Suffolk County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor

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clubs within the domestic

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structure of

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and

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. It represents the historic county of

Suffolk Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...

. The team is currently a member of the

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Eastern Division and plays in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. Suffolk played

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matches occasionally from 1966 until 2005 but is not classified as a List A team ''per se''.

History

The first known cricket played in Suffolk took place in 1743. The first county match took place at

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race course in August 1764 with a Norfolk side as the opponents,History
Suffolk Cricket. Retrieved 2025-03-31. with three further matches played during the same year between the sides, one at Diss and the other two at nearby

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.Hounsome K (2015) ''A Game Well Played: a history of cricket in Norfolk'', pp. 17–18. Norwich: Hounsome. Suffolk sides continued to play matches into the 19th century, including four matches against MCC sides which are considered first-class, two in 1830 and two in 1847.Matches played by Suffolk (England)
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. Minor Counties matches were played until 1914. Following

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the county club folded, with the club secretary having been killed on active service and the treasurer having left the county. The current county club was founded in August 1932 and rejoined the Minor Counties Championship in 1934. The side's first Minor Counties title was won in 1946, and in 1966 the first

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played by the county took place, a Gillette Cup tie against

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at Ipswich School. Further Minor Counties titles followed in 1977 and 1979, and in 2005 the county shared the title with

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following a rain-affected final. In 2007 they won their only one-day title, winning the MCCA Knockout Trophy against Cheshire at

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Honours

* Minor Counties Championship (3) – 1946, 1977, 1979; shared (1) – 2005 * MCCA Knockout Trophy (1) – 2007

Grounds

Suffolk plays cricket at a variety of grounds across the county. In 2024, home matches were played at Wamil Way in Mildenhall, Old London Road at

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near

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, ...

, the Victory Ground at

, at Ipswich School, and at Friar's Street in Sudbury. The Victory Ground has been in use by the county since 1934, with Ipswich School first used for a county match the following year. Between 1904 and 1904 the side played 101 Minor Counties Championship matches at the Town Ground in

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, the most it has played at any ground.

References

External links

Club website

Minor Counties Cricket Association Official Site

Play Cricket
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