Monmouth Cricket Club
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| Personnel | |
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| Captain | Ben Turner |
| Chairman | Mike Maguire |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 1838 or earlier |
| Home ground | Chippenham Sports Ground |
| Official website: | monmouth |
Monmouth Cricket Club is based at Chippenham Sports Ground in Monmouth Wales.
In 2012 Monmouth Cricket Club will be competing in the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire League playing in Division Three.
The club runs four junior sides, an U15s, U13s, U11s and U9s, which for the first time in 2012 will also be playing in the Welsh pyramid set-up.
Monmouth has had a cricket club since at least 1838. Monmouth was fielding a Cricket Team from 1835 its members were drawn from the local Monmouth wealthy and their employees. In 1839, When Monmouth played the Forest Of Dean, both sides agreed to draw players from subscribing members only, ending the practice of bringing in crack players for individual matches.
Matches were played on alternate Thursdays. In the early days it was customary for the home team to entertain and the visitors and also provide a mean between innings. This had a detrimental affect on the players abilities. After the 1850s the food was served following the game.
The bowling was performed with under arm throwing during the early years. In 1856 Monmouth secured the bowling services of James Lillywhite as a coach and bowler who introduced overarm bowling and according to Keith Kissack was probably related to the Sussex round arm bowler W Lillywhite who pioneered such bowling in the 1830s.
In 1866 Gloucestershire went on tour in to play Ross, Hereford and Monmouth. The tour was intended to encourage Cricket in the Area. The Match was played on the Beaufort Field. The Gloucestershire team included three of the Graces:- G.F. Grace aged 16, W.G. Grace aged 18 and E. M. Grace aged 25. W.G. Grace had recently scored 224 not out against Surrey and the bat he used against Monmouth had a Silver Shield on it recording the achievement. W.G. Grace was bowled first ball by J.S.Hood. According to the Monmouth Beacon the ball was bowled Knee-high ne plus ultra which implied the ball was bowled under arm.
In 1870 Agincourt Cricket Club was the main Monmouth cricket club in Monmouth which was formed by a breakaway group of the Monmouth Cricket Club. Charles Henry Crompton-Roberts established Monmouth's first cricket ground in Drybridge Park in 1874. In 1874 they beat the Combined Universities XI. In 1875, he staged the first of his Annual Cricket Weeks. The event became very popular and in 1883, thanks to the recent arrival of the railways, Drybridge Park hosted a game between the Combined Universities and The world.
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