Stockton Cricket Club is an English

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club which plays at Grangefield Cricket Ground in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. 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). the club field three adult sides and a number of age-group teams, including a

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under-19 team called Stockton Swifts.

History

Established in 1816, the club moved to its current location, the Grangefield Cricket Ground in 1891. The

(NYSD) was established in 1893, the club first playing in its 1896 league. The club's 1st XI won the league in its second year of the NYSD. The team subsequently won in 1948 and 1975. The club was a founding member of the

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(NEPL) in 1999, moving from the NYSD Division One. Its 1st XI won the NEPL premier division in 2013. The club moved back to the NYSD in 2019, its top team coming first in the second and first divisions of 2019 and 2020, respectively.

References

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External Links

Stockton CC websiteNYSD website
English club cricket teams Cricket in County Durham Sport in Stockton-on-Tees