British Army cricket team

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The Army cricket team is a cricket side representing the British Army.

The Army team played 51 first-class matches between 1912 and 1939, although a combined Army and Navy side had played two games against a combined Oxford and Cambridge team in 1910 and 1911. In 1927 the Army played the touring New Zealanders, and in 1933 they played the touring West Indians.[1]

After the Second World War, for first-class purposes the Army team amalgamated with the Navy and Air Force teams to form the Combined Services team, which played first-class cricket until 1964.

The Army team continues to play cricket at non-first-class level. The sides are managed by the Army Cricket Association which also runs under-25 and women's teams. The Army also have another team in Germany, known as BA(G). The main team occasionally organises friendlies with allies, particularly against their army counterparts from cricket-playing nations such as Afghanistan and South Africa, and charities matches against local clubs.[2][3]

Their home ground is the Officers Club Services Ground, Aldershot, Hampshire.

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  1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Army (England)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Miscellaneous Matches played by Army (England)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Army Cricket Association". Army Sport Control Board. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

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