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| Personnel | |
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| Captain | Bash Hussain |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Home ground | Various |
| History | |
| FP Trophy wins | 0 |
| MCCA Knockout Trophy wins | 0 |
| Official website | Huntingdonshire Cricket |
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up theminor counties in the English domesticcricket structure, representing thehistoric county ofHuntingdonshire. The club does not currently compete in either theMinor Counties Championship orMCCA Knockout Trophy, but does play informal matches, typically againstarmed forces teams and county academies.
Cricket probably reached Huntingdonshire in the 17th century. The earliest reference to the game in the general region is in neighbouringCambridgeshire at theUniversity of Cambridge in 1710.[1] In 1741,John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich became patron and captain of aHuntingdonshire county team which, as part of a unitedNorthamptonshire & Huntingdonshire team, twice defeatedBedfordshire inimportant matches.[2]
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club was first formed in 1831 and existed until 1895. Initially, until the early 1850s, matches were played againstclub sides but from the start of the 1850s the club found regularCounty opponents.
Up until 1874 Huntingdonshire played home matches at Millers Holme,Godmanchester. From 1874 the club played at the Huntingdon Cricket Club Ground and continues to do so to this day. In 1895 the club was disbanded. In the 1920s the club was briefly reformed before folding once again. The current county club was formed in 1948.
From 1999 to 2003, the county entered teams into theEnglish domestic one-day competition, matches which hadList A status. The county played seven List A matches during this period, with the final List A match it played coming againstCheshire.[3] During this period, the club usedThe Parks, Godmanchester as its home ground.
The home grounds Huntingdon used for its List A and MCCA Trophy matches are listed below.
| Name | Location | List A | MCCA Trophy | First match | Last match | Refs |
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| Kimbolton School Ground | Kimbolton | 0[a] | 5 | 17 May 1998 vOxfordshire | 23 June 2002 vLeicestershire Cricket Board | [4] |
Cricketfield Lane.jpg) | Ramsey | 0[b] | 1 | 2 July 2000 vMiddlesex Cricket Board | – | [5] |
| Sports Field | Warboys | 0 | 1 | 9 July 2000 vHertfordshire | – | [6] |
The Parks | Godmanchester | 2 | 1 | 16 May 2000 vYorkshire Cricket Board | 29 August 2001 vGloucestershire Cricket Board | [7] |
Papworth Cricket Club Ground | Papworth Everard | 0[c] | 1 | 3 June 2001 vSuffolk | – | [8] |
| Bretton Gate | Peterborough | 0[d] | 1 | 9 June 2002 vLincolnshire | – | [9] |
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