Sawbridgeworth Cricket Club is a

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club located in

Sawbridgeworth Sawbridgeworth is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, close to the border with Essex. It is east of Hertford and north of Epping. It is the northernmost part of the Greater London Built-up Area. History Prior to the Norman ...

, Hertfordshire, England. The main ground is at Town Fields in the centre of Sawbridgeworth, behind Bell Street, the main commercial street in the town. The club's second ground is situated at The Leventhorpe School, to the north of the town.

Club history

Cricket was probably first-played in Sawbridgeworth in the eighteenth century, however the first definite match was in 1823 when two games were played against Saffron Walden. The town had an informal cricket team for many years, home matches played at Pishiobury Park, until the vicar of Sawbridgeworth's Great St Mary's Church, Reverend Arthur Drummond, formed a more formal club in 1862. The first permanent ground was at Rowney Field, and the club moved to Town Fields in 1877.

Honours

*Hertfordshire League winners - 1984, 2003 (Div 1) *Hertfordshire Cup winners - 2003 *Hertfordshire Plate winners - 2004 *Hertfordshire T20 winners - 2015 *Hertfordshire Second XI Championship winners - 1975

Club Records (All Games 1862-2019)

*Most Appearances - Ted Levey (1,776) *Most Runs - Ted Levey (43,703) *Most Wickets - Ernie Clarke (1,320) *Highest Innings Total - 428-3 declared, 23 August 2002 versus Essex Tools at Town Fields *Highest Individual Score - Matt Birch (223)

Notable players

* Ryan Cunningham * Andrew Richardson{{Cite web, url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52827.html, title=Andrew Richardson, website=Cricinfo

References

Sources

*A Brief History Of Sawbridgeworth Cricket Club, 1984 *''Sawbridgeworth Cricket Club - The First 100 Years'', R. T. Furber, 1997 *Scoring Records of Sawbridgeworth Cricket Club, Richard M. White, 1984–2006 *''Harlow Citizen'' Newspaper, 15 December 1967.

External links

Sawbridgeworth Cricket Club
Club cricket teams in England 1862 establishments in England Sawbridgeworth