Until 1863, the Suffolk county cricket team, always known as Suffolk, was organised by individual patrons and other groups, in particular the Bury St Edmunds Cricket Club. It is known to have played matches, some against other county teams, from 1764 until the formation of Suffolk County Cricket Club in 1864.
The earliest known reference to cricket in Suffolk is from 1743,[1][2] and the first mention of a team called Suffolk is in 1764, when it played Norfolk at Bury St Edmunds racecourse on 23 August. Norfolk won this match, which was reported in the Gazetteer & London Daily Advertiser on Tuesday, 28 August.[3] Suffolk played two further matches against Norfolk on 10 and 12 September at Scole, Norfolk.[2]
19th century
Suffolk was next recorded in 1827, playing against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[2] It was during this time that the Bury St Edmunds club became prominent, its reputation enhanced when Fuller Pilch joined in 1824. It was the Bury Club, as it was often called,[4] playing under the name of Suffolk, that played two important matches against MCC in 1830, one at Lord's and the other at Field Lane, Bury St Edmunds.[5] In 1847, Suffolk played two more important matches against MCC at the same venues.[5]
Teams representative of Suffolk continued to play minor matches until at least 1859, when an England Eleven played the county.[2] The original Suffolk County Cricket Club was formed on 27 July 1864. It was reconstituted in 1932, and has always been a minor county team.
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