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. The team played its first senior match in 1870, under the

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. Beginning with Grace, and his brothers E. M. and

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, many great players have represented Gloucestershire, including Gilbert Jessop,

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, Jack Russell,

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, and

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. The club has had two notable periods of success: in the 1870s, when it was unofficially acclaimed as the

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on at least three occasions; and from 1999 to 2006, when it won seven limited overs trophies, notably a 'double double' in 1999 and 2000 (the

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and the

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in both seasons), and the Sunday League in 2000. Most of Gloucestershire's home games are played at the

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in the Bishopston area of north

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. Traditionally, the county has staged cricket festivals in

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and

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, these matches being played at the

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in Cheltenham, and on Archdeacon Meadow at the King's School in Gloucester.

Honours

First XI honours

* Champion County (3) – 1874, 1876, 1877, shared (1) – 1873 * County Championship (0) :''Runners-up (6): 1930, 1931, 1947, 1959, 1969, 1986'' * Royal London/Metro Bank One-Day Cup (1) – 2015 :''Semi-finalists (1): 2023'' * Sunday/National League/Pro40 (1) – 2000 :''Runners-up (2): 1988, 2003'' :''Division Two (2): 2002, 2006'' * Gillette/NatWest/C&G Trophy (5) – 1973, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, :''Semi-finalists (5): 1968, 1971, 1975, 1987, 2009'' * Benson & Hedges Cup (3) – 1977, 1999, 2000 :''Finalists (1): 2001'' :''Semi-finalists (1): 1972'' * Twenty20 Cup (1) - 2024 :''Finalists (1): 2007'' :''Semi-finalists (2): 2003, 2020''

Second XI honours

* Second XI Championship (1) – 1959

Earliest cricket

Cricket probably reached Gloucestershire by the end of the 17th century. It is known that the related sport of "Stow-Ball" ''aka'' "Stob-Ball" was played in the county during the 16th century. In this game, the bat was called a "stave". See

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: ''The Traditional Games of England, Scotland and Ireland''. A game in

on 22 September 1729 is the earliest definite reference to cricket in the county. From then until the founding of the county club, very little has been found outside parish cricket.

Origin of club

In the early 1840s, Dr Henry Grace and his brother-in-law Alfred Pocock founded the Mangotsfield Cricket Club which merged in 1846 with the West Gloucestershire Cricket Club, whose name was adopted until 1867, after which it became the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.Rae, p. 89. Grace hoped that Gloucestershire would join the first-class county clubs but the situation was complicated in 1863 by the formation of a rival club called the Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Cricket Club. Dr Grace's club played Gloucestershire's initial first-class match ''versus''

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in Bristol on 2, 3 & 4 June 1870. Gloucestershire joined the (unofficial)

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at this time but the existence of the Cheltenham club seems to have forestalled the installation of its "constitutional trappings". The Cheltenham club was wound up in March 1871 and its chief officials accepted positions in the hierarchy of Gloucestershire. So, although the exact details and dates of the county club's foundation are uncertain, it has always been assumed that the year was 1870 and the club celebrated its centenary in 1970. What is certain is that Dr Grace was able to form the county club because of its playing strength, especially his three sons W. G., E. M. and

Club history

The early history of Gloucestershire is dominated by the

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, most notably

, who was the club's original captain and held that post until his departure for London in 1899. His brother E. M. Grace, although still an active player, was the original club secretary. With the Grace brothers and

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in their team, Gloucestershire won three

titles in the 1870s. Since then Gloucestershire's fortunes have been mixed and they have never won the official

. They struggled in the pre-war years of the County Championship because their best batsmen, apart from Gilbert Jessop and briefly

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, were very rarely available. The bowling, except when Townsend did sensational things on sticky wickets in late 1895 and late 1898, was very weak until

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emerged – then it had the fault of depending far too much on him.

, who still holds many of the county's batting records formed part of an occasionally strong inter-war team, although the highest championship finish during this period was second in 1930 and 1931, when

and

formed a devastating spin attack. Outstanding players since the war include

, "Jack" Russell and overseas players

and

Dominance in one-day cricket (1999–2004)

Gloucestershire was very successful in one-day cricket in the late 1990s and early 2000s winning several titles under the captaincy of

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and coaching of

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. The club operated on a small budget and was famed as a team greater than the sum of its parts, boasting few international stars. Gloucestershire's overall knockout record between 1999 and 2002 was 28 wins and seven losses from 37 games, including 16 wins from 18 at the

. The club's run of success started by defeating

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to win the Benson & Hedges Super Cup in 1999 before then beating neighbours

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in the

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final at

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. In 2000 Gloucestershire completed a hat-trick of one-day titles, winning all the domestic limited overs tournaments, the

, the

and the Sunday League in the same season. The club maintained its success winning the C&G Trophy in 2003 and 2004, beating

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in the final on both occasions.

Recent years (2006–present)

The club's captain for the 2006 season, Jon Lewis, became the first Gloucestershire player for nearly 10 years to play for

at Test match level, when he was picked to represent his country in the Third Test against

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in June 2006. His figures in the first innings were 3–68, including a wicket in his first over in Test cricket, and he was widely praised for his debut performance. Following the retirement of several key players, such as "Jack" Russell and

, Gloucestershire's fortunes declined. The club subsequently stripped back its playing budget as it looked to finance the redevelopment of the

in order to maintain Category B status and secure future international games at their home ground. Performances suffered and despite reaching the final of the 2007 Twenty20 Cup, losing narrowly to Kent, the club failed to win any major trophies for a decade. In 2013 Gloucestershire stopped using 'Gloucestershire Gladiators' as its limited-overs name. Gloucestershire won their first major silverware for 11 years in 2015, overcoming favoured

to win the

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in the final at

. Captain

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, who flew back from Australia to play in the semi-final win over

, was named the tournament's MVP scoring 531 runs at an average of over 106. In

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Gloucestershire broke their

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duck, winning it for the first time with wins over

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in the semi final and West Country rivals

in the final. The Shire became the first county to take 20 wickets on a single Finals Day, while David Payne became the leading pace bowling wicket taker in the history of the T20 Blast after picking up three wickets in the final.

Rivalries

Gloucestershire contest one of English cricket's fiercest rivalries, the

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against

, which usually draws the biggest crowd of the season for either team. Traditionally, the boundary between the counties is drawn by the River Avon. Although Gloucestershire CCC's home ground is in Bristol, which straddles the Avon (and has been a county in its own right since 1373), many people from south Bristol favour Somerset CCC despite the fact the club plays its home games much further away in

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. In the past,

played first-class matches at venues in the south of Bristol.

Grounds

The club's debut home match in first-class cricket was played at

in the Clifton district of

. This was the only time the county used this venue for a match. The following year Gloucestershire began to play matches at the

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in the grounds of

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in the same part of the city, and this remained a regular venue for the county until the 1930s, hosting nearly 100 first-class matches. In 1872 the county used a venue outside Bristol for the first time when they played at the

in the grounds of

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. This venue has continued to be used regularly for the county's annual "Cheltenham festival" event, which in the modern era incorporates additional charity events and off-field entertainment. In 1889 Gloucestershire began to play matches at the

in Bristol, which has subsequently served as the club's main headquarters and hosted the majority of the county's matches. It was here that the club played its first List A match in 1963 against

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, and its first Twenty20 match forty years later against

have played first-class matches at other venues in the city. In the 1920s Gloucestershire ceased playing at the Spa Ground in

, which had been in use since 1882, and switched to the

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in the city. This ground remained in use for nearly 70 years, hosting over 150 first-class matches, before its use was discontinued in 1992. In 2012 the club investigated the possibility of returning to the Wagon Works Ground and making it their permanent headquarters after being refused permission for extensive redevelopment of the County Ground in Bristol, but ultimately this did not occur. In 1993, the club moved its base in Gloucester to Archdeacon Meadow, a ground owned by The King's School. This venue was only used for first-class matches until 2008 but was used for four Twenty20 matches in 2010 and 2011, the most recent county games to take place in the city. All subsequent matches have taken place in either Bristol or Cheltenham.

Players

Current squad

* No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt. * denotes players with international caps. Source
Cricinfo

International players

Among the international players who have represented Gloucestershire are: *

* E. M. Grace *

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* Gilbert Jessop *

* Sam Cook *

Arthur Milton Clement Arthur Milton (10 March 1928 – 25 April 2007)
...

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* David Lawrence * Jack Russell *

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* Ian Butler *

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* James Franklin *

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* Kevin Curran

Club captains

1870–1898
(Longest Serving Captain) * W. G. Grace,

Walter Troup Major Walter Troup (16 October 1869 – 14 December 1940) was an English first-class cricketer who was born in the North-Western Provinces, of British India. He was a member of the inaugural All-India team. He debuted for Gloucestershire in 18 ...

1899 * Gilbert Jessop 1900–1912 * Cyril Sewell 1913–1914 *

Foster Robinson Sir Foster Gotch Robinson (19 September 1880 – 31 October 1967) was an English first-class cricketer, horse owner and businessman. Robinson was born in Sneyd Park, Bristol, to Edward Robinson and was the grandson of Elisha Smith Robinson. H ...

1919–1921 * Philip Williams 1922–1923 * Douglas Robinson : 1924–1926 * William Rowlands 1927–1928 * Bev Lyon 1929–1934 *

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1935–1936 * Basil Allen 1937–1938 *

1939–1946 * Basil Allen 1947–1950 *

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1951–1952 *

Jack Crapp John Frederick Crapp (14 October 1912 – 13 February 1981), was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire between 1936 and 1956, and played for England on tour in the winter of 1948–49. Cricket writer, ...

1953–1954 *

George Emmett George Malcolm Emmett (2 December 1912 – 18 December 1976) was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. He also played one Test match for England in 1948. Life and career George Malcolm Em ...

1955–1958 * Tom Graveney 1959–1960 * Tom Pugh 1961–1962 *

Ken Graveney John Kenneth Richard "Ken" Graveney (16 December 1924 – 25 October 2015) was an English first-class cricketer from Hexham, Northumberland, who played for and captained Gloucestershire. Graveney was a lower order left-handed batsman and a right ...

1963–1964 * John Mortimore 1965–1967 *

Arthur Milton Clement Arthur Milton (10 March 1928 – 25 April 2007)
...

1968 * Tony Brown 1969–1976 *

1977–1981 *

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1982–1988 *

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1989 * Tony Wright 1990–1992 * Tony Wright,

1993 * Courtney Walsh 1994 * Jack Russell 1995 * Courtney Walsh 1996 *

1997–2003 * Chris Taylor 2004–2005 * Jon Lewis 2006–2008 *

Alex Gidman Alexander Peter Richard Gidman (born 22 June 1981) is an English cricket coach and former cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, Gloucestershire and Worcest ...

2009–2012 *

2013–2014 *

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2015 * Gareth Roderick 2016–2017 * Chris Dent 2018–2021 * Graeme van Buuren 2022-2024 *

2025-present

Records

Most first-class runs for Gloucestershire
Qualification – 20,000 run

Most first-class wickets for Gloucestershire
Qualification – 1,000 wicket

Team totals * Highest total for – 706–6 declared v. Leicestershire, Grace Road, Leicester, 2024 * Highest total against – 774–7 declared by the Australians, Bristol, 1948 * Lowest total for – 17 v. the Australians, Cheltenham (Spa), 22 August 1896 * Lowest total against – 12 by Northamptonshire, Gloucester, 1907 Batting * Highest score – 341 Craig Spearman v. Middlesex, Gloucester, 2004 * Most runs in season – 2,860 W. R. Hammond, 1933 * Most hundreds in career – 113 W. R. Hammond, 1920–1951 Best partnership for each wicket * 1st – 395 D. M. Young & R. B. Nicholls v. Oxford University, Oxford, 1962 * 2nd – 256 C. T. M. Pugh & T. W. Graveney v. Derbyshire, Chesterfield, 1960 * 3rd – 392 A. P. R. Gidman & G. H. Roderick v. Leicestershire, Bristol, 2014 * 4th – 321 W. R. Hammond & W. L. Neale v. Leicestershire, Gloucester, 1937 * 5th – 277 J. R. Bracey & G. L. van Buuren v. Derbyshire, Bristol, 2024 * 6th – 320 G. L. Jessop & J. H. Board v. Sussex, Hove, 1903 * 7th – 248 W. G. Grace & E. L. Thomas v. Sussex, Hove, 1896 * 8th – 239 W. R. Hammond & A. E. Wilson v. Lancashire, Bristol, 1938 * 9th – 193 W. G. Grace & S. A. P. Kitcat v. Sussex, Bristol, 1896 * 10th – 137 L. C. Norwell & C. N. Miles v. Worcestershire, Cheltenham, 2014 Bowling * Best bowling – 10–40 E. G. Dennett v. Essex, Bristol, 1906 * Best match bowling – 17–56 C. W. L. Parker v. Essex, Gloucester, 1925 * Wickets in season – 222 T. W. J. Goddard, 1937 and 1947

References

Bibliography

* H. S. Altham, ''A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914)'', George Allen & Unwin, 1962 *

Derek Birley Sir Derek Sydney Birley (31 May 1926 – 14 May 2002) was a distinguished English educationalist and a prize-winning writer on the social history of sport, particularly cricket. Life and career Born in a mining community in West Yorkshire, Birl ...

, ''A Social History of English Cricket'', Aurum, 1999 *

Rowland Bowen Rowland Francis Bowen (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978) was a British Army officer and a cricket researcher, historian and writer. Educated at Westminster School, Bowen received an emergency commission in April 1942 into the Indian A ...

, ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development'', Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970 *

Simon Rae Simon Rae is a British poet, broadcaster, biographer and playwright who runs the Top Edge Productions theatre company. He won the Poetry Society's National Poetry Competition in 1999 and has also been awarded an Eric Gregory Award and a Southern Art ...

, ''W G Grace'', Faber & Faber, 1998 * J. R. Webber, ''The Chronicle Of W.G.'', The Association Of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, 1998 *

Roy Webber Roy Webber (died 14 November 1962 aged 48) was a British cricket scorer and statistician. After World War II, in which he served with the Royal Air Force, he decided to turn what had been his hobby into his profession. He had the necessary prof ...

, ''The Playfair Book of Cricket Records'', Playfair Books, 1951 *

Playfair Cricket Annual ''Playfair Cricket Annual'' is a compact annual about cricket that is published in the United Kingdom each April, just before the English cricket season is due to begin. It has been published every year since 1948. Its main purposes are to revie ...

– various editions *

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', or simply ''Wisden'', colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description "Bible of cricket" (or variations thereof) has been applied to ''Wi ...

– various editions

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