Hornchurch Cricket Club is a cricket club based at Harrow Lodge Park in Hornchurch, England.
History
Hornchurch Cricket Club was established in 1783. The club had several good players and for the next ten years it was representative of Essex as a county, the club's name sometimes being interchangeable with that of the county in the scorecards of important matches. Essex cricket faded during the Napoleonic Wars and Hornchurch played only minor matches from 1794. The home ground was initially Langton Park, moving to Grey Towers by 1889. Grey Towers was purchased by the army during the First World War and after using a field in Wingletye Lane the club moved to Queen's Green in 1925, moving to Harrow Lodge Park in 1947.
Teams
Hornchurch Cricket Club runs five Saturday teams all of which five compete in the Essex Premier League and two Sunday teams as well as various Youth teams. Its home ground is at Harrow Lodge Park. During the summer the club runs a community coaching scheme called "Cricket for All" at the Harrow Lodge Ground.
References
Further reading
G. B. Buckley, Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket, Cotterell, 1935
Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862
H. T. Waghorn, The Dawn of Cricket, Electric Press, 1906
External links
Hornchurch Cricket Club
Former senior cricket clubs
English cricket teams in the 18th century
Organizations established in 1783
Sports clubs and teams established in the 1780s
1783 establishments in England
Club cricket teams in England
Cricket teams in London
Sport in the London Borough of Havering
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