Glastonbury Cricket Club

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Glastonbury Cricket Club
Glastonbury Cricket Club crest.jpg
Nickname(s)The Thorns
Personnel
CaptainMatt Shawcross
Overseas player(s)Callum Hotham (2015-16)
Team information
Colors  Maroon   White
Founded1986
Home groundTor Leisure Ground, Glastonbury
Official websiteglastonbury.play-cricket.com

Glastonbury Cricket Club is an English amateur cricket club based in Glastonbury, Somerset. The club's first team plays 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.

History[]

The first record of a cricket club representing Glastonbury is from 1893, when they played host to Weston-super-Mare at the Morlands Athletic Ground, Glastonbury. The home side won by seven wickets with a match-winning performance by 'R Laver', who claimed six Weston-super-Mare wickets, and then top-scored for Glastonbury in their reply with 54.[1] Laver continued to star for Glastonbury in the three recorded matches from 1894, taking seven wickets against ,[2] six against ,[3] and five against .[4] He claimed five wickets again in 1899, their next recorded match, against Wincanton.[5]

In 1986, the Morlands Athletic Ground was renamed the Tor Leisure Ground. Glastonbury played in the Somerset League from at least 1990 until 2002, when they were divisional champions, earning promotion to the Bristol & Somerset Division.[6] They won this division at the first attempt in 2003. Despite finishing with fewer points than Midsomer Norton, they had a higher average number of points due to having one more match cancelled.[7] Playing in Premier Two in 2004, Glastonbury finished top of their league for the third successive season, gaining promotion to the West of England Premier League Premier One division.[8]

Honours[]

  • West of England Premier League - Premier One
    • Runners-Up: 2005, 2008
  • West of England Premier League — Premier Two
    • Champions: 2004
  • West of England Premier League — Bristol & Somerset Division
    • Champions: 2003
  • West of England Premier League — Somerset Division
    • Champions: 2002
  • Somerset Major Cup
    • Champions: 2006, 2007, 2013
    • Runners-Up: 2008, 2009

Players[]

Current squad[]

No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
24 Matt Shawcross  England (1994-09-26) 26 September 1994 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm Off Spin
2 Josh Beal  England (1991-06-18) 18 June 1991 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm Medium pace
17 John Stratton  England (1995-11-30) 30 November 1995 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm Medium pace
4 Will Mason  England (1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm Leg Spin
5 Harry Ellison  England (1993-03-22) 22 March 1993 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm Medium pace
49 Jack Lukins  England (1996-10-21) 21 October 1996 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm Off Spin
All-rounders
8 Alfie Barron  England (1995-07-22) 22 July 1995 (age 26) Right-handed Left-arm Off Spin
9 Chris Herbert  Australia (1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm Leg Spin Overseas
10 Ali Easton  England (1995-07-22) 22 July 1995 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm Off Spin Captain
11 Archie Dunning  England (1997-11-04) 4 November 1997 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm Fast bowling
23 Joe Mason  England (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm Medium pace
Wicket-keepers
63 Callum Hotham  Australia (1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 (age 30) Right-handed Overseas
13 Ben Mason  England (1996-10-07) 7 October 1996 (age 25) Right-handed  –
14 Ian Odam  England (1972-01-14) 14 January 1972 (age 50) Right-handed  –
15 Herbert Rumney  England (1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 (age 25) Right-handed  –
Bowlers
86 Stephen Keates  South Africa (1986-03-20) 20 March 1986 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm Fast bowling Club Captain
10 Dan Williams  England (1994-10-18) 18 October 1994 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm Fast bowling Vice Captain

List of professional former players[]

Jos Buttler (Lancashire)
Craig Kieswetter (Somerset)
Rory Hamilton-Brown (Sussex)
Ben Duckett (Northamptonshire)
Wes Durston (Derbyshire)
James Hildreth (Somerset)
Cameron Steel (Middlesex)
Gareth Andrews (Worcestershire)

Records & Statistics[]

Team records[]

  • Played: 312 
  • Wins: 176 
  • Loses: 106 
  • No Result/Abandoned: 30 

Batting[]

Bowling[]

  • Most wickets: 266 – Robert Travers
  • Best average: 9.13 – Christopher Slocombe
  • Best bowling: 8/71 – Andrew Barron
  • Best strike rate: 18.34 – Wes Durston
  • Best economy rate: 2.54 – David Beal

Fielding[]

  • Most catches (Outfield): 77 – Steven Spencer
  • Most catches(Wicket-Keeping): 57 – Justin Lisk
  • Most stumpings: 25 – Justin Lisk
  • Most run outs: 12 – Steven Spencer


All statistics & records as of March 23, 2014.

Club officials[]

Committee[]

  • Patron: Joel Garner
  • Chairman: Heather Hall
  • Honorary Treasurer: Stephanie Berry
  • Honorary Secretary: Gabrielle Owen
  • Advisor: Steve Dickens
  • Club Captain: Stephen Keates
  • Head Groundsman: Keith Tooze & Bob Taylor

Coaching staff[]

  • Director of Cricket: David Beal
  • 1st team coach: Andy Gibbens
  • 1st team captain: Matt Shawcross
  • 2nd team captain: Chris Herbert
  • 3rd team captain: Ian Odam
  • Under 15s team manager: David Beal
  • Under 13s team manager: David Gooch
  • Under 11s A team manager: Zoe Smeed
  • Under 11s B team manager: Jerry Dalton

References[]

  1. ^ "Glastonbury v Weston-super-Mare". CricketArchive. 15 July 1893. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Glastonbury v Wells". CricketArchive. 27 June 1894. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Glastonbury v Yeovil". CricketArchive. 19 July 1894. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Glastonbury v Bridgwater". CricketArchive. 11 August 1894. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Glastonbury v Wincanton". CricketArchive. 15 July 1899. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  6. ^ "Somerset 2002 - Table". play-cricket.com. England and Wales Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  7. ^ "Bristol Somerset - 2003". West of England Premier Cricket League. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Premier Two 2004 - Table". play-cricket.com. England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

External links[]

Coordinates: 51°08′40″N 2°43′23″W / 51.144363°N 2.723022°W / 51.144363; -2.723022

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