The Army cricket team is a 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...

 side representing the British Army

British Army

The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

. The team played a number of first-class

First-class cricket

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 matches between 1912 and 1939, although a combined "Army and Navy" side had played two games against a combined Oxford

Oxford University Cricket Club

Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...

 and Cambridge

Cambridge University Cricket Club

Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...

 team in 1910 and 1911. In 1927

1927 English cricket season

Five years before Bodyline, top of the averages in the 1927 English cricket season were Douglas Jardine and Harold Larwood. The season is notable for being the last one to date in which there was no Test series, apart from the years of World War II and 1970 .-Honours:*County...

 the Army played the touring New Zealanders

New Zealand cricket team

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, and in 1933

1933 English cricket season

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 they played the touring West Indians

West Indian cricket team

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Since the Second World War, the side has continued to play cricket at minor level. The Army Cricket Association also runs Under 25 and Ladies teams. Their home ground is the Officers Club Services Ground

Officers Club Services Ground

The Officers Club Services Ground is a cricket ground in Aldershot, Hampshire. The ground was constructed during the expansion of Aldershot into a military garrison. The first recorded match on the ground saw Aldershot Division play Ireland in 1883...

, Aldershot

Aldershot

Aldershot is a town in the English county of Hampshire, located on heathland about southwest of London. The town is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council...

, Hampshire

Hampshire

Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...

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See also

• Royal Navy cricket team
• Royal Air Force cricket team
  Royal Air Force cricket team
  The Royal Air Force cricket team is a cricket side representing the British Royal Air Force. The team played 11 first-class matches: nine between 1922 and 1932, mostly against other branches of the Services, and another two in 1945 and 1946. Their home ground is the Royal Air Force Sports Ground,...
  
  
• Combined Services cricket team
  Combined Services cricket team
  The Combined Services cricket team represents the British armed forces. The team played at first-class level in England for more than forty years in the mid-twentieth century. Their first first-class match was against Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1920, while their last was against Oxford...