Glastonbury Cricket Club
Nickname(s)The Thorns
Personnel
CaptainMatt Shawcross
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 Wells,[2] six against Yeovil,[3] and five against Bridgwater.[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
24Matt Shawcross England26 September 1994Right-handedRight-arm Off Spin
2Josh Beal England18 June 1991Right-handedRight-arm Medium pace
17John Stratton England30 November 1995Right-handedRight-arm Medium pace
4Will Mason England28 March 1995Right-handedRight-arm Leg Spin
5Harry Ellison England22 March 1993Right-handedRight-arm Medium pace
49Jack Lukins England21 October 1996Right-handedRight-arm Off Spin
All-rounders
8Alfie Barron England22 July 1995Right-handedLeft-arm Off Spin
9Chris Herbert Australia16 February 1991Right-handedRight-arm Leg SpinOverseas
10Ali Easton England22 July 1995Right-handedRight-arm Off SpinCaptain
11Archie Dunning England4 November 1997Right-handedRight-arm Fast bowling
23Joe Mason England3 January 1994Right-handedRight-arm Medium pace
Wicket-keepers
63Callum Hotham Australia16 February 1991Right-handedOverseas
13Ben Mason England7 October 1996Right-handed –
14Ian Odam England14 January 1972Right-handed –
15Herbert Rumney England27 August 1996Right-handed –
Bowlers
86Stephen Keates South Africa20 March 1986Right-handedRight-arm Fast bowlingClub Captain
10Dan Williams England18 October 1994Right-handedRight-arm Fast bowlingVice 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 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

  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 22 May 2010.
  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.

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