West Hallam White Rose Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club on the southern edge of West Hallam, Derbyshire, England. The club has a history dating back to 1880.

Ground The home ground is located on The Statham Oval (Cock Orchard) off Cat and Fiddle Lane West Hallam and the ground is rated by the DCCL as a Grade A ground.

History The origins of the club date to the mid 19th century. Newspaper reports have been found recording cricket matches played by "West Hallam Cricket Club" in the grounds of the Squire Hall, off Cock Orchard in 1851. By 1871, the Hall was demolished and the club had to rent land from a local farmer, whose farm stood on the junction of The Village (street) and School Square. "Hallam White Rose Cricket Club" appeared on record in 1880. The addition of the 'White Rose' is said to be based on the white rose bushes in the gardens of the old Squire Hall. It is not known when the club moved to a recreation ground on Beech Lane, but after the Second World War, the Club played on a field off St. Wilfrid's Road until 1950, when they returned to what became Powtrell Community Pavilion Court on Beech Lane. The Club won the Butterley Cup in 1962, a couple of years before joining the Notts & Derbyshire Border League in 1964 (which is now the Derbyshire County Cricket League); prior to this they mainly focused on playing friendly matches. By 2001, they became Division 1 League Champions and by 2007 they finally moved back to Cock Orchard off the Cat and Fiddle Lane, and officially opened their new home now known as The Statham Oval in 2011.

The Club currently have two senior teams competing in the Derbyshire County Cricket League, a junior training section that play competitive cricket in the Erewash Young Cricketers League and the Club are regulars in the Derbyshire Cricket Board Indoor Competition.

Club performance The Derbyshire County Cricket League competition results showing the club's positions in the league (by Division) since 2001.

+ Key Gold Champions Red Relegated Grey League suspended 1 Division 1 2 Division 2 3 Division 3 4 Division 4, etc. N North S South E East C Central

+ Derbyshire County Cricket League Team 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 1st XI 1 1 1 1 2 2S 2S 3S 3 4N 4N 4N 3 2 2 2 6N 5N 4N 3NS 3N 2 3N 4N 3N 3S 2nd XI 4A 4A 4N 5N 5N 5N 6C 5N 6S 6S 7N 6N 6N 6N 6N 6N 10S 9N 8N 8NS 8N 8N 8N 8S 8S 9C 3rd XI 5A 4E 6N 6N 6N 6C 7E 6C 9N 9N 9N 9N 9N 9N 10N 10S

Club honours

+ Derbyshire County Cricket League Division 1 Champions 2001 Division 3 Champions 2008, 2013, 2021 Division 4 Champions 1986, 2012, 2019 Division 5 Champions 1978, 1980, 1984 Division 6 Champions 2007, 2017 Division 7 Champions 2011 Division 10 Champions 2017

+ DCCL - Cup Competitions Winners Bayley Cup 2013

+ Mayor of Derby Charity Cup Competitions Winners Butterley Cup 1962, 1975, 2012, 2013, 2015 Winners OJ Jackson Cup 1978, 1981

+ Derbyshire Cricket Board Indoor Competition Division 1 Champions 2017, 2018

The Club on film West Hallam White Rose Cricket Club Memories. Harry Porter, Ken Parish and Dick Owen discuss their cricketing memories at West Hallam WRCC. John Burton, Dave Cooper and Mick Brown discuss the origins of their cricket club, and much more. Ken Parish and Dave Cooper chat about their cricket club in this short recording.

See also Club cricket

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References

External links The Club Play-Cricket website Derbyshire County Cricket League Official Play-Cricket website Derbyshire Cricket Board Indoor Competition Official Play-Cricket website Erewash Young Cricketers League