Scarborough Cricket Club is an

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club, based in

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. The club was founded in 1849, and is a member of the

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Ground

The

North Marine Road North Marine Road Ground, formerly known as Queen's, is a cricket ground in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Scarborough Cricket Club which hosts the Scarborough Festival and the Yorkshire County Cricket Club plays a s ...

is a 11,500-capacity ground in

and the base for Scarborough Cricket Club. The two 'ends' are known as the Peasholm Park End and the Trafalgar Square End. First established in 1863, Scarborough Cricket Club's North Marine Road Ground held a record 22,946 people who watched Yorkshire play Derbyshire in 1947, back in the days when it was known as The Queen's Cricket Ground. North Marine Road includes 2 grass practice nets and 5 all-weather net facilities. The ground and its buildings were refurbished the year it was named as The Guardian's ground of the year in 2011.

History

The Club was originally formed in 1849 in a meeting held in The Queen Hotel (later to become The Cricketers Pub and now Retirement apartments) on North Marine Road. The early matches were played on rough land opposite the Queen Hotel, the first match being in September of 1849 against

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. As the Club developed, important matches were played at Castle Hill on a ground prepared at the direction of the Army for the local Rifle Volunteers. Often, the practice of the Riflemen conflicted with matches and eventually this became a contributing factor for developing the ground opposite the Queen Hotel. A match was organised in 1862 for a Scarborough Twenty (players) against an All England XI at Castle Hill, it proved to be a success with large crowds attending, and as a result it became an annual event, and the Club was reconstituted the following year. Lord Derwent was appointed President. The Pavilion was built in 1896 and at around the same time the covered seating at the Trafalgar Square End (the Enclosure) was built, as was the seating on the Popular Bank. The concrete North Stand was added in 1926 and the West Stand was erected in 1956 replacing a long low building which had been known as the Cow Sheds. Scarborough entered the National Club Knock-Out Competition in 1972 and progressed all the way to

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to meet Brentham Cricket Club in the Final. The Trophy was brought back to Scarborough in style with a six wicket win. In the seven years of the Haig Trophy (as it then became known), Scarborough were winners on four occasions: 1976, 1979 1981 and 1982. Scarborough Cricket Club's five wins remains unsurpassed in the

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. Major rebuilding of the pavilion, tea rooms, new toilets and a new club shop opened on North Marine Road in time for the 2012 season. The club's 1st XI senior team compete in the

, their 2nd XI senior team compete in the York & District Senior Cricket League the 3rd XI play in the

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, there's a Senior team in the Scarborough and District Evening Cricket League, and they have a very successful junior training section that play competitive cricket in the Derwent Valley Junior Cricket League.

Club Performance

The

competition results showing the club's positions in the league (by Division) since 2016. Note: Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier League was dispanded after the 2015 season, and the 1st XI team moved to the new

the following year.

The

competition results showing the club's positions in the league (by Division) since 2010.

Club Honours

Notable players

Some notable players for Scarborough CC have included: *

Brian Close Dennis Brian Close, (24 February 1931 – 13 September 2015) was an English first-class cricketer. He was picked to play against New Zealand in July 1949, when he was 18 years old. Close went on to play 22 Test matches for England, ...

* Simon Dennis *

Malcolm Heath Malcolm Brewster Heath (9 March 1934 - 17 December 2019) was an English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium and made his first-class debut for Hampshire County Cricket Club in the 1954 County C ...

Ted Lester Edward Ibson Lester (18 February 1923 – 23 March 2015) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He was born and died at Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Lester had a first-class cricket career lasting ...

Bill Foord Charles William Foord (11 June 1924 – 8 July 2015) was an English first-class cricketer from Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, who played 51 first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club Yorkshire County Cricket Club is one of 18 ...

Martin Crowe Martin David Crowe (22 September 1962 – 3 March 2016) was a New Zealand cricketer, Test and ODI captain as well as a commentator. He played for the New Zealand national cricket team between 1982 and 1995, and is regarded as one of the count ...

* Bryan Young *

Adam Lyth Adam Lyth (born 25 September 1987) is an English Test cricketer, who has played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club since 2007. He is a left-handed opening batsman. Career Domestic career Born 25 September 1987, Whitby, North Yorkshire, Lyth ma ...

David Byas David Byas (born 26 August 1963)) is an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire and latterly Lancashire, in a 17-year first-class career. Byas grew up on a farm in Yorkshire, having attended school at Scarborough College. He w ...

Clint Heron Clint Jack Heron (born 3 April 1979 in Salisbury, Rhodesia) is a Zimbabwean cricketer, who played for Western Warriors. Heron, nicknamed Torus, is a right-handed batsman and bowls right arm off-break. On his first-class debut in November 2005 ...

Philip Hart Philip Aloysius Hart (December 10, 1912December 26, 1976) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until his death from cancer in Washington, D.C. in 1976. He was known as t ...

George Herbert Hirst George Herbert Hirst (7 September 1871 – 10 May 1954) was a professional English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1891 and 1921, with a further appearance in 1929. One of the best all-r ...

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John Tunnicliffe John Tunnicliffe (26 August 1866 – 11 July 1948) was an English, first-class cricketer, who played in 472 first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. County career Tunnicliffe was born at Low Town, Pudsey, Yorkshire, England. He ...

* Vic Wilson *

Christopher Clifford Christopher Craven Clifford (born 5 July 1942 in Hovingham, Yorkshire, England) is a former English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1972, and for Warwickshire from 1978 to 1980. History Clifford was a right arm off-break bowle ...

References

External links

Scarborough Cricket Club website

Scarborough Cricket Club Honours Board

SCC Play-Cricket website
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