Gravesend Cricket Club
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| Established | 1880 |
| Home venue | Bat and Ball Ground |
Gravesend Cricket Club is a cricket club which currently plays in Division 2 of the Kent Cricket League. The club was formed in 1880 and plays at the Bat and Ball Ground which has been around for over 150 years (since 1848). First Class Cricket was played at "The Bat" (as it is affectionately known) by Kent County Cricket Club and its Second XI. The highest ever score on the ground came from W.G.Grace with 257 for Gloucestershire in 1895, and the most wickets in a match coming from Tich Freeman for Kent in 1931. The club currently has four running league teams, as well as a 5th XI which play friendly matches. Also, the club operates an exciting youth section with teams ranging from U11 to U17 (with the exceptions of U14 and 16). In Autumn 2011, the club was awarded the ECB "Clubmark" status which acknowledges the colts section of the club.
There are three different grounds which are used every week during the season by the four operating league sides, whilst the Fifth XI play all of their games away, apart from one game which is annually played at the Bat n Ball against Detling CC. These grounds are:
In the 2010 season, the First XI was pushing for promotion from Division 3 of the Kent Cricket League and after a brilliant season, were promoted as champions. No doubt, the club were very grateful from the help of Jamaica national cricket team player Yannick Elliott who got 37 wickets and 588 runs during the campaign as the club's overseas player. The rest of the 1st XI were also brilliant during the season altogether (including Yannick Elliott) accumulating 137 wickets and 2873 runs.
The 2011 season was going to show to be a tough season in Division 2 for the First XI. However, the club managed 4 wins in the first 6 games of the season and were comfortably out of the relegation zone, sitting in the top half of the table. Despite this they went on to lose their next 6 games whilst two were abandoned. They avoided relegation by managing to win two out of the last four games and as a result, they finished 7th in the league with 167 points, 13 points above the relegation zone.
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