Nearly Two Centuries of Village Cricket

East Bridgford Cricket Club is one of the oldest clubs in the county and can trace its beginnings well back into the early 1800s. It is also the oldest organisation in the village after the Church of St Peter, the earliest record of a match being in the Nottingham Journal of 20th August 1814.

The club currently fields a Saturday XI, which plays in the Gunn & Moore South Notts League, Division E. It also plays in the midweek evening Cope Cup Competition and Sunday League Cup competition.

Indoor pre-season practice takes place from early January till April at Trent Bridge. Cricketers of all ages and abilities, boys and girls, are most welcome to attend these sessions and to play for the club. A welcome initiative in 2006 saw the reintroduction of junior cricket coaching to the village.

Social activities include our annual Sportsmen’s Dinner. Well established in the East Midlands sporting social calendar, this event attracts up to 300 guests, as well as top-class comedians and sportsmen as after dinner speakers. The 2011 dinner will be held on Thursday 6th October at the East Midlands Conference Centre, when the speakers will be Norman Hunter (former Leeds United and England defender) and comedian Ian ‘Sludge’ Lees.

The current club officers are:
 

President:	Brian Stein	01949 20498
Chairman:	Warren Hepples	01949 20104
Vice Chairman:	Norman Hall	01949 20433
Secretary:	Bill Barclay	01949 20525
Treasurer:	Chris Sapey	01949 20034
Sportsmen’s Dinner Organiser:	Tom Griffiths	01623 794074
Saturday XI Captain:	Stuart Johnson	01949 837614
Sunday XI Captain:	Scott Brownson	01949 875417
Sunday XI Contact:	Jane Baguley	01949 860372

 

NEW PLAYERS WANTED! The Cricket Club continually strives to increase its playing membership. It welcomes new players of all ages and abilities, male and female. If you would like to play cricket for a friendly club, in the idyllic setting of Butts Field, East Bridgford, please contact any of the club officials listed above.

  updated August 2011