East Molesey Cricket Club is a

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club in

Molesey Molesey is a district of two twin towns, East Molesey and West Molesey, in the Borough of Elmbridge, Surrey, England, and is situated on the south bank of the River Thames. East and West Molesey share a high street, and there is a second retai ...

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. It was established in 1871, although cricket has been played at the

Moulsey Hurst Moulsey Hurst is in West Molesey, Surrey on the south bank of the River Thames above Molesey Lock. It is one of England's oldest sporting venues and was used in the 18th and 19th centuries for cricket, boxing, prizefighting and other sports. T ...

since 1731.Welcome to East Molesey Cricket Club Cricket on the Hurst since 1730
/ref> East Molesey's current ground, 'The Memorial Ground', has been the home for the Surrey club since the late 19th century and is situated just outside the town centre, sitting right on the bank of the

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. They currently compete in the

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, the Club Cricket Conference Cup, the Bertie Joel Cup and the Thameside Sunday League.

History

In 1795, the first ever recorded LBW decision was made at

, 500 metres from the site of the current ground. In the 1950s, East Molesey played host to both the

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and the

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in warm up matches during their respective tours of

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. More recently, in 2003 the club organised a game with Lashings, in which many former

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players took part, including

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Richie Richardson Sir Richard Benjamin Richardson, KCN (born 12 January 1962) is a former West Indies international cricketer and a former captain of the West Indian cricket team. He was a flamboyant batsman and superb player of fast bowling. He was famous for ...

and Chris Harris. In 2011, a fantastic flurry of victories that culminated in a promotion-winning six hit by Henry Glynn meant that East Molesey were promoted back into the ECB Premier Division for the 2012 season. They reclaimed the

title for the second time in 2019, 39 years after their first triumph.

Honours

champions - 1980 *

champions - 2019 *

champions - 2021

References

External links

Surrey Championship
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