Keyworth Cricket Club History
Welcome to the official Keyworth Cricket Club history website. Within these pages you will find an ever increasing amount of current and historic information about our Nottinghamshire village cricket team.
About Keyworth Cricket Club
The first
reference to the men of Keyworth playing cricket can be found in the
15 June 1815 issue of the Nottingham Review - Keyworth defeating
neighbour village Bunny in a two innings match played on Tuesday 13
June 1815. Keyworth scoring 24 & 81, Bunny 59 & 36.
Cricket blossomed in the South Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire
border area when between 1810 and 1820 most of the villages formed a
team and it is known that Keyworth played their early matches on the
Rectory Field in the centre of the village and stayed there until
the 1870’s when they moved on to a field on Bunny Lane immediately
behind the Davill’s (Greenhays) Farm and Keyworth became one of the
best village teams in the County with many of their players
achieving fame far beyond the village border and it is said that the
village produced no fewer than forty professional players and
coaches at this time, some of whom played for Nottinghamshire CCC,
including the ‘great’ William Dick Attewell and his relatives Thomas
and Walter, also Arthur Pike, Thomas Simpson and Matthew William
Wright, not to mention other ‘stars’ such as Thomas Armstong, Harry
Bolton, William Lane Pike, Josh Simpson, William Tomlinson & William
Widdowson. All from a village with a population of around 900 people
by the late 1900s and when the Nottinghamshire Cricket
Association
was formed in 1890, Keyworth finished fourth in the first season of
the Senior Alliance League and were South Notts Cricket League
Champions in 1922.
If this taste of the early history of the club is of interest please
read our comprehensive story in the HISTORY
SECTION of
this website which takes you through the journey from 1815 to the
present day and relates it to other events taking place over the 200
years of cricket in Keyworth or purchase the book we produced to
celebrate the bi-centenary, price £7.95 plus postage.
The club home ground is at Platt Lane in Keyworth
Barry Baker - President – Keyworth Cricket Club
Current Keyworth Teams:
- Senior First Team - G&M South Nottingham Division A
- Women’s First Team – East Midlands Women’s League Premier Division
- Senior Second Team - G&M South Nottingham Division G
- Women’s Second Team – East Midlands Women’s League Division Two
- Senior Third Team - G&M South Nottingham Division L
- Women’s Third Team – East Midlands Women’s League Super 8s Division Two
- Senior Fourth Team - G&M South Nottingham Division M
- Senior Fifth Team - G&M South Nottingham Development Division
- Sunday Team – Friendly matches only
- Women’s Softball Team – East Midlands Women’s Softball League Division Two
- Colts Team – Nottingham Under 19s T20 League
- Girl’s Under 19s & 15s – ECB National Zone 2 T20 Cup
- Juniors Teams - Under 10s,11s,12s,13s,14s & 15s Nottingham & Newark Leagues
- Girls Team – Under 15s & 13s Nottingham Girls Development League
- Beginners Teams - Nottingham Kwik Cricket Leagues (Boys (U10s), Girls (U11s)
Updated 27th December 2022