Finedon Dolben Cricket Club is an amateur

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club based in

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, England. Finedon Dolben have 4 senior XI teams in the

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, and an established Junior Section, who play in both the Higham & District Youth League and the Corby and District Youth Cricket League

Club history

Finedon Dolben Cricket Club was founded in 1836 and records show that they joined the Kettering & District Cricket League in 1896. After many years of league activity, resulting in numerous championship title wins, Finedon Dolben became a member of the

. Since the Northamptonshire Cricket League was designated an ECB

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in 1999, Finedon Dolben is one of only three cricket clubs (Finedon Dolben, Old Northamptonians and Peterborough Town) to have held a constant presence in the highest level of competition for recreational

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, with eleven ECB Premiership league championship titles to their name.

Club Performance

The

competition results showing the club's positions in the league (by Division) since 1999.

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Club Honours

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References

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Finedon Dolben CC 1st XI in front of the thatched pavilion (1904)

Finedon Dolben CC 1st XI posing for a photograph at Obelisk House after winning the Kettering and District League trophy (1931)

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