Weston-super-Mare Cricket Club

Weston-super-Mare Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club based in the town of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. Since the clubs formation in 1845, they have nurtured a number of players who have gone on to play for Somerset County Cricket Club and a select few who have gone on to play for the England Cricket Team. The first team currently play in the West of England Premier League, an ECB Premier League, the highest level of recreational club cricket in England and Wales. In 2007, the club finished in third place.

The club's finest hour came in 1986, when they were runners-up in the ECB National Club Cricket Championship, losing to Stourbridge at Lords.

The club's home matches are played at The Devonshire Road Ground in Weston-super-Mare, which has hosted two List A matches involving Somerset in the John Player League, and several other matches involving Somerset's Second XI. [cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/833.html |title=Devonshire Park Ground, Weston-super-Mare |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2008-10-10]

Current and former players

*Brian Rose - formerly of Somerset County Cricket Club and England, currently Somerset Director of Cricket
*Robert Turner - formerly of Somerset and England A
*Robin d'Souza - currently of the Goa cricket team
*Jon Moss - formerly of Victorian Bushrangers and Derbyshire
*Peter Trego - Currently of Somerset, formerly of Kent and Middlesex
*Michael Munday - Currently of Somerset

References

External links

* [http://www.wsmcc.play-cricket.com Weston-super-Mare Cricket Club] - official site
* [http://www.westofengland.play-cricket.com West of England Premier League] - official site
* [http://www.nscl.play-cricket.com North Somerset Cricket League] - official site