York Cricket Club
Encyclopedia
York Cricket Club is an English
amateur cricket
club based in York
. The club became a founding member of the Yorkshire Cricket League
in 1935. The club also has three teams in the York and District Senior Cricket League and one in the York Vale League. York Cricket Club won the ECB National Club Cricket Championship
in 1975. The club coach is former Yorkshire
player Jim Love.
The club is based at Clifton Park. The site also houses York Squash Club, York Tennis Club and York Rugby Football Union Club which together form the York Sports Club.
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...
amateur 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 York
York
York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
. The club became a founding member of the Yorkshire Cricket League
Yorkshire ECB County Premier League
The Yorkshire ECB County Premier League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in Yorkshire, England, and since 1999 has been a designated ECB Premier League.-Winners:-External links:* - official site* - Play-Cricket site...
in 1935. The club also has three teams in the York and District Senior Cricket League and one in the York Vale League. York Cricket Club won the ECB National Club Cricket Championship
ECB National Club Cricket Championship
The ECB National Club Cricket Championship is a knockout club cricket competition in England. The most successful clubs have been Scarborough Cricket Club from Yorkshire, with five titles and Old Hill Cricket Club from the Metropolitan county of West Midlands , with four.-Winners:ECB National Club...
in 1975. The club coach is former Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
player Jim Love.
The club is based at Clifton Park. The site also houses York Squash Club, York Tennis Club and York Rugby Football Union Club which together form the York Sports Club.
Honours
- Yorkshire Cricket League
- Winners 1951, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1988, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- National Club Cricket Championship
- Winners 1975