Gresford Cricket Club News Articles

Tea Rota

john bell — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:11:29 +0100

Gresford Cricket Club - Tea Rota for 1st Team and 2nd Team

Gresford 1st Team Home Games
                     Person in Charge of Catering      Sponsored By
17th April      Sian Thompson
27th April      Karen Ellwood 01978 856108       Ellwoods
18th May      Lynda Baker 01978 856641         Danny
12th May     (Sunday) Karen Ellwood               Bunkells
25th May      Karen Ellwood 01978 856108
8th June       Jan Bell                                          Bells
22nd June   Sian Thompson                              Thompsons
6th July        Karen Ellwood 01978 856108
20th July     Jan Bell                                           Bells
27th July    Lynda Baker 01978 856641
17th August    Sian Thompson
31st August    Jan Bell
14th September    Karen Ellwood 01978 856108 Ellwoods

Gresford 2nd Team Home Games
                          Person in Charge of Catering      Sponsored By
20th April           Lynda Baker 01978 856641       Bakers
4th May             Lynda Baker 01978 856641       Bunkells
6th May (Monday) Sue Daulby
11th May          Linda Bunkell 07720077306
1st June           Lesley Morris
15th June        Lynda Baker 01978 856641
29th June        Lynda Baker 01978 856641      Mr & Mrs J Davies
13th July         Lynda Baker 01978 856641
3rd August      Sue Daulby
10th August    Lynda Baker 01978 856641
24th Augus      Lynda Baker 01978 856641    Bakers

Pre Season `Stroll`

john bell — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 22:42:34 +0000

Come for `stroll` with Gresford Cricket Club. Learn something about the village, visit places you may not have seen before. You might even feel better for the effort. At least six (ex) sports grounds will be visited.

Stroll...to suit all. You can opt out after an hour or do the 3 hour tour.

All ages welcome but U15`s need an accompanying adult. Well behaved dog owners and their dogs can also be walked

WHEN....Saturday 6th April 2pm start from by the Lake.

Suggested donation of £5 (minimum!) to GCC for the privilege of getting tired and having some fun.

Most of the walk is via public footpaths and you join us at your own risk!

2020 Membership form

john bell — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:36:10 +0000

GRESFORD CRICKET CLUB

Registration Document 2020

All Senior and Junior players are required to complete the following registration form. In so doing they agree to abide by club procedures….these are available to view at the Memorial Hall and at www.gresfordcricket.clubbuzz.co.uk. Club documentation is reviewed at the AGM.

Contact information will help captains/coaches and others keep you in touch with club matters.

Name

Addres

Post Code

Date of Birth

School Year (if applicable)……….

(all of above needed for NWCL reg….only registered players can play for 1sts, 2nds,)

Tel Nos….Home

Mobile

Work

E`mail

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Subscription £40 for all age groups Min £10 for a Social Membership

(You can always give more!!).

Tick if paid………Cash

Cheque

BACS (Gresford Cricket Club; sort code 40-47-26; Acc Nos 31495879)

Match fees are also charged for 1st, 2nd , Midweek and Sunday friendly games but not for youth team matches. Outdoor net/training sessions are free to club members.

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On occasions team and action photographs are taken, some of which could be added to the GCC website. If you do not want any pictures to be published, please indicate below.

If under 16 please include parental name(s) and contact information if different from above.

Also any medical information that you feel coaches should be aware of.

Please return this form to captains, coaches or any member of the club committee. Registered members will be prioritised re team selection. Only registered members can avail themselves of Club, NWCL and WCA benefits ( including insurance)

150 not out...well almost. A history of GCC

john bell — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 17:28:20 +0000

Gresford Cricket Club 150no. Well almost.

Cricket was certainly being played in the Wrexham area in the 1840`s, maybe earlier! Clubs in Wrexham, Eyton, Llangollen and others were playing against teams from Oswestry, the `Cestrian Clubs` and even as far afield as Liverpool. The grammar schools in Wrexham (Grove Park), Ruthin and Denbigh had sides playing competing against each other as well as other clubs in the area. The Racecourse Ground being an important cricket venue, staging many notable matches with the Turf its pavilion!

Denbighshire County Cricket was being played in the 1860`s.

Cricket in Gresford is first recorded in the 1870`s with the Elms on Vicarage Lane the location of perhaps the first cricket ground and indeed the name of the first Gresford club. Grosvenor Boys, the Civil Service, Moss Valley and Mr Chiltern`s Eleven were amongst the early opponents. Where else has cricket been played in the village? Gresford Bank was the home of some cricket. What of the Glan Alyn Cricket and Football Club? When did the Elms Club become Gresford CC? Any thoughts, anybody?

By the mid 1870`s cricket was a regular feature in the sports pages of local newspapers. Many local teams were playing in what seems to be acompetitive and well organised competition. Teams included the Civil Service (see below), Caergwle, Black Park, Eaton Park, Eyton Park, Wrexham Wanderers, Clawdd Offa (Coedpoeth), Moss Valley and Wynstay CC

The following extracts are from the Wrexham Advertiser ...full scorecards often followed! (today`s press take note!)

12 Aug 76

Cricket. GRESFORD v. MR CHILTON'S ELEVEN. This match was played at The Elms on Monday, and ended, after a well-contested game, in favour of the Gresford Club, by six wickets. For Mr Chilton's side, the batting of Mr Middleton and Mr Chilton, and the bowling of Messrs. Spence and Scott, was very good. For Gresford, the batting of Messrs. Wright, Settles, Steene, Townshend, and Nicholls was steady, and well hit, and the bowling of Messrs. P. H. Wright and Steene, and Mr V. B. Wright's wicket keeping most effective. The attendance was very large, and the game watched with great interest and enjoyment, the finish being particularly exciting.

CIVIL SERVICE v. GRESFORD. This match was played at Gresford on Saturday, and resulted in a victory for the Civil Service by 38 runs. The batting of Messrs. Price, Edwards, audi Hopkins was very good for the Civil Service, and also. Messrs. Nickells, Ringrose, and C. W. Townshend for the Gresford team. CIVIL SERVICE. GRESFORD. Jones, b Owen 2 Chilton, b Crawford ?? I Edwards, b and c Poyn- Settle, b Crawford 1 ton 32 Nickells, run ou. 14 Southgate, c Owens, b Ringrose, run out 13 Nickells 0 Townshend, c Price, b Crawford, b Owens 3 Crawford 13 Price, b Wright 24 V. B. Wright, runout... 3 Richards, b Poynton 5 P. H. Wright, c Forkin, Lee, c and b Nickells 0 Crawford 0 Hughes, st V. B. Wright 0 Poynton, c and b Jones 5 Crawford, not out 5 Owens, not out U Hopkins, run out 19 steen, b Hughes 0 Forkin, ?? 0 Roberts, b Crawford ?? 5 Extras 9 Extras tJ 99

" GRESFORD v. CAERGWRLE. This match was played at Caergwrle on Saturday, and resulted in an easy victory for Gresford by l:{ runs. The batting and bowling of A. Steen and also the bowling of J. Nicholls for Gresford was very good. Score :— * ?? GKEiI -*>"l>* CAERGWRLE. Wdlan b Evans 0 R. Williams b Nic_oUs 6 S. Roberts b Ellis 0 Jones b Sceeu. I A. Steeu b EUis _b" Roberts b Mcholls " 9 Nicholls b Ellis 1 Edwards c and b sieen 1 J. S. Roberts c Evaus b T. Evans b Steen 0 Edis OT. Ellis c W. Lloyd b J. Steen c Pointner b Nicholls ?? 0 Evans 0 J. Williams b Nicholls 0 T. Lloyd b Graham OJ. Evans b .Nicholls... . 0 W. Llayd c Williams b O. Williams b Steen 0 Graham 0 Graham not out 4 H. Owen b Evans 3 Ruztney run out 1 W. Owen not out 3 Extras 2 Murray c Williams b K vans 0

The Wrexham Advertiser also records that a big crowd were entertained by the game against Rossett in 1876. This must have been a friendly affair as a year later a combined Rossett/Gresford side were playing away at Eaton Park.

Sept 22nd 1877 EATON PARK. ROSSETT AND GRESFORD. H. L. Stafford, c aud b Tunnicliffe SR. W. Egerton, b Shaw 3 I E. Evans, c Egerton, b Wright 13 G. H. Tunnicliffe. b 6 Shaw IS Morris, c Townshend, b steen 14 P. H. Wright, b Evans... 1 E. J. Muspratt, c Pa- lm, b Steen 1 R. B. Wright, b Shaw... 0 R. G. Boydell, b Steen 12 L. G. Campbell, b Shaw 2 J. Shaw, not out 13 A. Steen, b Stafford 3 Perry, c F. Aspinall, ?? 1 F. Aspinall, b Stafford 0 1 E. Wells, c P. H. Wright, b Steen OH. Aspinall, b Stafford 4] A. G. Brown, b Steen 2C. W. Townshend, b Shaw 6 J. Batten, st Wright. b St en ti H. Palm, not out 3 J. Griffiths, b Egerton OG. Montmorency, b Sbaw

A few years later a 2nd Eleven was in place at Gresford. Cricket certainly seemed to be flourishing in the village at this time, even if the batting might not have been of the best as the scores of the game vs Farndon in 1879 testify. Chasing Farndon`s score of 78 (23rd Aug 1879)

CRICKET. Gresford v. Farndon. — This match was played on Saturday last at Gresford. For Faradon Mr. J. Pinnington played a very steady innings of 23, and very nearly carried out his bat. The Gresford team were weak in batting, making no stand whatever against Mr. Owen's slows, which were very effective. The following is the score : — Gresford. A. Steene c Thelwall b Owen 1 P. H. Wright c Thelwall b Owen 4 A. Egertan b Owen 1 G. Sillery b Owen 1 W. Wilson b Owen 0 W. Crockett o H. Parry b Sperink 1 S. Boberts b Owen 0 J. B. Lancelot* b Owen 0 Q. W. Palm 1 b w, b Owen 1 C. Chilton b Owen "' i * T. Chilton not ont ?? 2 Extras ?? 3 Total 23

By the end of the 1870`s a fixed programme of games in the area was firmly established, the Wrexham Guardian offering a `neatly bound scorebook` for 2s!

By 1881 the cricket ground had moved…we think….to its home for the next 100+ years. High Street. More of that in the next chapter of the history of GCC.

Details of the early history of cricket in the area is a bit fragmentary, from 1913 it becomes slightly clearer due to fact that we have agm minute books dating back to this time ( a brilliant read!). Sadly a lot of memorabilia was lost during the fire at our pavilion on the High Street ground prior to our move to the present location adjacent to the Memorial Hall in the 1990`s

If any readers have any photos, documents, anecdotes to share with us we would be grateful to hear from you. Please feel free to pass on any comments, further information. Contradictions also welcome! This is a work in progress…..amendments will occur!

Our website contains a lot more information on our history and many other aspects of the cricket club.

Email contact……john.bell87@btinternet.com

Congratulations to Gresford Belles

Neil Ellwood — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 09:34:31 +0100

Congratulations to all involved

Congratulations to Gresford Belles

Neil Ellwood — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 09:33:27 +0100

Congratulations to all involved

New Club Kit

Simon Perry — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 11:24:30 +0000

Club Kit

We have a new range of kit for the 2016 season, thanks to sponsors SG Estates and Suppliers Macron. Click the link above to see what the store has on offer.

Also, if you would be interested in a training top, please speak to a captain or coach. They are £40 and ALL proceeds will be put back into the club.

Helmet guidance

john bell — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:48:37 +0000

Helmet Guidance

ECB Guidance Note: Safety measures for helmets within recreational cricket
The ECB has recently announced new helmet safety measures, which are being introduced with a view to reducing the risk of head and facial injuries within the game. The purpose of this brief note is to assist Leagues and Clubs at the recreational level to understand the key elements of these changes and what they mean.
Players over the age of 18
The ECB strongly recommends that all adult recreational cricketers should wear helmets for certain activities, preferably which meet the most recent British Safety Standard (see below). This recommendation applies to batting against all types of bowling, wicket-keepers standing up to the wicket (who may as an alternative wear face protectors) and fielders fielding closer than eight yards from the batsman’s middle stump, except behind the wicket on the off side.
Under 18s
The position in relation to u18s currently remains unchanged, and is governed by the ‘ECB Guidance on the Wearing of Cricket Helmets by Young Players’ (www.ecb.co.uk/youngplayershelmetguidance). In essence, batsmen and wicket-keepers standing up to the stumps must wear head protection when playing or practising. That Guidance should be referred to in full for the position in relation to u18s.
British Safety Standard
The latest British Safety Standard is BS7928:2013 (for both adults and juniors). The full list of helmets meeting this standard is available at www.ecb.co.uk/helmets. For wicket-keeping face protectors the relevant British Safety Standard is BS7929-2:2009 (again, for both adults and juniors).
The ECB understands that there is currently no specific women's helmet and as a consequence no specific standard for women's cricket helmets. As the size of the standard women's cricket ball is between the standard men and junior balls, it is recommended that women use helmets that have been tested against both the men's and junior sized ball, or at least against the junior size ball (as that could potentially get through the gap above the face guard on a men's helmet).
What do Leagues and Clubs need to do?
Whilst it is strongly recommended that all adult recreational cricketers wear helmets in the on-field circumstances detailed above, it is not mandatory for them to do so. For the avoidance of doubt, Leagues or Clubs do not need to go above and beyond the ECB’s recommendation by forcing their cricketers to wear helmets.
However, Leagues and Clubs in recreational cricket should ensure that their cricketers are made aware of the ECB’s above recommendation in relation to helmets, including the need to check that any newly purchased helmets meet the latest British Safety Standard. The ECB recommends that Leagues and Clubs bring the link above (i.e www.ecb.co.uk/helmets) to the attention of their cricketers and encourage all cricketers to carefully consider their own health and safety regarding helmet use.
Leagues and Clubs should always ensure that they have adequate public liability insurance.
February 2016

Interesting Book for Players

Simon Perry — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:43:03 +0000

Recommeded for all who think they are a batsman, want to be a batsman or are confused by batting and batsmen....` WHO WANTS TO BE A BATSMAN by Simon Hughes. Ex read!

Bag Packing Fundraiser

Simon Perry — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:41:40 +0000

22nd November....Bag Packing at Morrison`s. Junior and senior members raised £594. Well done to all who gave up of their time.

Thanks also to the staff at Morrison`s for their help and support...and for letting us do it!