Cornwall County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor

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clubs within the domestic

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structure of

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and

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. It represents the historic county of

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. The team has played in the Minor Counties Championship since 1904 and became champions in 2012. They also play in the

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. Cornwall played List A matches occasionally from 1970 until 2004 but is not classified as a List A team ''per se''. The club play home matches at various venues including Roskear in Camborne, Trescobeas in Falmouth, Boscawen Park in

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and Wheal Eliza ground in St Austell.

History

Earliest cricket in Cornwall

The first recorded mention of cricket in Cornwall is an advertisement in the '' Sherborne Mercury'' on 18 June 1781 for the sale of cattle at

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, near

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. The advertisement was dated 14 June 1781 and signed by Nathaniel Long and finished with a note, viz ''The evening of the same day will be circketed for a very handsome silver-laced hat.'' According to Bowen (1970) a county organisation is known to have existed in 1813 and the first cricket club in Cornwall was known as the Cornish Cricket Club of

. The club moved to a new ground at Bosvigo, near Treyew, in 1844, and at about this time the name of the club was changed to Truro Cricket Club. A number of clubs were formed in the 1820s and for the first time regular inter-club matches took place, as well as the matches within towns such as Over Thirties v Under Thirties and Married v Singles. By the 1850s the large Cornish land-owning families, such as the Fortescue family of Boconnoc and the Agar-Robartes of Lanhydrock began to encourage the game, and between 1858 and 1870 many of the best English players toured Cornwall with teams such as the "All England Eleven", "North of England Eleven" and the "United Eleven of All England". In 1859 Cornwall lost to the Gentlemen of Devon and matches continued for a few years but were stopped following heavy Cornish defeats; Cornwall did beat Devon by an innings and 29 runs in 1887. Compared with other places, the lack of public schools seems to have held back the development of cricket, but by 1900 there were over one hundred and sixty clubs in Cornwall.

Origin and history of CCC

The present Cornwall CCC was founded on 11 November 1894 at a meeting presided by Lord Robartes at the Talbot Hotel,

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. Fifteen affiliated clubs and 114 subscribers contributed £151 6s 0d towards the new club. The first match was played against

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on 22–23 July 1895 and they first competed in the Minor Counties Championship in 1904, appearing every year since with the exception of 1920. Cornwall won the Minor Counties Championship for the first time in their history in 2012, beating Buckinghamshire in the final. In 2015 Cornwall won the Unicorn Knockout Trophy beating

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by 7 wickets at Sir Paul Getty's Ground, Wormsley, Buckinghamshire.

Honours

* Minor Counties Championship (1) 2012 * Unicorns Knockout Trophy (1) 2015

Notable players

:''See

List of Cornwall CCC players Cornwall County Cricket Club was formed in 1894, and first competed in the Minor Counties Championship in 1904. Their first appearance in List A cricket was in 1970, and in total they have played seventeen matches, making four Gillette Cup, five ...

and :Cornwall cricketers'' The following Cornwall cricketers have played in the first-class game: * Jack Crapp * Anthony Penberthy *

Ryan Driver Ryan Craig Driver (born 30 April 1979) is an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire and Lancashire around the turn of the 21st century. He has captained the Jersey cricket team. Driver was born in Truro, Cornwall, ...

* Carl Gazzard * Pasty Harris * Robin Harvey * Charlie Shreck * Michael Munday * Jack Richards * Jake Libby * Lewis Goldsworthy * Liam Norwell

References

External links

Cornwall County Cricket Club website
{{Minor counties 1894 establishments in England Cricket in Cornwall National Counties cricket Cricket clubs established in 1894 Sports clubs in Cornwall