Norfolk County Cricket Club
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| Captain: |
 George Walker |
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| Founded: | 1876 |
| Home ground: | Manor Park, Horsford |
| Minor Counties wins: | 5 (including 2 shared) |
| MCCA Trophy wins: | 5 |
| Official website: | Norfolk CCC |
Norfolk County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Norfolk.
The team is currently a member of the Minor Counties Championship Eastern Division and plays in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. Norfolk played List A matches occasionally until 2004 but is not classified as a List A team. The club's main home venue is Manor Park, Horsford to the north of Norwich, although it has used other locations throughout the county.
Cricket may have reached Norfolk by the end of the 17th century. The earliest reference to cricket in the county is dated 1745. The first county match played by the team was Norfolk v Suffolk at Bury St Edmunds Race Course on Thursday 23 August 1764, which was won by Norfolk. This was reported in the Gazetteer & London Daily Advertiser on Tuesday 28 August. More games against Suffolk followed.
A number of teams representing the county existed in the 18th and 19th centuries. The first noted Norfolk club of the 19th century was that based at Holt and the Norfolk v MCC match of 1820, in which William Ward made a then world record score of 278, was in fact the Holt Club with E. H. Budd, Thomas Vigne and Felix Ladbroke as given men. This was a "borderline" match in terms of its status but, because of its historical significance it has important match status. In any case, the addition of the three given men raised the standard of the Holt/Norfolk team above the general run of Holt matches. The Holt club declined from the mid-1820s.
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