A Brief History Of The Nettlebed Cricket Club c1870 – 1981
A Brief History Of The Nettlebed Cricket Club c1870 - 1981
CRICKET AT NETTLEBED
We decided to celebrate our centenary in 1981 because tradition in the village has it that the Club was founded in 1881. However, research has now shown that we are older than we thought: the earliest match of which we have been able to find a record was played in July 1870. Moreover, it is clear that cricket was already well established in Nettlebed at that date; so we can say with confidence that the age of the Club is 111 +. Thus we are celebrating in the knowledge that cricket has been played in the village for well over a century. And yet, oddly enough, if one subtracts the years not completed or lost on account of the two world wars - five in the first and six in the second - one arrives at the fact that 1981 is Nettlebed's 100th recorded season,
The first known match...