Godalming Cricket Club
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Godalming Cricket Club is based at Godalming
, Surrey
, and was briefly a major cricket team, playing 12 known first-class
matches from 1821 to 1825. Its home ground then was The Burys
but is now Holloway Hill recreation ground.
Julius Caesar
began his career at Godalming where he attracted local press attention at age 16, in the Surrey Gazette. He helped Godalming beat a Surrey XI at The Oval
in 1849, aged 18, by making scores of 67 and 46.
with clubhouse facilities in the pavilion. The current chairman is Helen Ross and the club captain is John Milner. It is a CASC registered club with HM Revenue and Customs.
In August 2004 GCC played an Old England XI including John Lever
, Derek Randall
and Derek Underwood
. This was a charity event to raise funds for Chace Children's Hospice.
In February 2006, an arson attack destroyed the pavilion at nearby Thursley Cricket Club. Within hours, Godalming had offered the use of its facilities to Thursley.
Godalming
Godalming is a town and civil parish in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, south of Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey and is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt. Godalming shares a three-way twinning arrangement with the towns of Joigny in France...
, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, and was briefly a major cricket team, playing 12 known first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches from 1821 to 1825. Its home ground then was The Burys
The Burys
The Burys at Godalming, Surrey was used as a major cricket venue for 9 first-class matches between 1821 and 1830. It was used by the Godalming Cricket Club for all of its home first-class matches and also by Surrey.-External links:* * -Bibliography:...
but is now Holloway Hill recreation ground.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar (cricketer)
Julius Caesar was a Surrey cricketer who played 194 first-class cricket matches between 1849 and 1867.-Childhood:...
began his career at Godalming where he attracted local press attention at age 16, in the Surrey Gazette. He helped Godalming beat a Surrey XI at The Oval
The Oval
The Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...
in 1849, aged 18, by making scores of 67 and 46.
Recent history
The club now plays home matches at Holloway Hill Sports Association's recreation ground in GodalmingGodalming
Godalming is a town and civil parish in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, south of Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey and is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt. Godalming shares a three-way twinning arrangement with the towns of Joigny in France...
with clubhouse facilities in the pavilion. The current chairman is Helen Ross and the club captain is John Milner. It is a CASC registered club with HM Revenue and Customs.
In August 2004 GCC played an Old England XI including John Lever
John Lever
John Lever MBE is an English former cricketer, who played in twenty one Tests and twenty two ODIs for England from 1976 to 1986...
, Derek Randall
Derek Randall
Derek William Randall is an English former cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire, and Tests and ODIs for England in the late 1970s and early 1980s....
and Derek Underwood
Derek Underwood
Derek Underwood MBE is an English former international cricketer, and a former President of the MCC....
. This was a charity event to raise funds for Chace Children's Hospice.
In February 2006, an arson attack destroyed the pavilion at nearby Thursley Cricket Club. Within hours, Godalming had offered the use of its facilities to Thursley.