Lincolnshire County Cricket Club
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Lincolnshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties Championship in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Lincolnshire.
The club is based at (details needed) and also plays matches around the county at (details needed).
The Minor Counties play three-day matches at a level below that of the first-class game. At present, Lincolnshire competes in the Eastern Division of the Minor Counties Championship.
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[edit] Honours
- Minor Counties Championship (2) - 1966, 2003; shared (1) - 2001
- MCCA Knockout Trophy (0) -
[edit] Earliest cricket
Cricket probably reached Lincolnshire in the 18th century. The earliest reference to cricket in the county is dated 1792.
[edit] Origin of club
A county organisation was set up in 1853. The present Lincolnshire CCC was founded on 28 September 1906.
[edit] Club history
Lincolnshire has won the Minor Counties Championship twice, and also once shared the title. It won the title outright in 1966 and 2003. It shared the accolade in 2001 with Cheshire.
[edit] Knockout Trophy
Lincolnshire has never won the MCCA Knockout Trophy since its inception in 1983.
[edit] Famous players
The following Lincolnshire cricketers also made an impact on the first-class game:
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- Cricket: History of its Growth and Development by Rowland Bowen
- Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records by Peter Wynne-Thomas
- Playfair Cricket Annual : various issues
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual): various issues
| Minor counties of English cricket |
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Western Division: Berkshire | Cheshire | Cornwall | Devon | Dorset | Herefordshire | Oxfordshire | Shropshire | Wales Minor Counties | Wiltshire |
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Eastern Division: Bedfordshire | Buckinghamshire | Cambridgeshire | Cumberland | Hertfordshire | Lincolnshire | Norfolk | Northumberland | Staffordshire | Suffolk |
