Bexley Cricket Club was founded in 1805 at the Manor Way ground in
Bexley Village. The present ground in Manor Way has been in use by the club since 1866. The club has historically been one of the strongest in South-East England, having been
Kent Cricket League
The Kent Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in Kent, England.
The league was founded in 1970 and the first season of play was 1971. The twelve founding clubs were Ashford, Aylesford Paper Mills, Dartf ...
champions in 1996 and 2021, appearing in two Evening Standard Challenge Trophy finals. and winning the
ECB National Club Cricket Championship
The ECB National Club Cricket Championship is a forty over limited overs knockout club cricket competition in England. The most successful clubs have been Scarborough, from North Yorkshire, with five titles and Old Hill, from Staffordshire, with f ...
in 2022, beating
Nantwich Cricket Club
Nantwich Cricket Club is an English amateur cricket club, founded in 1848, and based at Whitehouse Lane in Nantwich, Cheshire. The club's first team plays in the Cheshire County Cricket League, one of the ECB Premier Leagues that are the highest ...
by one run in the final at
Lord's.
Bexley fields six teams on a Saturday, all playing league cricket, and two on a Sunday. For the first time in 2010, Bexley fielded a Ladies team. The club also has a Colts section for players ages 9–17.
Members of Bexley Cricket Club who have gone on to play
test cricket
Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC). A match consists of four innings (two per team) and is scheduled to last f ...
for England include
Robert Key,
Min Patel,
James Tredwell
James Cullum Tredwell (born 27 February 1982) is an English former international cricketer. A left-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler, he played his domestic cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and was appointed as County Captain fo ...
and
Arthur Wellard
Arthur William Wellard (8 April 1902 in Southfleet, Kent – 31 December 1980 in Eastbourne, Sussex) was a cricketer who played for Somerset and England. A late starter in county cricket, having been told by his native county, Kent, that he wo ...
. England disabled cricketer Frederick Dove is also associated with the club.
References
External links
Bexley Cricket Club website
Organizations established in 1805
Sports clubs established in the 1800s
English club cricket teams
1805 establishments in England
Cricket in Kent
Cricket in London
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