Suffolk county cricket teams were the

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teams that represented the historic county of

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before the first official formation of Suffolk County Cricket Club in 1864. The earliest known reference to cricket in Suffolk is from 1743 and the first mention of a Suffolk representative team is in 1764, with Suffolk playing against

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racecourse on 23 August. Norfolk won this match, which was reported in the '' Gazetteer & London Daily Advertiser'' on Tuesday 28 August. Suffolk played two further matches against Norfolk on 10 and 12 September at Scole, Norfolk. A team representative of Suffolk is next recorded as playing in 1827 against the

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(MCC). It was during this time that the Bury St Edmunds club became prominent, its reputation enhanced when

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joined in 1824. It was the Bury Club, as it was often called,ACS, ''Important Matches, pp. 14–15. playing under the name of Suffolk, that played two

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against MCC in 1830, one at

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and the other at Field Lane, Bury St Edmunds. In 1847 Suffolk played two more first-class matches against MCC at the same venues. Teams representative of Suffolk continued to play minor matches until at least 1859, when an

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played the county. The original Suffolk County Cricket Club was formed on 27 July 1864. It was reconstituted in 1932 and has always been a minor county team.

Players

:''See :Suffolk cricketers''

References

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