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By 1894, the club was granted permission to move to Queen's Park [9] and a record shows Chesterfield playing in the Derbyshire Cricket League against Creswell Colliery, on 28 April 1900. [10] After the Second World War , Chesterfield became league champions six times between the year 1947 and 1957.
Chesterfield Cricket Club was granted exclusive use of the ground in February 1894, and the first game was played there on 5 May 1894. [4] There was an unusual incident during the County Championship match between Derbyshire and Yorkshire in mid-1946.
The County Ground has remained the cricket club's primary ground, hosting the majority of home matches, and also played host to the club's first home fixture in Twenty20 cricket against Nottinghamshire in 2003. [3] Queen's Park in Chesterfield, however, staged the club's first home game in List A cricket against Essex in 1964. [1]
Chesterfield Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club based at Queen's Park. [69] The club has a history dating back to the mid-18th century. [70] Chesterfield CC compete in the Derbyshire County Cricket League, a designated ECB Premier League, at the top level for recreational club cricket in Derbyshire. [71]
The formation of Derbyshire County Cricket Club took place on 4 November 1870 at a meeting in the Guildhall, Derby. The Earl of Chesterfield, who had played for and against All-England, was the first President, G. H. Strutt was vice-president and Walter Boden, who had campaigned for the club's foundation for three years, was secretary.
Cricket club/team Cricket profile [1] Football club/team ... Derbyshire County Cricket Club; Chesterfield F.C. Southport F.C. Henry White: Warwickshire County Cricket ...
From 1888, Derbyshire's matches were not accorded first-class status. However the club continued to play first-class counties and most of the players carried on with the club. In 1891, the County Championship was established and four years later Derbyshire were invited to join.
The club was founded in 1870 and is classified as an important team by substantial sources from 1871 to 1887; [4] [5] classified as an official first-class team from 1895 by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the County Championship clubs; [6] classified as a List A team since the beginning of limited overs cricket in 1963; [7] and classified as ...