Godalming Cricket Club

Godalming Cricket Club plays home matches at Holloway Hill Sports Association's recreation ground, Godalming, Surrey with clubhouse facilities in the pavilion. The current chairman is Helen Ross and the club captain is John Milner. [ [http://godalming.play-cricket.com/home/aboutUs.asp| GCC home site] ] . It is a CASC registered club with HM Revenue and Customs. [ [http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/casc/g.htm| HMRC community amateur sports clubs] ]

Godalming is notable as one of the early venues for cricket which has been played there throughout the 19th century, [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/0/394.html| 1821 v MCC] ] [ [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/0/421.html| 1825 v MCC] ] [ [http://www.newspaperdetectives.co.uk/master1865S.htm| newspaper archive] ] and indeed since 1767. [ [http://www.whichclub.co.uk/showclub.asp?cid=1322| reference from "Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket" by G.B.Buckley] ]

Julius Caesar began has illustrious career with Godalming Cricket Club where he attracted local press attention at age 16, in the Surrey Gazette. He helped Godalming beat Surrey at the Oval in 1849, aged 18, by making scoes of 67 and 46.

In August 2004 GCC played an Old England XI including John Lever, Derek Randall and Derek Underwood. This was a charity event to raise funds for Chace Children's Hospice. [ [http://www.davidjohnbennett.co.uk/hhsa/pdf/Chase_Letter.pdf| letter announcing the event] ]

In February 2006, an arson attack destroyed the pavilion in nearby Thursley. Within hours, Godalming Cricket Club had offered the use of its facilities to Thursley Cricket Club. [ [http://www.surreyad.co.uk/news/godalming/96/96725/arson_attack_ruins_old_cricket_pavilion| Surrey Advertiser report] ]

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