Andover Cricket Club
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Andover Cricket Club is an English
cricket
club based in Andover
, Hampshire
. Originally formed in 1865, the club has been at its present ground at London Road, Andover since the 1930s. The club runs six senior teams, with the 1st competing in the Southern Premier Cricket League
, whilst the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th teams play in the Hampshire Cricket League. In addition to the senior squads, Andover Cricket Club has a Youth section with over 200 members subscribed. The club achieved ECB Clubmark accreditation in 2007.
Andover were founder members of the Hampshire Cricket League in 1973, and finished runners-up in the first two years of the league's existence, but had to wait until 1997 for their first championship win.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
club based in Andover
Andover, Hampshire
Andover is a town in the English county of Hampshire. The town is on the River Anton some 18.5 miles west of the town of Basingstoke, 18.5 miles north-west of the city of Winchester and 25 miles north of the city of Southampton...
, Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
. Originally formed in 1865, the club has been at its present ground at London Road, Andover since the 1930s. The club runs six senior teams, with the 1st competing in the Southern Premier Cricket League
Southern Premier Cricket League
The Southern Premier Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in central southern England, and since 2000 has been a designated ECB Premier League.The league covers the counties of Dorset, Hampshire and South Wiltshire....
, whilst the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th teams play in the Hampshire Cricket League. In addition to the senior squads, Andover Cricket Club has a Youth section with over 200 members subscribed. The club achieved ECB Clubmark accreditation in 2007.
Andover were founder members of the Hampshire Cricket League in 1973, and finished runners-up in the first two years of the league's existence, but had to wait until 1997 for their first championship win.