Middlesbrough Cricket Club

Middlesbrough Cricket Club plays at Acklam Park in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. The club currently plays in the North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League (NYSD).

It currently has multiple teams: 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3 XI, under 19, under 17, under 15, under 13, under 12, under 11, indoor and lions. The club also has a T20 team called Sirkars.[1]

History

Established in 1855, the club opened Linthorpe Road as a purpose built cricket ground for the club in 1875.[2] Middlesbrough Football Club (MFC) was founded by members of the club a year after the move.[3][4] MFC began playing at the grounds in 1880 as joint tenants.[5]

It was a founding member of the North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League (NYSD) in 1893. The club left Linthorpe Road the same year, leaving only MFC as its tenants.[6]

After Linthorpe Road, the club moved to Breckon Hill Road (in the Grove Hill area of town)[7] and further moved to Acklam Park in 1932. The Club became Acklam Park’s co-owners, with Middlesbrough RUFC as pre-existing tenets.[8]

Honours
  • 1st XI has won the NYSD premier division 12 times; 1911, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970, 1993, 1994, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2022. [9]

Notable players

References
  1. "Teams". Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. "Linthorpe Road West Ground". Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. Cardiff, Glenn Moore (1 March 2004). "Zenden ends longest wait for Middlesbrough". The Independent. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. "Boro's nearly men". BBC. 12 April 2002. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. "Early days of boro". 12 November 2003. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. Paul Smith & Shirley Smith (2005) The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005, Yore Publications, p77, ISBN 0954783042
  7. Cathraine Budd (2017) Sport in Urban England: Middlesbrough 1870–1914, Lexington Books, p84 and p85, ISBN 1498529445
  8. "Acklam Park". Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  9. "Historical Information 1893 – 1992, Tables 1893 – 2020, A Division / Premier League". North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  10. "Brenton Parchment". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2021.


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