Hampstead Cricket Club is a

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club in London. The team was formed in 1865, and have played their home games at Lymington Road in

West Hampstead West Hampstead is an area in the London Borough of Camden in north-west London. Mainly defined by the railway stations of the same name, it is situated between Childs Hill to the north, Frognal and Hampstead to the north-east, Swiss Cottage to ...

since 1877. The men's 1st XI play in the

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which they have won twice, most recently in 2015.The men's 2nd XI have also won twice, most recently in 2022 and the men's 3rd XI have won 4 times.

Past players

In 1886, future

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captain

Andrew Stoddart Andrew Ernest Stoddart (11 March 1863 – 4 April 1915) was an English sportsman who played international cricket for England, and rugby union for England and the British Isles. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1893. He has the unique ...

scored a then record 485 in one day for Hampstead against Stoics. A statue of Stoddart commemorating this event was unveiled by former England captain

Andrew Strauss Sir Andrew John Strauss (born 2 March 1977) is an English cricket administrator and former player, formerly the Director of Cricket for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). He played county cricket for Middlesex, and captained the Engla ...

as part of the club's 150th anniversary celebrations in 2015. Leading nineteenth-century

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bowler

Fred Spofforth Frederick Robert Spofforth (9 September 1853 – 4 June 1926), also known as "The Demon Bowler", was arguably the Australian cricket team's finest pace bowler of the nineteenth century. He was the first bowler to take 50 Test wickets, and the fi ...

played for the club between 1891 and 1905, taking 951 wickets. Japanese international cricketer

Shizuka Miyaji Shizuka Miyaji (Japanese: 宮地静香, Hepburn: Miyaji Shizuka) is a Japanese female cricketer. She was also the part of the Japanese cricket team which secured the bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games which was held in China defeating the Chin ...

played for the Women's 1st XI in the 2019 season. She scored 146 runs in a league match against Ashford Cricket Club, setting a new club record for the highest individual score by a woman for Hampstead Cricket Club.

Honours

* 1969 – DH Robins Cup * 2013 – ECB Middlesex Premier League Champions * 2015 – ECB Middlesex Premier League Champions *2018 – Women's Cricket Southern League (Collins Division) Champions

Teams

As of the start of the 2022 season, Hampstead field six senior men's teams in Saturday league cricket, and two senior women's teams in Sunday league cricket. The men's 1st, 2nd and 3rd XIs all play in the top division of their respective Middlesex League competitions.They also field a U21s MDL (Middlesex Development League) team. The club also field numerous age-group teams for both boys and girls.

First XI league records

Hampstead joined the Middlesex County Cricket League in 1980 and since then the following records have been set: *Highest Team Score : 369–2 dec v

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at Lymington Road in 2003 *Lowest Team Score : 38 v Finchley in 1981 *Highest Individual Score : 206* –

Paul Weekes Paul Nicholas Weekes (born 8 July 1969) is an English former cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offspin bowler. Born in Hackney, Weekes made his first-class debut for Middlesex in 1990. He is the only English cricketer to h ...

v Uxbridge at Lymington Road in 2003 *Most Runs in a Season : 961 –

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in 2003 *Best Bowling : 9/28 – Andrew Lamb v Teddington at Lymington Road in 2006 *Most Wickets in a Season : 51 – Paul Weekes in 2008

References

External links

Middlesex County Cricket League

Hampstead Cricket Club
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