Bowdon Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club based at South Downs Road

South Downs Road Cricket Ground, Bowdon, Cheshire

South Downs Road is a cricket ground in Bowdon, Greater Manchester. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1910, when Cheshire played Durham in the Minor Counties Championship. Cheshire next used the ground for a Minor Counties fixture in 1933 against Denbighshire...

, Bowdon

Bowdon, Greater Manchester

Bowdon is a suburban village and electoral ward in the Altrincham area of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England.-History:...

 in Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...

. The club's first team plays in the Cheshire County Cricket League

Cheshire County Cricket League

The Cheshire County Cricket League is a cricket league based in England. It is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the Cheshire area, and is a designated ECB Premier League.-Winners:-External links:*...

, which is one of the 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 Leagues

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...

 that are the highest level of the amateur, recreational sport in England and Wales. The club was founded in 1856.

Bowdon has been one of the most successful clubs in North West England and has been the champions of the Cheshire League nine times since the league was formed in 1975, including three consecutive victories twice, in 1996 to 1998 and 2002 to 2004. It has also won the county's knock-out cup four times and the League Cup three times.

The Bowdon ground at South Downs Road has hosted Minor Counties matches for Cheshire County Cricket Club

Cheshire County Cricket Club

Cheshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cheshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

 for many years, plus List A matches in the Benson and Hedges Cup and the NatWest Trophy competitions.