Finedon Dolben Cricket Club
Finedon Dolben Cricket Club
Finedon Dolben Cricket Club
LeagueNorthamptonshire Cricket League
Team information
Colors  Blue   Gold
Founded1836
Home groundAvenue Road, Finedon, Wellingborough
History
Premier wins13
Official websitefinedondolben.play-cricket.com

Finedon Dolben Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club based in Finedon, Northamptonshire, England. Finedon Dolben have 4 senior XI teams in the Northamptonshire Cricket League,[1] and an established Junior Section, who play in both the Higham & District Youth League[2] and the Corby and District Youth Cricket League[3][4]

Club history

Finedon Dolben Cricket Club was founded in 1836 and records show that they joined the Kettering & District Cricket League in 1896.[5] After many years of league activity, resulting in numerous championship title wins,[6] Finedon Dolben became a member of the Northamptonshire Cricket League. Since the Northamptonshire Cricket League was designated an ECB Premier League in 1999,[7] Finedon Dolben is one of only three cricket clubs (Finedon Dolben, Old Northamptonians and Peterborough Town) to have held a constant presence in the highest level of competition for recreational club cricket in Northamptonshire, with eleven ECB Premiership league championship titles to their name.[8]

Club Performance

The Northamptonshire Cricket League competition results showing the club's positions in the league (by Division) since 1999.

Key
Gold Champions
Red Relegated
Grey League Suspended
Key
P ECB Premier Division
1 Division One
2 Division Two, etc.
Northamptonshire Cricket League
Team 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
1st XI PPPPP PPPPP PPPPP PPPPP PPPPP
2nd XI 4 32222 22211 11112 21122
3rd XI 1111111010 109887 65444 44455
4th XI 14131212 111110109989

Source: [9]

Club Honours

Northamptonshire Cricket League Champions
Division Year(s)
Premier 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2022, 2023
Division Two 2019
Division Six 2014
Division Seven 2013
Division Eight 2012
Division Nine 2021
Division Ten 2019
Division Eleven 2004, 2006, 2017
NCL - Cup Competitions
Result Cup Year
Winners Hevey NCL T20 Championship - Finals Day 2019
Northamptonshire County Knock-out Cup 1998, 1999, 2003
Northamptonshire County Cricket League
Division Year(s)
Premier 1997, 1998
Division One 1973
Division Two 1957
Division Three 1967
Kettering & District League Trophy
Division Year(s)
Division One 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934

    Source:[10]

    References

    1. ↑ "Northamptonshire Cricket League". ncl.play-cricket.com. Northamptonshire Cricket League. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
    2. ↑ "Higham & District Youth League". highamanddistrictleague.play-cricket.com. Higham & District Youth League. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
    3. ↑ "Corby and District Youth Cricket League". cdycl.play-cricket.com. Corby and District Youth Cricket League. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
    4. ↑ "Finedon Dolben Cricket Club". finedondolben.play-cricket.com. Finedon Dolben Cricket Club. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
    5. ↑ Buckby, Richard (2020). Finedon’s First Professional Cricketer (PDF). Wellingborough: Finedon Local History Society. p. 2.
    6. ↑ "Finedon Dolben Cricket XI 1931". finedonlocalhistorysociety.co.uk. Finedon Local History Society. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
    7. ↑ List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
    8. ↑ "Skipper Callum delighted as Finedon end their seven-year wait". northantstelegraph.co.uk. Northamptonshire Telegraph. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
    9. ↑ "Team Information for - 1st XI". finedondolben.play-cricket.com. Finedon Dolben CC. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
    10. ↑ "Northamptonshire Competition Winners". acscricket.com. The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

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