Summary
Chesterfield Cricket Club is an English amateur cricket club, based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire[1] and is a member of the Derbyshire County Cricket League.[2]
 Chesterfield Cricket Club pavilion | |
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| Home ground | Queen's Park, Chesterfield |
| History | |
| DCCL ECB Premier Division wins | 1 |
| M&DCL Section 1 wins | 1 |
| Official website | Chesterfield Cricket Club |
Ground edit
Chesterfield's main ground, Queen's Park, includes a pavilion, 3 artificial and 2 grass net facilities.[3] Queen's Park has a proud history of annually hosting 1st Class recreation matches between 1898 - 1998.[4] On the 26 June 1948, Queen's Park hosted a County Championship match between Derbyshire and Yorkshire with a record 14,000 spectators packed into the ground.[5] Today, Chesterfield Cricket Club's 1st and 2nd XI teams use the Queen's Park pitch, rated by the Derbyshire County Cricket League as a Grade A+ ground, and the club's 3rd XI team use a pitch south of Chesterfield on Deer Park, Wingerworth, rated as a Grade B ground.[6]
History edit
The origins of Chesterfield Cricket Club go back to the 19th century[7] with the New Recreation Ground on Saltergate listed as their home ground. A 3-day match was recorded at the ground between Chesterfield and the 'All England Eleven' in 1869.[8] By 1894, the club was granted permission to move to Queen's Park[9] and a record shows Chesterfield playing in the Derbyshire Cricket League against Creswell Colliery, on 28 April 1900.[10] After the Second World War, Chesterfield became league champions six times between the year 1947 and 1957. Riding on their success, Chesterfield moved from the Derbyshire League and joined the Bassetlaw & District Cricket League in 1958[9] before returning to Derbyshire in the Derbyshire Premier League in 1999.[2] The following year, the league became an ECB accredited league, where Chesterfield became League Champions in 2008.[7] In 2011, the club joined the Mansfield and District Cricket League with a Sunday 1st XI team, and became Section (Division) 1 Champions in 2021.[11]
The club have three senior teams that compete on Saturdays in the Derbyshire County Cricket League,[2] a Sunday XI in the Mansfield and District Cricket League[12] and an established junior training section that play competitive cricket in the North Derbyshire Youth Cricket League.[13]
Club Performance edit
The Derbyshire County Cricket League competition results showing the club's positions in the league (by Division) since 1999.[7][14]
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Gold | Champions |
| Red | Relegated |
| Grey | League Suspended |
| cont... | |
|---|---|
| P | Premier League |
| 1 | Division 1 |
| 2 | Division 2 |
| 3 | Division 3, etc. |
| Team | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 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 | P | P | 1 | 1 |
| 2nd XI | 3B | 3B | 3B | 3C | 3N | 3N | 3N | 2N | 2N | 2N | 4N | 3 | 4N | 4N | 4N | 4N | 4N | 4N | 4N | 4N | 3N | 3NN | 3N | 3N | 4N |
| 3rd XI | 7N | 7N | 7N | 7N | 6N | 8N | 9N | 9N | 10N | ||||||||||||||||
The Mansfield and District Cricket League Sunday League competition results showing the club's position (by Division) since 2011.[12]
| Team | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday 1st XI | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3N | 2N | 1 | 1 | P | P |
Club Honours edit
| Year | League | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Derbyshire County Cricket League | Premier |
| 2018 | Division 4N | |
| 2021 | Mansfield & District Cricket League | Section 1 |
| 1958 | Bassetlaw & District Cricket League | Division 1C |
| 1959 | Division 1B | |
| 1965 | Division 2D | |
| 1968 | Division 2A | |
| 1992 | Division 2B | |
| 1957 | Derbyshire Cricket League | Division 1 |
| 195? | ||
| 195? | ||
| 195? | ||
| 1948 | ||
| 1896 |
| Year | Cup |
|---|---|
| 2014 | ECB National Club Cricket Championship Group Champions |
| 1996 | |
| 1983 | |
| 2012 | DCCL Premier T20 |
| 2023 | DCCL County T20 |
| 1983 | Derbyshire Building Society Cup |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1996 | Harry Tomlins Trophy |
| 1995 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1978 |
Notable players edit
Some notable players that have represented club and county include:
Chesterfield CC on film edit
- Chesterfield CC Memories recorded by the Derbyshire Cricket Foundation 4/12/2018 #1
- Chesterfield CC Memories recorded by the Derbyshire Cricket Foundation 4/12/2018 #2
- Chesterfield CC Memories recorded by the Derbyshire Cricket Foundation 4/12/2018 #3
- Chesterfield CC Memories recorded by the Derbyshire Cricket Foundation 4/12/2018 #4
- Geoff Miller talks about his formative years in cricket. Recorded by the Derbyshire Cricket Foundation 6/2/2018
- East Midlands Today: Derbyshire take on Nottinghamshire in a county cricket match at Chesterfield 20/9/2007
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Chesterfield CC Homepage". chesterfield.play-cricket.com. Chesterfield Cricket Club. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Derbyshire County Cricket League". derbyscountylge.play-cricket.com. Derbyshire County Cricket League. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Chesterfield CC About Us: Playing Facilities". chesterfield.play-cricket.com. Chesterfield Cricket Club. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Together, We Are All Derbyshire: Grounds feature". cricket.derbyshireccc.com. Derbyshire County Cricket Club. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Shawcroft, John (1989). "Chapter 11 Last of the vintage wine". In Arnold, Peter; Wynne-Thomas, Peter (eds.). The History of Derbyshire County Cricket Club. Christopher Helm Ltd. pp. 148 & 149. ISBN 0-7470-3022-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Derbyshire County Cricket League 2021 League Handbook". derbyscountylge.play-cricket.com. Derbyshire County Cricket League. p. 82. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Derbyshire Marston's Pedigree County Cricket League Centenary Yearbook. Derbyshire: Derbyshire County Cricket League. 2019. p. 93.
- ^ "Chesterfield v All England Eleven (1869)". cricketarchive.com. Cricket Archive, London. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Chesterfield Cricket Club". www.chesterfield.gov.uk. Chesterfield Borough Council. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "Derbyshire Cricket League (1900)". cricketarchive.com. Cricket Archive, London. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "M&DCL Section 1 (2021) Results". manssunlge.play-cricket.com. Mansfield & District Cricket League. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Mansfield & District Cricket League". manssunlge.play-cricket.com. Mansfield & District Cricket League. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "North Derbyshire Youth Cricket League". northderbyshireycl.play-cricket.com. North Derbyshire Youth Cricket League. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "DCCL Competition results". derbyscountylge.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
External links edit
- Friends of Queen's Park, Chesterfield
- History of Chesterfield Cricket Club