Glastonbury Cricket Club is an

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club based in

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. The club's first team plays in the

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, the highest level for recreational

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in England and Wales.

History

The first record of a cricket club representing Glastonbury is from 1893, when they played host to

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at the Morlands Athletic Ground,

. The home side won by seven wickets with a match-winning performance by 'R Laver', who claimed six Weston-super-Mare wickets, and then top-scored for Glastonbury in their reply with 54. Laver continued to star for Glastonbury in the three recorded matches from 1894, taking seven wickets against Wells, six against

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, and five against Bridgwater. He claimed five wickets again in 1899, their next recorded match, against Wincanton. In 1986, the Morlands Athletic Ground was renamed the Tor Leisure Ground. Glastonbury played in the Somerset League from at least 1990 until 2002, when they were divisional champions, earning promotion to the Bristol & Somerset Division. They won this division at the first attempt in 2003. Despite finishing with fewer points than Midsomer Norton, they had a higher average number of points due to having one more match cancelled. Playing in Premier Two in 2004, Glastonbury finished top of their league for the third successive season, gaining promotion to the

Premier One division.

Honours

- Premier One **Runners-Up: 2005, 2008 *West of England Premier League — Premier Two **Champions: 2004 *West of England Premier League — Bristol & Somerset Division **Champions: 2003 *West of England Premier League — Somerset Division **Champions: 2002 * Somerset Major Cup **Champions: 2006, 2007, 2013 **Runners-Up: 2008, 2009

Players

Current squad

List of professional former players

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(Lancashire)

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(Somerset)

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(Sussex)

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(Northamptonshire)

Wes Durston Wesley John Durston (born 6 October 1980) is an English cricketer who most recently played for Derbyshire, having represented Somerset between 1999 and 2009, and the Unicorns during the 2010 season. He learnt his cricket at Millfield School and ...

(Derbyshire)
James Hildreth (Somerset)
Cameron Steel (Middlesex)
Gareth Andrews (Worcestershire)

Records & Statistics

Team records

*Played: 312 *Wins: 176 *Loses: 106 *No Result/Abandoned: 30

Batting

*Most runs: 4,485 –

*Best average: 54.04 –

*Highest individual score: 214 –

*Most fifties: 21 –

*Most centuries: 13 –

Bowling

*Most wickets: 266 – Robert Travers *Best average: 9.13 – Christopher Slocombe *Best bowling: 8/71 – Andrew Barron *Best strike rate: 18.34 –

*Best economy rate: 2.54 – David Beal

Fielding

*Most catches (Outfield): 77 – Steven Spencer *Most catches(Wicket-Keeping): 57 – Justin Lisk *Most stumpings: 25 – Justin Lisk *Most run outs: 12 – Steven Spencer
All statistics & records as of 23 March 2014.

Club officials

Committee

* Patron: Joel Garner * Chairman: Heather Hall * Honorary Treasurer: Stephanie Berry * Honorary Secretary: Gabrielle Owen *Advisor: Steve Dickens *Club Captain: Stephen Keates *Head Groundsman: Keith Tooze & Bob Taylor

Coaching staff

* Director of Cricket: David Beal * 1st team coach: Andy Gibbens * 1st team captain: Matt Shawcross * 2nd team captain: Chris Herbert * 3rd team captain: Ian Odam *Under 15s team manager: David Beal *Under 13s team manager: David Gooch *Under 11s A team manager: Zoe Smeed *Under 11s B team manager: Jerry Dalton

References

External links

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