Sussex County Cricket Club

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Sussex field against Derbyshire at Hove on 24 April 2005

The Arthur Gilligan stand at Hove

The Pavilion at Hove

Leaving the County Ground at Hove

Sussex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. Its limited overs team is called the Sussex Sharks.

The club plays most of its home games at the County Cricket Ground, Hove. The club also plays some games around the county at Arundel, Eastbourne and Horsham.

Having won its first-ever official County Championship title in 2003, Sussex repeated the success in 2006. The 2006 title was secured following a victory against Nottinghamshire, in which Sussex outplayed their hosts by an innings and 245 runs [1].

1 Honours
- 1.1 Second XI honours
2 Earliest cricket
3 Origin of club
4 Players with most first-class appearances
5 Club captains
6 2006 squad
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Honours

Champion County (7) - 1826, 1827, 1833, 1836, 1845, 1848, 1855; shared (1) - 1852
County Championship (2) - 2003, 2006

Division Two (1) - 2001

Gillette/NatWest/C&G Trophy (5) - 1963, 1964, 1978, 1986, 2006
Sunday/National League (1) - 1982

Division Two (2) - 1999, 2005

Twenty20 Cup (0) -

[edit] Second XI honours

Second XI Championship (2) - 1978, 1990; shared (0) -
Second XI Trophy (1) - 2005
Minor Counties Championship (0) - ; shared (0) -

[edit] Earliest cricket

Sussex, along with Kent, is the birthplace of cricket. It is widely believed that cricket was invented by children living on the Weald in Saxon or Norman times.

See : History of cricket to 1696

The first definite mention of cricket in Sussex relates to ecclesiastical court records in 1611 which state that two parishioners of Sidlesham in West Sussex failed to attend church on Easter Sunday because they were playing cricket. They were fined 12d each and made to do penance.

Cricket became established in Sussex during the 17th century and the earliest village matches took place before the English Civil War. It is believed that the earliest county teams were formed in the aftermath of the Restoration in 1660. In 1697, the earliest "great match" recorded was for 50 guineas apiece between two elevens at a venue in Sussex.

Matches involving the two great Sussex patrons Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Sir William Gage were first recorded in 1725. From 1741, Richmond patronised the famous Slindon club, whose team was representative of the county.

For information about Sussex county teams before the formation of Sussex CCC, see : Sussex county cricket teams

[edit] Origin of club

Although Sussex had been a major cricket centre since the 17th century, there had apparently been no move towards a permanent county organisation until 17 June 1836 when a meeting in Brighton set up a Sussex Cricket Fund to support county matches. It was from this organisation that Sussex County Cricket Club was formally constituted on 1 March 1839.

Sussex CCC played its initial first-class match versus MCC at Lord's on 10 & 11 June 1839. The club has been regarded as first-class continuously since its formation.

Sussex CCC is England's oldest county cricket club.

[edit] Players with most first-class appearances

[edit] Club captains

A full list can be found at: Category:Sussex cricket captains

[edit] 2006 squad

Chris Adams, captain, right hand bat, right arm off spin
Mushtaq Ahmed, right hand bat, leg break
Murray Goodwin, right hand bat, right arm leg spin
Sean Heather, right hand bat, right arm medium
Andrew Hodd, wicket keeper, right hand bat
Carl Hopkinson, right hand bat, right arm medium
James Kirtley, right hand bat, right arm fast - medium
Jason Lewry, left hand bat, left arm fast - medium
Tim Linley, right hand bat, right arm fast - medium
Robin Martin-Jenkins, right hand bat, right arm fast - medium
Richard Montgomerie, right hand bat, right arm off spin
Christopher Nash, right hand bat, right arm off spin
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, right hand bat, right arm medium
Matthew Prior, wicket keeper, right hand bat
Oliver Raynor, right hand bat, right arm off spin
Neil Turk, left hand bat, right arm medium
Luke Wright, right hand bat, right arm medium
Michael Yardy, left hand bat, slow left arm spin
Yasir Arafat, Right hand bat,Right arm medium

[edit] References

A Social History of English Cricket by Derek Birley
Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
Cricket: History of its Growth and Development by Rowland Bowen
Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley (FL18)
Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket by G B Buckley (FLPV)
From the Weald to the World by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)
Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records by Peter Wynne-Thomas
Playfair Cricket Annual : various issues
Pre-Victorian Sussex Cricket by HF & AP Squire (PVSC)
Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
Start of Play by David Underdown
Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century by Timothy J McCann (TJM)
The Cricketer magazine (Cktr)
The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn (WDC)
Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual): various issues

[edit] External links

English first-class cricket clubs

MCC | Cambridge UCCE | Durham UCCE | Loughborough UCCE | Oxford UCCE

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