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Andrew Williams (Shropshire Cricketer)
Andrew Williams (born 13 September 1965) is a Welsh cricketer and former right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for Shropshire. between 1986 and 1993. He was born in Wrexham, North Wales His only List A appearance was against Middlesex at St George's Cricket Ground, Telford in the NatWest Trophy on the 24th June 1992. Centuries from Desmond Haynes (101) and Mike Roseberry (112) enabled Middlesex to set a target of 294 from 60 overs. Opening the batting against Angus Fraser and Dean Headley, Williams was caught behind by wicketkeeper Keith Brown for 6 with Shropshire being bowled out for 149 runs and losing the game by 145 runs. He had made his debut for Shropshire in the final Minor Counties Championship fixture of the 1986 season against Wiltshire on his home ground at Newport CC. Selected for his off spin, he ended with match figures of 2-72 off 24 overs. Williams had to wait until 1992 to mark his return to the side. As an opening bat he scored 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shropshire County Cricket Club
Shropshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Shropshire. The team is a member of the Minor Counties Championship Western Division and plays in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. Shropshire played List A matches occasionally from 1974 until 2005 but is not classified as a List A team ''per se''. The club plays at Shrewsbury and around the county at Bridgnorth, Oswestry, Shifnal, Wellington, and Whitchurch. Honours * Minor Counties Championship (1) - 1973; shared (0) - * MCCA Knockout Trophy (1) - 2010 Origins Cricket probably reached Shropshire in the 18th century. The first reference to cricket in the county was in August 1794, when a match was played on Kingsland then on the outskirts of Shrewsbury, by a 'Shrewsbury Cricket Society'.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. From Introduction. A county organisation existed in eithe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club
Wales National County Cricket Club is one of twenty National county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents all of the historic counties of Wales except Glamorgan and is currently the only non-English member of the National Counties Cricket Championship. The team is currently a member of the National Counties Cricket Championship Western Division, having joined in 1988 after Somerset's second eleven left the competition, and plays in the NCCA Knockout Trophy. Wales National County played List A matches occasionally from 1993 until 2005 but is not classified as a List A team ''per se''. Club history Some Welsh counties formerly competed individually in the National Counties Cricket Championship. Glamorgan was easily the most successful and it became first-class in 1921. The others were Carmarthenshire from 1908 to 1911; Denbighshire from 1930 to 1935; and Monmouthshire from 1901 to 1934. Following the withdrawal of the Somerset Second XI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Cricketers
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1965 Births
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North Staffordshire And South Cheshire League
The North Staffordshire and South Cheshire Premier Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the North Staffordshire and South Cheshire area of England, and the league Headquarters is based in Stoke on Trent. The league was founded in 1964 and since 2001 it has been a designated England and Wales Cricket Board, ECB ECB Premier Leagues, Premier League. Champions Championships won Performance by season from 2001 References {{reflistExternal links < ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham And District Premier League
The Birmingham & District Premier Cricket League is the oldest club cricket league in the United Kingdom, formed in 1888. It was the first England and Wales Cricket Board, ECB ECB Premier Leagues, Premier League, being designated such in 1998, and is one of the strongest of the ECB Premier Leagues. Geography The Birmingham League traditionally covered North Worcestershire, South Staffordshire and North Warwickshire, much of which is now the conurbation of the West Midlands conurbation, West Midlands. Since 1998, with the introduction of the ECB Premier Leagues, the pyramid system, and feeder leagues in the four counties (Shropshire Premier Cricket League, Staffordshire Club Cricket Championship, Warwickshire Cricket League and Worcestershire County Cricket League), the catchment of the league has spread to include the whole of Shropshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire, as well as a large part of Staffordshire, although North Staffordshire clubs play in the North Staffordshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grade Cricket
Grade cricket, also known as Premier Cricket is the name of the senior inter-club or district cricket competitions in each of the Australian states and territories. The term may refer to: *Victorian Premier Cricket * NSW Premier Cricket *Queensland Premier Cricket * Western Australian Premier Cricket * South Australian Premier Cricket * Cricket Tasmania Premier League * Darwin & District Grade Cricket * ACT Premier Cricket See also * Australian national cricket team * Australia national women's cricket team * Cricket in Australia *The Grade Cricketer The Grade Cricketer is the pen name of three Australian cricket writers, Sam Perry, Dave Edwards and Ian Higgins. They were friends who played grade cricket in Australia and began a Twitter account as @gradecricketer. They subsequently wrote boo ... References http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/threads/can-someone-tell-me-about-grade-cricket.2293/ External links {{Grade_Cricket Australian domestic cricket competitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shropshire Premier Cricket League
The Shropshire Premier Cricket League (1970–2011) was the highest level club cricket competition in Shropshire. It was one step above the Shropshire Cricket League, and acted as a feeder league to the Birmingham and District Premier League, which is at the top of the English club cricket pyramid. The league was sponsored by the brewery company Marstons and was made up of 12 clubs, whose 1st and 2nd XIs played each other twice, home and away, over the course of a league season. The 1st XI winners of the league (along with their 2nd XI) were usually promoted to the Birmingham and District Premier League. The league was wound up on 28 November 2011.{{cite news, url=http://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/cricket/2011/11/28/over-and-out-for-marstons-shropshire-premier-cricket-league/, title= Over and out for Marston’s Shropshire Premier Cricket League, newspaper=Shropshire Star, date=28 November 2011 It was succeeded by the Shropshire County Cricket League The Shropshire County C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herefordshire County Cricket Club
Herefordshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Herefordshire. The team is currently a member of the Minor Counties Championship Western Division and plays in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. Herefordshire played List A matches occasionally from 1995 until 2004 but is not classified as a List A team ''per se''. Grounds The club plays matches around the county at Brockhampton CC, Colwall CC, and Eastnor CC. Matches were also played at Kington CC, Luctonians CC in Kingsland near Leominster, and Dales CC in Leominster in the past. (see List of Herefordshire County Cricket Club grounds) Honours * Minor Counties Championship (0) - ; shared (1) - 2002 * MCCA Knockout Trophy (2) - 2000 and 2016 Earliest cricket Cricket probably reached Herefordshire in the 18th century, though possibly earlier. The earliest reference to cricket in the county is dated 1823. Origin of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkshire County Cricket Club
Berkshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty National county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Berkshire. The team is currently a member of the National Counties Championship Western Division and plays in the NCCA Knockout Trophy. Berkshire played List A matches occasionally until 2005 but is not classified as a List A team ''per se''. History According to Rowland Bowen in his ''Growth and Development of Cricket'', the first reference to cricket being played in the county of Berkshire was in 1751. Cricket certainly reached Berkshire much earlier than that for it originated on the Weald in Saxon or Norman times and was definitely being played in Berkshire's neighbouring county of Surrey in 1550. The first definite mention of cricket in Berkshire relates to the famous all rounder Thomas Waymark who resided at Bray Wick, near Maidenhead in the 1740s, though there are earlier mentions of the game at Eton Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxfordshire County Cricket Club
Oxfordshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Oxfordshire. The team is currently a member of the Minor Counties Championship Western Division and plays in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. Oxfordshire played List A matches occasionally from 1967 until 2004 but is not classified as a List A team ''per se''. Grounds The club plays matches at Banbury CC, Great & Little Tew, Challow and Childrey, Radley College & Bicester & North Oxford, Aston Rowant and Thame. There are plans to expand this range of venues. Oxfordshire County Cricket Club is an integrated part of the Oxfordshire Cricket Board. Honours * National Counties Championship (5) - 1929, 1974, 1982, 1989, 2021; shared (0) - * NCCA Knockout Trophy (0) - Earliest cricket Cricket probably reached Oxfordshire by the end of the 16th century. Although "not cricket", a 1523 reference to stoolball has been found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
