Oxford University Cricket Club Explained

Oxford University
Coach:Graham Charlesworth
Captain:Owen Marshall
Founded:1827
Ground:University Parks
First Fc:Cambridge University
First Fc Year:1827
First Fc Venue:Lord's
Website:www.cricketintheparks.org.uk

Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC), which represents the University of Oxford, had held first-class status since 1827 when it made its debut in the inaugural University Match between OUCC and Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC). Following the 2021 University Match, OUCC lost its first-class status. It was classified as a List A team in 1973 only.[1] Home fixtures are played at the University Parks slightly northeast of Oxford city centre.

History

The earliest reference to cricket at Oxford is in 1673. OUCC made its known debut in the inaugural University Match between Oxford and Cambridge played in 1827. In terms of extant clubs being involved, this is the oldest major fixture in the world: i.e., although some inter-county fixtures are much older, none of the current county clubs were founded before 1839 (the oldest known current fixture is Kent versus Surrey).

The Magdalen Ground was used for the University Cricket Club's first match in 1829, and remain in regular use until 1880.[2] Bullingdon Green was used for two matches in 1843.[3] [4] The University Parks became the home ground of OUCC in 1881,[5] [6] when the Master of Pembroke, Evan Evans obtaining a lease on 10 acres of land there.[7] [8] The pavilion was designed by Thomas G. Jackson, architect of many nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Oxford buildings, including the university's Examination Schools. The building has three gables, the central one containing the clock, and is topped by a cupola and weather-vane. The pavilion contains a Long Room. The two ends of the pitch are the Pavilion End and the Norham Gardens End.[9]

The University Match became the club's sole first-class fixture each season from 2001 until the end of first-class status for university sides in 2020. Apart from this annual game, played in late June or early July, the OUCC first team operates as part of the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (UCCE), which includes Oxford Brookes University. The UCCE was rebranded as Oxford MCC University (MCCU) prior to the 2010 season. The University Match is the only one in which a true OUCC team takes part: i.e., composed entirely of current Oxford students.

The Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (OUCCE) team played 26 first-class matches (not including one abandoned) from 2001 to 2009.[10] As Oxford Marylebone Cricket Club University, the team has played sixteen first-class matches from 2010 to 2016.[11]

Grounds

The five grounds that Oxford University have used for home first-class and List A matches since 1829 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season. Only the first-class and List A matches played at the ground by Oxford University are recorded in the table.

Name LocationFirstLastMatchesFirstLastMatchesRefs
First-classList A
— — [12] [13]
— — [14] [15]
Christ Church Ground
— — [16] [17]
University Parks
[18] [19] [20]
New College Ground
— — [21] [22]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List A events played by Cambridge University . CricketArchive . 29 November 2015.
  2. Web site: First-Class Matches Played on Magdalen Ground, Oxford . Cricket Archive . 1 May 2016 .
  3. Web site: First-Class Matches Played on Bullingdon Green, Oxford . Cricket Archive . 1 May 2016 .
  4. Web site: An early history of cricket in Oxford . Davies . Mark . 5 August 2010 . BBC . 2 May 2016 .
  5. Book: Plumptre, George . Plumptre. George . Swanton . E.W. . Homes of Cricket: The First-Class Grounds of England and Wales. Queen Anne Press . 1988 . 213–216 . Oxford: The Parks . 0-356-15671-0.
  6. Book: Ranjitsinhji, K.S. . Jubilee Book of Cricket . 1897. 350 . Removal of the Club from the Magdalen Ground to the University Parks, and University Matches from 1881 to 1896 . second .
  7. Book: Powell, William . The Wisden Guide to Cricket Grounds . 1989. 398 . Oxford University . Stanley Paul . 0-09-173830-X.
  8. Web site: The Parks . ESPNCricinfo . 1 May 2016 .
  9. Web site: The University Parks, Oxford . Cricket Archive.
  10. Web site: First Class Matches Played by Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence. Cricket Archive. 14 September 2016.
  11. Web site: First Class Matches Played by Oxford Marylebone Cricket Club University. Cricket Archive. 14 September 2016.
  12. Web site: subscription . Magdalen Ground, Oxford . CricketArchive . 2 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165216/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/676.html . 3 March 2016 . live .
  13. Web site: subscription . First-Class Matches played on Magdalen Ground, Oxford (70) . CricketArchive . 2 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160602020749/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/676_f.html . 2 June 2016 . live .
  14. Web site: subscription . Bullingdon Green, Oxford . CricketArchive . 2 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175141/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/674.html . 3 March 2016 . live .
  15. Web site: subscription . First-Class Matches played on Bullingdon Green, Oxford (2) . CricketArchive . 2 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181306/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/674_f.html . 3 March 2016 . live .
  16. Web site: subscription . Christ Church Ground, Oxford . CricketArchive . 2 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150908040552/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/675.html . 8 September 2015 . live .
  17. Web site: subscription . First-Class Matches played on Christ Church Ground, Oxford (37) . CricketArchive . 2 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182936/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/675_f.html . 3 March 2016 . live .
  18. Web site: subscription . The University Parks, Oxford . CricketArchive . 2 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150907205935/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/678.html . 7 September 2015 . live .
  19. Web site: subscription . First-Class Matches played on The University Parks, Oxford (788) . CricketArchive . 2 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921204438/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/678_f.html . 21 September 2015 . live .
  20. Web site: subscription . List A Matches played on The University Parks, Oxford (24) . CricketArchive . 2 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921160703/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/678_a.html . 21 September 2015 . live .
  21. Web site: subscription . New College Ground, Oxford . CricketArchive . 2 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150910011536/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/677.html . 10 September 2015 . live .
  22. Web site: subscription . First-Class Matches played on New College Ground, Oxford (2) . CricketArchive . 2 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094843/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/677_f.html . 4 March 2016 . live .

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