Hornchurch Cricket Club

Infobox first-class cricket team
team = Hornchurch Cricket Club


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home venue = Langton Park
established = 1783
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Hornchurch Cricket Club is based in Hornchurch, Essex and was established in 1783 [ [http://www.hornchurchcc.org/index.php?module=PostWrap&page=history.htm Hornchurch CC site] ] . The club had several good players and for the next ten years it was representative of Essex as a county, the club's name sometimes being interchangeable with that of the county in first-class scorecards.

Essex cricket faded during the Napoleonic Wars and Hornchurch played only minor matches from 1794.

Hornchurch CC today runs six Saturday teams which all compete in the Essex Premier League. Its home ground is at Harrow Lodge Park, adjacent to Langton Gardens on the site of Langton Park where Hornchurch played in the 18th century.

References

External sources

* [http://www.hornchurchcc.org/index.php?module=PostWrap&page=welcome.htm Hornchurch Cricket Club site]
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/main.html From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300 – 1787]

Further reading

* G B Buckley, "Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket", Cotterell, 1935
* Arthur Haygarth, "Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826)", Lillywhite, 1862
* H T Waghorn, "The Dawn of Cricket", Electric Press, 1906