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 team 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. Laver continued to star for Glastonbury in the three recorded matches from 1894, taking seven wickets against Wells, six against Yeovil, and five against Bridgwater. He claimed five wickets again in 1899, their next recorded match, against Wincanton.
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. 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. 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.
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 Batsmen24 Matt Shawcross Right-handed Right-arm Off Spin 2 Josh Beal Right-handed Right-arm Medium pace 17 John Stratton Right-handed Right-arm Medium pace 4 Will Mason Right-handed Right-arm Leg Spin 5 Harry Ellison Right-handed Right-arm Medium pace 49 Jack Lukins Right-handed Right-arm Off Spin All-rounders8 Alfie Barron Right-handed Left-arm Off Spin 9 Chris Herbert Right-handed Right-arm Leg Spin Overseas10 Ali Easton Right-handed Right-arm Off Spin Captain11 Archie Dunning Right-handed Right-arm Fast bowling 23 Joe Mason Right-handed Right-arm Medium pace Wicket-keepers63 Callum Hotham Right-handed Overseas13 Ben Mason Right-handed – 14 Ian Odam Right-handed – 15 Herbert Rumney Right-handed – Bowlers86 Stephen Keates Right-handed Right-arm Fast bowling Club Captain10 Dan Williams 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
Most runs: 4,485 – Wes Durston Best average: 54.04 – Wes Durston Highest individual score: 214 – Wes Durston Most fifties: 21 – Wes Durston Most centuries: 13 – Wes Durston
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 23 March 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
External links Glastonbury Cricket Club - Play-Cricket site