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| Founded | 1948 |
| Home ground | Edenside Ground |
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| MCCC wins | 3 |
| MCCAT wins | 2 |
| FP Trophy wins | 0 |
| Official website | Cumbria County Cricket Club |
Cumbria County Cricket Club (formerlyCumberland County Cricket Club) is one of twentyminorcounty clubs within the domesticcricket structure of England and Wales. It represents thehistoric counties ofCumberland andWestmorland.
The team is currently a member of theNational Counties Cricket Championship Eastern Division and plays in theNCCA Knockout Trophy. Cumbria playedList A matches occasionally from 1984 until 2004 but is not classified as aList A teamper se.[1]
With Westmorland losing a CCC, Cumberland renamed to Cumbria to cover both counties. The rename toCumbria takes inspiration from a similar local government reform. The club play atCarlisle (Edenside Ground),Workington andPenrith from Cumberland as well as Westmorland's former grounds inKendal (Netherfield Cricket Club Ground) andBarrow-in-Furness, the latter originally Lancashire.
Cricket probably reached Cumberland and Westmorland during the 18th century. The earliest references to cricket in the region are in 1827 (Westmorland) and 1828 (Cumberland).[2] According toRowland Bowen's research, there was reportedly an informal county club in Westmorland about 1835.[2] It is known that a county organisation was established on 2 January 1884.[3]
The club formed on 10 April 1948 and has been renamed twice:
The following Cumberland cricketers also made an impact on thefirst-class game:
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