Bath Cricket Club
Encyclopedia
Bath Cricket Club is an English
amateur cricket
club based in the city of Bath, Somerset
. The club was founded in 1859 and competes in the West of England Premier League
, which is an accredited ECB
Premier League
, the highest level for recreational club cricket
in England and Wales.
Home matches are played at the North Parade Ground
in Bath, which hosted a Women's One Day International match between England and India in August 2008. The ground had previously been the venue for two women's Twenty20
internationals in 2007, when England played New Zealand.
. The club initially played its home matches at Claverton Down
, on the southern edge of Bath, but soon bought a ground closer to the centre of Bath from the 4th Duke of Cleveland
, known as the Watermeadows, for £200. This became the North Parade Ground
that the club have played on ever since. Having initially been called the Bath Association Cricket Club, in 1872 the club was renamed Bath Cricket Club. The club was successful throughout the 1990s and 2000s, never finishing lower than fifth from 1991 onwards, and being champions in 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2010.
In 2011, for the first time in their history, Bath Cricket Club added the name of a sponsor onto their shirts, a move which the club say was necessary for their cricket school.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
amateur cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
club based in the city of Bath, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
. The club was founded in 1859 and competes in the West of England Premier League
West of England Premier League
The West of England Premier League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the West of England and is a designated ECB Premier League....
, which is an accredited ECB
England and Wales Cricket Board
The England and Wales Cricket Board is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was created on 1 January 1997 combining the roles of the Test and County Cricket Board, the National Cricket Association and the Cricket Council...
Premier League
ECB Premier Leagues
In 1997 the ECB published "Raising the Standard", the ECB Management Board Blueprint for the Future Playing Structure of cricket. This introduced the concept of ECB Premier Leagues, designed to raise the playing standard of the top tier of club cricket and to bridge the gap between recreational...
, the highest level for recreational club cricket
Club cricket
Club cricket is a mainly amateur, but still formal, form of the sport of cricket, usually involving teams playing in competitions at weekends or in the evening. There is a great deal of variation in game format although the Laws of Cricket are always observed...
in England and Wales.
Home matches are played at the North Parade Ground
Bath Cricket Club Ground
Bath Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Bath, Somerset. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1944, when Bath played London Counties. In 1960 and 1963, the ground held Somerset Second XI matches in the Minor Counties Championship....
in Bath, which hosted a Women's One Day International match between England and India in August 2008. The ground had previously been the venue for two women's Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
internationals in 2007, when England played New Zealand.
History
Bath Cricket Club was formed in 1859, by a group from Bath's YMCAYMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...
. The club initially played its home matches at Claverton Down
Claverton Down
Claverton Down is a suburb on the south-east hilltop edge of Bath, Somerset, England. It is linked to the Bathwick area of the city by Bathwick Hill....
, on the southern edge of Bath, but soon bought a ground closer to the centre of Bath from the 4th Duke of Cleveland
Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland
Harry George Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland KG , born Harry George Vane and known as Lord Harry George Vane from 1827 to 1864, was an English Whig statesman. He was the third son of William Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington, who would later be created Duke of Cleveland...
, known as the Watermeadows, for £200. This became the North Parade Ground
Bath Cricket Club Ground
Bath Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Bath, Somerset. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1944, when Bath played London Counties. In 1960 and 1963, the ground held Somerset Second XI matches in the Minor Counties Championship....
that the club have played on ever since. Having initially been called the Bath Association Cricket Club, in 1872 the club was renamed Bath Cricket Club. The club was successful throughout the 1990s and 2000s, never finishing lower than fifth from 1991 onwards, and being champions in 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2010.
In 2011, for the first time in their history, Bath Cricket Club added the name of a sponsor onto their shirts, a move which the club say was necessary for their cricket school.
Honours
Since the WEPL started in 1999, Bath have been by far the most successful club, only finishing the season out of the top two once, and winning the Premier One title on seven occasions.- West of England Premier LeagueWest of England Premier LeagueThe West of England Premier League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the West of England and is a designated ECB Premier League....
- Champions: 2010, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2000, and 1999
- Runners-Up: 2002, 2004
- Western League (pre-1999)
- Champions: 1998, 1994 and 1974
- Runners-Up: 1996, 1991
- ECB National Club Cricket ChampionshipECB National Club Cricket ChampionshipThe ECB National Club Cricket Championship is a knockout club cricket competition in England. The most successful clubs have been Scarborough Cricket Club from Yorkshire, with five titles and Old Hill Cricket Club from the Metropolitan county of West Midlands , with four.-Winners:ECB National Club...
- Runners-up: 1998, 2001, 2003