League: | Middlesex Premier League |
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1st XI captain: | Liam Hughes |
2nd XI captain: | Hanish Patel |
Chairman: | Nick Brown |
City: | London |
Founded: | 1865 |
Home ground: | Lymington Road |
Middlesex Premier League wins: | 2 |
ECB National Club Cricket Championship wins: | 1 |
Hampstead Cricket Club is a cricket club in London. The team was formed in 1865, and have played their home games at Lymington Road in West Hampstead since 1877. The 1st XI play in the Middlesex Premier League which they have won twice, most recently in 2015.
In 1886, future England captain Andrew Stoddart scored a then record 485 in one day for Hampstead against Stoics. On Sunday 3 May 2015, Andrew Strauss unveiled a statue of Stoddart commemorating this event, as part of the club's 150th anniversary celebrations.
Leading nineteenth-century Australia bowler Fred Spofforth played for the club between 1891 and 1905, taking 951 wickets.
As of the start of the 2017 season, Hampstead field five senior men's teams in Saturday league cricket. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd XIs all play in the top division of their respective Middlesex League competitions, whilst the 4th and 5th XIs play in the 1987 League. The club also field 2 women's teams and numerous age-group teams.
Hampstead joined the Middlesex County League in 1980 and since then the following records have been set: