Category: History

Grantchester Cricket Club AGM, February 23 2020, The Secretary’s Report

Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to present the ninth Secretary’s Report of the reformed Grantchester Cricket Club. We have completed our eighth playing season at Spring Lane which continues to improve under the stewardship of Steve Wilson and Jerry Greggain. We thank Michael Ades for his assistance in cutting the outfield. We …

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Thiepval, 11th November, 2018

An occasional series of GCC accessories spotted out and about across the globe…

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GCC 21st Century All-Time Bowling Statistics

Following on from the Batting List, hereby the GCC 21st Century All-Time Bowling Statistics!!

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GCC All Time Batting Statistics*

Resplendent in Buckskin

Some idle statistics for the absolute sake of it and some vital questions to ponder…

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Trumpington Cricket Club History

This article was kindly sent to us by Wendy Roberts of the Trumpington Local History Group. It covers the history of Trumpington’ Cricket Club from 1874 to 1983 and on several occasions as you will see Trumpington and Grantchester amalgamated so it is part of our history too!

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The History of Grantchester Cricket Part II: 1850 – 1870

In the first part of this occasional series we looked at Grantchester Cricket in the 1840’s and saw an established club playing regular fixtures against nearby villages and town sides. In addition the newspaper reports of the time tell of abandoned matches, “an excellent dinner of which 51 partook” and a suggestion that the Grantchester players may …

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Grantchester Cricket in the 1980’s

Blue Ball cricket in the early 1980’s was a pretty casual affair made up from an eclectic mix of individuals from Cambridge and surrounding villages. Pete Brauer was captain though we always called him Pete “Man” because when he first turned up to play when asked his name replied “Its Pete, man.” He skippered for quite …

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The History of Grantchester Cricket Part 1: “The Early Years”

The first definite record of cricket in Grantchester comes from 1843 when the Cambridge Independent Press (and when did we last have one of those?) reported that, “On Thursday 3rd August, Grantchester played Sawston” and, “stumps being pitched at 11.00 the game commenced”.  This is the earliest existing record but I think it’s reasonable to assume that if …

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