Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county 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

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of ...

. Founded in 1870, Gloucestershire have always been first-class and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The club played its first senior match in 1870 and W. G. Grace was their

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. The club plays home games at the

Bristol County Ground The Bristol County Ground (also known as Nevil Road and currently known as the Seat Unique Stadium for sponsorship reasons) is a senior cricket venue in Bristol, England. It is in the district of Ashley Down. The ground is home to Gloucestershir ...

in the Bishopston area of north

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. A number of games are also played at the Cheltenham Cricket Festival at the

College Ground, Cheltenham The College Ground is a cricket ground in the grounds of Cheltenham College in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Gloucestershire County Cricket Club have played more than 300 first-class and more than 70 List A matches there. It also hosted ...

and matches have also been played at the

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cricket festival at

The King's School, Gloucester The King's School is a co-educational independent day school in Gloucester, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It traces its heritage to a monastic school founded in the 11th century in the cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral. It became ...

. Gloucestershire's most famous players have been W. G. Grace, whose father founded the club, and

Wally Hammond Walter Reginald Hammond (19 June 1903 – 1 July 1965) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed cap ...

, who scored 113 centuries for them. The club has had two notable periods of success: in the 1870s when it was unofficially acclaimed as the

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on at least three occasions, and from 1999 to 2006 when it won seven limited overs trophies, notably a ‘double double’ in 1999 and 2000 (both the Benson and Hedges Cup and the C&G Trophy in both seasons), and the Sunday League in 2000.

Honours

First XI honours

* Champion County (3) – 1874, 1876, 1877, shared (1) – 1873 * County Championship (0) :''Runners-up (6): 1930, 1931, 1947, 1959, 1969, 1986'' * Royal London One-Day Cup (1) – 2015 * Sunday/National League/Pro40 (1) – 2000 :''Runners-up (2): 1988, 2003'' :''Division Two (2): 2002, 2006'' * Gillette/NatWest/C&G Trophy (5) – 1973, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, :''Semi-finalists (5): 1968, 1971, 1975, 1987, 2009'' * Benson & Hedges Cup (3) – 1977, 1999, 2000 :''Finalists (1): 2001'' :''Semi-finalists (1): 1972'' * Twenty20 Cup - :''Finalists (1): 2007'' :''Semi-finalists (1): 2003, 2020''

Second XI honours

* Second XI Championship (1) – 1959

Earliest cricket

Cricket probably reached Gloucestershire by the end of the 17th century. It is known that the related sport of "Stow-Ball" ''aka'' "Stob-Ball" was played in the county during the 16th century. In this game, the bat was called a "stave". See Alice B Gomme : ''The Traditional Games of England, Scotland and Ireland''. A game in

on 22 September 1729 is the earliest definite reference to cricket in the county. From then until the founding of the county club, very little has been found outside parish cricket.

Origin of club

In the early 1840s, Dr Henry Grace and his brother-in-law Alfred Pocock founded the Mangotsfield Cricket Club which merged in 1846 with the West Gloucestershire Cricket Club, whose name was adopted until 1867, after which it became the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.Rae, p.89. Grace hoped that Gloucestershire would join the first-class county clubs but the situation was complicated in 1863 by the formation of a rival club called the Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Cricket Club. Dr Grace's club played Gloucestershire's initial first-class match ''versus''

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in Bristol on 2, 3 & 4 June 1870. Gloucestershire joined the (unofficial)

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at this time but the existence of the Cheltenham club seems to have forestalled the installation of its "constitutional trappings". The Cheltenham club was wound up in March 1871 and its chief officials accepted positions in the hierarchy of Gloucestershire. So, although the exact details and dates of the county club's foundation are uncertain, it has always been assumed that the year was 1870 and the club celebrated its centenary in 1970. What is certain is that Dr Grace was able to form the county club because of its playing strength, especially his three sons WG, EM and

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Club history

The early history of Gloucestershire is dominated by the Grace family, most notably

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, who was the club's original captain and held that post until his departure for London in 1899. His brother E M Grace, although still an active player, was the original club secretary. With the Grace brothers and Billy Midwinter in their team, Gloucestershire won three

titles in the 1870s. Since then Gloucestershire's fortunes have been mixed and they have never won the official

. They struggled in the pre-war years of the County Championship because their best batsmen, apart from Gilbert Jessop and briefly Charlie Townsend, were very rarely available. The bowling, except when Townsend did sensational things on sticky wickets in late 1895 and late 1898, was very weak until

George Dennett Edward George Dennett (27 April 1879 – 15 September 1937) was a left arm spinner for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club between 1903 and 1926, and from his figures could be considered one of the best bowlers never to play Test cricket. Ow ...

emerged – then it had the fault of depending far too much on him.

, who still holds many of the county's batting records formed part of an occasionally strong inter-war team, although the highest championship finish during this period was second in 1930 and 1931, when

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and Tom Goddard formed a devastating spin attack. Outstanding players since the war include

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, "Jack" Russell and overseas players

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and

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Dominance in one-day cricket (1999–2004)

Gloucestershire was very successful in one-day cricket in the late 1990s and early 2000s winning several titles under the captaincy of

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and coaching of John Bracewell. The club operated on a small budget and was famed as a team greater than the sum of its parts, boasting few international stars. Gloucestershire's overall knockout record between 1999 and 2002 was 28 wins and seven losses from 37 games, including 16 wins from 18 at the

. The club's run of success started by defeating

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to win the Benson & Hedges Super Cup in 1999 before then beating neighbours

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in the

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final at

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. In 2000 Gloucestershire completed a hat-trick of one-day titles, winning all the domestic limited overs tournaments, the

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, the

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and the Sunday League in the same season. The club maintained its success winning the C&G Trophy in 2003 and 2004, beating

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in the final on both occasions.

Recent years (2006–present)

The club's captain for the 2006 season, Jon Lewis, became the first Gloucestershire player for nearly 10 years to play for

at Test match level, when he was picked to represent his country in the Third Test against

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in June 2006. His figures in the first innings were 3–68, including a wicket in his very first over in Test cricket, and he was widely praised for his debut performance. Following the retirement of several key players, such as "Jack" Russell and

, Gloucestershire's fortunes declined. The club subsequently stripped back its playing budget as it looked to finance the redevelopment of the

in order to maintain Category B status and secure future international games at their home ground. Performances suffered and despite reaching the final of the 2007 Twenty20 Cup, losing narrowly to Kent, the club failed to win any major trophies for a decade. In 2013 Gloucestershire stopped using 'Gloucestershire Gladiators' as its limited-overs name. Gloucestershire won their first major silverware for 11 years in 2015, overcoming favoured

to win the

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in the final at

. Captain

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, who flew back from Australia to play in the semi-final win over

, was named the tournament's MVP scoring 531 runs at an average of over 106.

Rivalries

Gloucestershire contest one of English cricket's fiercest rivalries, the West Country derby against

, which usually draws the biggest crowd of the season for either team. Traditionally, the boundary between the counties is drawn by the River Avon. Although Gloucestershire CCC's home ground is in Bristol, which straddles the Avon (and has been a county in its own right since 1373), many people from south Bristol favour Somerset CCC despite the fact the club plays its home games much further away in

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. However, in the past

have played first-class matches at venues in the south of Bristol.

Grounds

The club's debut home match in first-class cricket was played at

in the

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district of

. This was the only time the county used this venue for a match. The following year Gloucestershire began to play matches at the

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in the grounds of

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in the same part of the city, and this remained a regular venue for the county until the 1930s, hosting nearly 100 first-class matches. In 1872 the county used a venue outside Bristol for the first time when they played at the College Ground in the grounds of

Cheltenham College ("Work Conquers All") , established = , closed = , type = Public school Independent School Day and Boarding School , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Head , head = Nicola Hugget ...

. This venue has continued to be used regularly for the county's annual "Cheltenham festival" event, which in the modern era incorporates additional charity events and off-field entertainment. In 1889 Gloucestershire began to play matches at the

in Bristol, which has subsequently served as the club's main headquarters and hosted the majority of the county's matches. It was here that the club played its first List A match in 1963 against

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, and its first Twenty20 match forty years later against

have played first-class matches at other venues in the city. In the 1920s Gloucestershire ceased playing at the

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, which had been in use since 1882, and switched to the Wagon Works Ground in the city. This ground remained in use for nearly 70 years, hosting over 150 first-class matches, before its use was discontinued in 1992. In 2012 the club investigated the possibility of returning to the Wagon Works Ground and making it their permanent headquarters after being refused permission for extensive redevelopment of the County Ground in Bristol, but ultimately this did not occur. In 1993, the club moved its base in Gloucester to

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, a ground owned by The King's School. This venue was only used for first-class matches until 2008 but was used for four Twenty20 matches in 2010 and 2011, the most recent county games to take place in the city. All subsequent matches have taken place in either Bristol or Cheltenham.

Players

Current squad

* No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt. * denotes players with international caps. Source
Cricinfo

International players

Among the international players who have represented Gloucestershire are: *

* E M Grace * Fred Grace * Billy Midwinter * Gilbert Jessop *

* Tom Goddard * Sam Cook *

Arthur Milton Clement Arthur Milton (10 March 1928 – 25 April 2007)
...

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* David Lawrence * Jack Russell *

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* Ian Butler *

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* James Franklin *

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* Andrew Tye * Peter Handscomb *

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Club captains

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1870–1898
(Longest Serving Captain) *

WG Grace William Gilbert Grace (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely considered one of its greatest players. He played first-class cricket for a record-equal ...

, W Troup 1899 * GL Jessop 1900–1912 * COH Sewell 1913–1914 * Sir FG Robinson 1919–1921 * PFC Williams 1922–1923 * DC Robinson : 1924–1926 * WH Rowlands 1927–1928 * BH Lyon 1929–1934 * DAC Page 1935–1936 * BO Allen 1937–1938 * WR Hammond 1939–1946 * BO Allen 1947–1950 * Sir DTL Bailey 1951–1952 * JF Crapp 1953–1954 * GM Emmett 1955–1958 * TW Graveney 1959–1960 * CTM Pugh 1961–1962 * JKR Graveney 1963–1964 * JB Mortimore 1965–1967 * CA Milton 1968 * AS Brown 1969–1976 * MJ Procter 1977–1981 * DA Graveney 1982–1988 * CWJ Athey 1989 *

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1990–1992 * AJ Wright, CA Walsh 1993 * CA Walsh 1994 * RC Russell 1995 * CA Walsh 1996 * MW Alleyne 1997–2003 * CG Taylor 2004–2005 * J Lewis 2006–2008 * APR Gidman 2009–2012 * M Klinger 2013–2014 * GO Jones 2015 * GH Roderick 2016-2017 * CDJ Dent 2018-2021 * GL van Buuren 2022 to dat

Records

Most first-class runs for Gloucestershire
Qualification – 20,000 run

Most first-class wickets for Gloucestershire
Qualification – 1,000 wicket

Team totals * Highest total for – 695–9 declared v. Middlesex, Archdeacon Meadow, Gloucester, 2004 * Highest total against – 774–7 declared by the Australians, Bristol, 1948 * Lowest total for – 17 v. the Australians, Cheltenham (Spa), 22 August 1896 * Lowest total against – 12 by Northamptonshire, Gloucester, 1907 Batting * Highest score – 341 Craig Spearman v. Middlesex, Gloucester, 2004 * Most runs in season – 2,860 W. R. Hammond, 1933 * Most hundreds in career – 113 W. R. Hammond, 1920–1951 Best partnership for each wicket * 1st – 395 D. M. Young & R. B. Nicholls v. Oxford University, Oxford, 1962 * 2nd – 256 C. T. M. Pugh & T. W. Graveney v. Derbyshire, Chesterfield, 1960 * 3rd – 392 A. P. R. Gidman & G. H. Roderick v. Leicestershire, Bristol, 2014 * 4th – 321 W. R. Hammond & W. L. Neale v. Leicestershire, Gloucester, 1937 * 5th – 261 W. G. Grace & William Moberly, WO Moberly v. Yorkshire, Cheltenham, 1876 * 6th – 320 G. L. Jessop & J. H. Board v. Sussex, Hove, 1903 * 7th – 248 W. G. Grace & E. L. Thomas v. Sussex, Hove, 1896 * 8th – 239 W. R. Hammond & A. E. Wilson v. Lancashire, Bristol, 1938 * 9th – 193 W. G. Grace & S. A. P. Kitcat v. Sussex, Bristol, 1896 * 10th – 137 L. C. Norwell & C. N. Miles v. Worcestershire, Cheltenham, 2014 Bowling * Best bowling – 10–40 E. G. Dennett v. Essex, Bristol, 1906 * Best match bowling – 17–56 C. W. L. Parker v. Essex, Gloucester, 1925 * Wickets in season – 222 T. W. J. Goddard, 1937 and 1947

Shirt sponsors

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References

Bibliography

* H S Altham, ''A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914)'', George Allen & Unwin, 1962 *

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, ''A Social History of English Cricket'', Aurum, 1999 *

Rowland Bowen Major Rowland Francis Bowen (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978) was a British Army officer and a cricket researcher, historian and writer. Educated at Westminster School, Bowen received an emergency commission in April 1942 into the In ...

, ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development'', Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970 * Simon Rae, ''W G Grace'', Faber & Faber, 1998 * J R Webber, ''The Chronicle Of W.G.'', The Association Of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, 1998 *

Roy Webber Roy Webber (died 14 November 1962 aged 48) was a British cricket scorer and statistician. After World War II, in which he served with the Royal Air Force, he decided to turn what had been his hobby into his profession. He had the necessary profi ...

, ''The Playfair Book of Cricket Records'', Playfair Books, 1951 *

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– various editions *

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– various editions

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