Spondon Cricket Club

Spondon Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club based in Spondon, Derbyshire, England. The club has a history dating back to the late 19th century.[1]

Spondon Cricket Club
Spondon Cricket Ground (2017)
Spondon Cricket Ground (2017)
LeagueDerbyshire County Cricket League
Team information
Founded1883
Home groundLocko Road, Spondon
History
Prem Div wins2
Div 1 wins1
Official websiteSpondon Cricket Club

Ground

The home ground is located on Locko Road in Spondon, Derbyshire[1] and has two pitches, an all-weather pitch and a two lane, all-weather net facility.[2] The 1st and 2nd XI teams use the pitch directly in front of the pavilion, rated by the DCCL as a Grade A+ ground, and the 3rd and 4th XI use the pitch in the field beyond the 1st pitch, rated a Grade B ground.[3]

History

The earliest known record of Spondon Cricket Club dates back to 1883 when the local village boys were invited to join with the pupils of Spondon House School for Sons of Gentlemen.[1] The school was housed in a Georgian mansion that was a secondary seat of the Drury Lowes, on the Locko estate.[4] A pre match photograph survives from the period, showing the boys team on the school grounds.[5] Both the school and the village team officially amalgamated in 1903 and set up a ground on Royal Hill Road. The club purchased the ground in 1924, and managed to pay the debt in full by 1945.[6] The club had a 'golden age' in the 1960s with 16 trophies returning to Royal Hill Road between 1962 and 1972. The ground was further improved as a new pavilion was opened in 1970 by Brian Clough and a match between Derby County football team and Spondon CC. The club continued to thrive but eventually outgrew Royal Hill Road which was not big enough to play premier league cricket, or house the growing junior section and 3rd and 4th teams. In 2006 the Club sold the Royal Hill Road ground and moved to a ground on Locko Road. Their new Pavilion was officially opened by Councillor Roy Webb, Mayor of Derby 8 March 2006. The following year, the 1st XI won their first Premier League Championship.[1]

The club currently has 4 senior teams competing in the Derbyshire County Cricket League, a Sunday 1st XI in the Mansfield and District Cricket League, an expanding girls' section which has developed into a Senior Women's League team, and a very successful junior training section that play competitive cricket in the Erewash Young Cricketers League.[7]

Club Performance

The Derbyshire County Cricket League competition results showing the club's positions in the league (by Division) since 1999.[1][8]

Key
Gold Champions
Red Relegated
Grey League suspended
Key (cont.)
P ECB Premier League
1 Division 1
2 Division 2
3 Division 3, etc.
Key (cont.)
N North
S South
E East
C Central
Derbyshire County Cricket League
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 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
2nd XI 3B 3B 3B 3A 3S 4S 3S 2S 2S 2S 2 2 3 3 4S 4S 4S 3 4N 3 2 2S 2 2 2
3rd XI 5B 5A 4E 4D 6S 6S 7S 6S 5S 5S 6S 6S 6S 6S 6S 6S 6S 5S 5S 5S 4S 4SN 4S 4S 4S
4th XI (not in league) 7C 6C 7E 8S 8S 8S 8S 9S 9N 9N 9N 8N 7N 6N 6SN 6N 6N 6N

The Mansfield and District Cricket League competition results showing the club's positions in the league by Section (Division) since 2019.[9]

Mansfield and District Cricket League
Team 2019 2020 2021 2022
Sunday 1st XI 3S 3S 4

The Derbyshire Cricket Board Indoor Competition results showing the club's positions in the league (by Division) since 2014.[10]

Derbyshire Cricket Board Indoor Competition
Team 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Men's team 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1
Women's team 2 1 1 -

Club Honours
Derbyshire County Cricket League
Premier Champions 2007, 2019
Division 1 Champions 1962, 1965, 1967, 1971, 2005
Division 2 Champions 1966, 1985, 1987
Division 3 Champions 1966, 1967, 1970, 1984, 2018
Division 4 Champions 2005,[lower-alpha 1] 2015,[lower-alpha 1] 2017[lower-alpha 2]
Division 5 Champions 1999,[lower-alpha 3] 2000[lower-alpha 4]
Division 6 Champions 1978, 1981, 1985, 2006,[lower-alpha 5]
Division 7 Champions 2008,[lower-alpha 6] 2018[lower-alpha 7]
Division 8 Champions 2017[lower-alpha 8]
Division 9 Champions 2016[lower-alpha 9]
DCCL - Cup Competitions
Winners Premier Cup 2017
Winners Bayley Cup 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 2018
Winners James Harwood Cup 2006, 2012
Winners Premier T20 Finals Day 2010, 2021
Winners XXXX Trophy 2005
Winners Silver Link Trophy 2000
Winners Milfern Cup 1986
Winners Wright Cup 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1981
Winners Cresswell Cup 1981
Mayor of Derby Charity Cup Competitions
Winners OJ Jackson Cup 1962, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2019
Winners Butterley Cup 1996, 2011, 2019
Derbyshire Cricket Board Indoor Competition
Division 1 Champions 2014, 2015, 2022
Division 2 Champions 2016
Derby & District Cricket League
Division 1 Champions 1905, 1909, 1914, 1933, 1945, 1948
Division 2 Champions 1909
Stapleford & District League
Division 1 Champions 1923
  1. Division 4S.
  2. Division 4N.
  3. Division 5B.
  4. Division 5A.
  5. Division 6S.
  6. Division 7E.
  7. Division 7N.
  8. Division 8N.
  9. Division 9N.

Events on film

See also

References
  1. Derbyshire Marston's Pedigree County Cricket League Centenary Yearbook. Derbyshire: DCCL. 2019. p. 123 & 178.
  2. "Spondon CC facilities". spondon.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  3. "DCCL 2020 League Handbook". derbyscountylge.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  4. "Spondon House School". countryimagesmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  5. "Spondon House School XI". spondonhistory.org.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  6. "Spondon CC archives". spondon.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  7. "Erewash Young Cricketers League". eycl.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  8. "DCCL Competition results". Derbyshire Cricket League. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  9. "MDCL Competition results". manssunlge.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  10. "DCBIC results". dcbindoorcomps.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 10 March 2021.


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