Chesterfield Cricket Club

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Chesterfield Cricket Club
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Chesterfield Cricket Club pavilion
Team information
Home ground Queen's Park, Chesterfield
History
DCCL ECB Premier Division wins1
M&DCL Section 1 wins1
Official website Chesterfield Cricket Club

Chesterfield Cricket Club is an English amateur cricket club, based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] and is a member of the Derbyshire County Cricket League. [2]

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Ground

Chesterfield's main ground, Queen's Park, includes a pavilion, 3 artificial and 2 grass net facilities. [3] Queen's Park has a proud history of annually hosting 1st Class recreation matches between 1898 - 1998. [4] On the 26 June 1948, Queen's Park hosted a County Championship match between Derbyshire and Yorkshire with a record 14,000 spectators packed into the ground. [5] Today, Chesterfield Cricket Club's 1st and 2nd XI teams use the Queen's Park pitch, rated by the Derbyshire County Cricket League as a Grade A+ ground, and the club's 3rd XI team use a pitch south of Chesterfield on Deer Park, Wingerworth, rated as a Grade B ground. [6]

History

The origins of Chesterfield Cricket Club go back to the 19th century [7] with the New Recreation Ground on Saltergate listed as their home ground. A 3-day match was recorded at the ground between Chesterfield and the 'All England Eleven' in 1869. [8] By 1894, the club was granted permission to move to Queen's Park [9] and a record shows Chesterfield playing in the Derbyshire Cricket League against Creswell Colliery, on 28 April 1900. [10] After the Second World War, Chesterfield became league champions six times between the year 1947 and 1957. Riding on their success, Chesterfield moved from the Derbyshire League and joined the Bassetlaw & District Cricket League in 1958 [9] before returning to Derbyshire in the Derbyshire Premier League in 1999. [2] The following year, the league became an ECB accredited league, where Chesterfield became League Champions in 2008. [7] In 2011, the club joined the Mansfield and District Cricket League with a Sunday 1st XI team, and became Section (Division) 1 Champions in 2021. [11]

The club have three senior teams that compete on Saturdays in the Derbyshire County Cricket League, [2] a Sunday XI in the Mansfield and District Cricket League [12] and an established junior training section that play competitive cricket in the North Derbyshire Youth Cricket League. [13]

Club Performance

The Derbyshire County Cricket League competition results showing the club's positions in the league (by Division) since 1999. [7] [14]

Key
GoldChampions
RedRelegated
GreyLeague Suspended
cont...
PPremier League
1Division 1
2Division 2
3Division 3, etc.
Derbyshire County Cricket League
Team1999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
1st XIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP11
2nd XI3B3B3B3C3N3N3N2N2N2N4N34N4N4N4N4N4N4N4N3N3NN3N3N4N
3rd XI7N7N7N7N6N8N9N9N10N

The Mansfield and District Cricket League Sunday League competition results showing the club's position (by Division) since 2011. [12]

Mansfield & District Cricket League
Team2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Sunday 1st XI6665543N2N11PP

Club Honours

League Championships
YearLeagueDivision
2008Derbyshire County Cricket LeaguePremier
2018Division 4N
2021Mansfield & District Cricket LeagueSection 1
1958Bassetlaw & District Cricket LeagueDivision 1C
1959Division 1B
1965Division 2D
1968Division 2A
1992Division 2B
1957Derbyshire Cricket LeagueDivision 1
195?
195?
195?
1948
1896
Cup wins
YearCup
2014 ECB National Club Cricket Championship
Group Champions
1996
1983
2012DCCL Premier T20
2023DCCL County T20
1983Derbyshire Building Society Cup
1982
1981
1977
1996Harry Tomlins Trophy
1995
1981
1980
1978

    Notable players

    Some notable players that have represented club and county include:

    Chesterfield CC on film

    See also

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