Middlesbrough Cricket Club plays at

Acklam Park Acklam Park is a rugby union and cricket ground located in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Initially opened in 1929, the venue has hosted games of Middlesbrough RUFC since the ground's opening in 1929, as well as Middlesbrough Cricket ...

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area. Until the early 1800s, the a ...

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. The club currently plays in the

North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League The North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League, commonly abbreviated to NYSD, is the top level competition for recreational club cricket in the north of Yorkshire and south of Durham, England. The league was founded as long ago as 1892, th ...

(NYSD). It currently has multiple teams: 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3 XI, under 19, under 17, under 15, under 13, under 12, under 11, indoor and lions. The club also has a T20 team called Sirkars.

History

Established in 1855, the club opened Linthorpe Road as a purpose built cricket ground for the club in 1875.

Middlesbrough Football Club Middlesbrough Football Club ( ) is a professional football club in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, which competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadiu ...

(MFC) was founded by members of the club a year after the move. MFC began playing at the grounds in 1880 as joint tenants. It was a founding member of the

(NYSD) in 1893. The club left Linthorpe Road the same year, leaving only MFC as its tenants.Paul Smith & Shirley Smith (2005) ''The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005'', Yore Publications, p77, After Linthorpe Road, the club moved to Breckon Hill Road (in the Grove Hill area of town)Cathraine Budd (2017) ''Sport in Urban England: Middlesbrough 1870–1914'', Lexington Books, p84 and p85, and further moved to Acklam Park in 1932. The Club became Acklam Park’s co-owners, with

Middlesbrough RUFC Middlesbrough Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union team. One of two clubs of the area of Middlesbrough, the club runs five senior sides and ten junior teams. The initial club was formed in 1872, but it was not until 1892 when the ...

as pre-existing tenets.

Honours

* 1st XI has won the NYSD premier division 12 times; 1911, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970, 1993, 1994, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2022.

Notable players

Brenton Parchment Brenton Anthony Parchment (born 24 June 1982) is a Jamaican former professional cricketer. Born in St Elizabeth, he was the West Indies under-19 captain on the side's tour of England in 2001. This team was the only West Indies Under-19 team to ...

, 2003-4

References

External links

NYSD websiteCricket Yorkshire
English club cricket teams Cricket in Yorkshire Sport in Middlesbrough {{England-cricket-team-stub