Wiltshire County Cricket Club

Wiltshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Wiltshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.

The club is based at Swindon and plays matches around the county at Trowbridge, Corsham, Westbury and Salisbury (South Wilts CC).

The Minor Counties play three-day matches at a level below that of the first-class game. At present, Wiltshire competes in the Western Division of the Minor Counties Championship.

Honours

* Minor Counties Championship (2) - 1902, 1909; shared (0) -
* MCCA Knockout Trophy (0) -

Earliest cricket

Cricket probably reached Wiltshire by the end of the 17th century. According to Bowen, the first reference to cricket in Wiltshire was in 1769.

Origin of club

A county organisation was formed on 24 February 1881. The present Wiltshire CCC was founded in January 1893, and joined the Minor Counties Championship for the 1897 season, competing every season since then.

Club history

Wiltshire has won the Minor Counties Championship twice, in 1902 and 1909.

Wiltshire has never won the MCCA Knockout Trophy since its inception in 1983.

Famous players

The following Wiltshire cricketers also made an impact on the first-class game:
* Jim Smith (cricketer)
* Beverley Lyon
* Jonathon Lewis

References

External sources

* [http://wiltshirecricketboard.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp Wiltshire CCC]
* [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/NATIONAL/ENG/MINOR/MCCA/ Minor Counties Cricket Association Official Site]

Further reading

* Rowland Bowen, "Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development", Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
* E W Swanton (editor), "Barclays World of Cricket", Guild, 1986

* Playfair Cricket Annual – various editions
* Wisden Cricketers Almanack – various editions