pavilion[11]
- 1964 – The cricket pavilion was opened[11]
- 1966 – Sunday cricket was allowed on Kew Green for the first time[11]
- 1973 – Jamaica played New Zealand on Kew Cricket Club's ground in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup; however, the match was abandoned due to rain.[15]
See also
Further reading
- Martin Burgess (ed.) (1982). Kew Cricket Club 1882–1982. London: Kew Cricket Club, 32pp
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Kew Green. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. 24 November 2010. 16 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055038/http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/leisure_and_culture/parks_and_open_spaces/park_details.htm?parkId=194. 4 March 2016. dead.
- Book: Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket: A Collection of 1000 New Cricket Notices from 1697 to 1800 . Cotterell . G B Buckley . G B Buckley . 1935 . . 262.
- Book: The River Thames . . Derry Drabbs . 2010 . London . 211. 978-0711229587.
- https://www.burkespeerage.com/ www.burkespeerage.com
- [Donald Adamson|''The House of Nell Gwyn: the fortunes of the Beauclerk family'', 1670–1974 (Dr Donald Adamson <small>FRSL</small>)]
- News: Pop over the bridge to Kew Cricket Club – All Welcome! . Chiswick Herald . 2 June 2013 . 17 February 2015 . Robert Tindall.
- News: Champions Kew must heed NPL Teddington's cautionary tale . . 11 September 2014 . 17 February 2015.
- News: Extra special fun at Kew Green's charity cricket tournament . . 9 June 2012 . 7 January 2014 . Christine Fleming.
- https://www.richmond.gov.uk/media/28031/kew_green_management_plan.pdf www.richmond.gov.uk
- https://www.kew.org/ www.kew.org
- Book: Kew Cricket Club 1882–1982 . Kew Cricket Club . M Burgess . 1982 . London . 32.
- News: Richmond: The ensuing cricket season . . 29 January 1853. 22 January 2016.
- News: Cricket: Goodenough v Clifden Houses . . 27 May 1855 . 22 January 2016.
- News: District correspondence: Slough: Cricket . . 18 July 1868 . 22 January 2016.
- Web site: Women's One-Day International Matches played on Kew Green, Kew. CricketArchive . 9 January 2016.
