Horsham Cricket Club is one of the oldest

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clubs in the world and represents the

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market town of

Horsham Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...

in the

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, along with

Roffey Cricket Club Roffey Cricket Club is a cricket club based in the Roffey suburb of the town of Horsham in West Sussex, England. Founded in 1904, the club's first XI plays in the Premier League of the Sussex Cricket League which is an accredited ECB Premi ...

. Although cricket was played in Horsham before 1768, the first recorded game of a town side was on 8 August 1771, and Horsham Cricket Club was created soon after 1806. The club has played various locations over the years, before settling at their present ground in 1851.

Cricketfield Road

Horsham is on 'Cricketfield Road' and the Ground is known as the Cricketfield Road Ground. This ground is the only ground to host both the MCC Spirit of Cricket U13 Regional Finals and the Portman Cup U15 Regional Finals. The two ends are called the Town End and the Railway End. Horsham's second ground is named after former President Dr. John Dew, which lies adjacent to the main square.

First XI

Horsham is a very successful club which has played home to many first class cricketers. It runs four Saturday men's teams, one Sunday men's and two women's teams. Arguably one of the strongest club sides in the south, Horsham have won the Sussex League title a record eight times and the Cyril Snell trophy a record 11 times (including six times in seven years between 2001 and 2006); most recently in August 2010 where Horsham beat Stirlands CC to win a tight match by four runs, with two balls remaining. The club's crowning achievement came in 2005 when they won the

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for the first time in their history. They were captained to victory by Luke Marshall in a tight thriller against

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of Birmingham, in which Marshall bowled Horsham to victory by three runs off the final ball, in which

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was Man of the Match.

Sussex CCC

Horsham CC annually hosts a week of cricket for

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, being one of three official Sussex outgrounds. A first-class match and a domestic

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match is usually part of the week, known as the Horsham Cricket Festival.

Notable Horsham cricketers

Players with first-class caps who have represented Horsham are: *

Jofra Archer Jofra Chioke Archer (born 1 April 1995) is a Barbadian-born English cricketer representing England and Sussex. He is a right-arm fast bowler. In April 2019, Archer was selected to play for the England team in limited overs fixtures against Irel ...

Will Beer William Andrew Thomas Beer (born 8 October 1988) is an English cricketer. Primarily a leg break bowler, he currently plays for Sussex County Cricket Club and Horsham. He mainly plays one day cricket. Promoted from Sussex's youth academy at ...

Shaun Humphries Shaun Humphries (born 11 January 1973) is a former English cricketer. Humphries was a right-handed batsman (cricket), batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Horsham, Sussex. Humphries made his first-class cricket, first-class ...

Andrew Hodd Andrew John Hodd (born 12 January 1984)Player profile at ...

Carl Hopkinson Carl Hopkinson (born 14 September 1981) is a former English cricketer and current coach. He was a right-handed batsman (cricket), batsman and a right-arm Seam bowling, medium pace bowler. He was also an extremely talented fielder. Born in Sus ...

* Will House *

Robin Martin-Jenkins Robin Simon Christopher Martin-Jenkins (born 28 October 1975) is an English former cricketer who played for Sussex County Cricket Club and British Universities cricket team, British Universities. He is tall. He is the son of cricket writer and ...

* Roger Marshall *

Michael Thornely Michael Alistair Thornely (born 19 October 1987) is an English former professional cricketer who last played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right arm medium pace bowler. Thornely started hi ...

Michael Munday Michael Kenneth Munday (born 22 October 1984) is an English cricketer who played for Somerset until 2010. He is a leg break bowler and lower order right-handed batsman. Munday was born at Nottingham and made his Minor Counties debut for Cor ...

David Hussey David John Hussey (born 15 July 1977) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. Hussey is a right-handed batter and can also bowl right-arm off breaks. He is the younger brother of former Australian cricketer Michael Hussey. He was ...

Shane Jurgensen Shane John Jurgensen (born 28 April 1976 in Redcliffe, Queensland) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. He has played for Queensland, but has also played for Western Australia, Tasmania, and the Sussex Cricket Board in English ...

* Matt Henry *

Jan-Berrie Burger Andries Johannes Burger (born 25 August 1981), known as Jan-Berry Burger, is a former Namibian cricketer. He made his international debut in February 2003. He was part of Namibia's first ever ODI team and was part of Namibia's first ever World C ...

Naved Arif Gondal Naved Arif Gondal (born 2 December 1981) is a Pakistani former cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman (cricket), batsman who bowls left-arm Seam bowling, medium-fast. He played first-class cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club, Sussex in the E ...

* Mark Sanders *

Kamau Leverock Kamau Sadiki Leverock (born 19 October 1994) is a Bermudian cricketer and the captain of the Bermuda cricket team. A nephew of two former ODI players, Dwayne Leverock (Bermuda) and Austin Codrington (Canada), Leverock is a left-handed batsman ...

* In the 1980s, Australian cricketer Tim May spent a season honing his offspin as a 19-year-old. * In the 1970s Sussex and England cricketer, Paul Parker, lived and went to school in the town after his family arrived in the UK from Rhodesia.

References

External links

Horsham CC website

Horsham CC fixtures

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