More About Wandering Cricket

Anthony Gibson & Stephen Chalke compiled this magnificent tome covering the vast majority of Wandering Cricket Clubs and more

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There are a good number of Wandering Cricket clubs listed in Club Cricket Conference Handbooks which do not seem to have any presence on the social media except sometimes as opponents in published fixture lists and scorecards. Some of these may be dead or sleeping but here they are as follows.- EDCC, Reading Lawyers CC, Eastside CC, Old Sectonians, South Ilford CC, Spartan CC, Kings Bench Walk CC, Statics CC, Elite CC, Harrowdene CC, HJM CC, Inter- Varsity CC, Willesden Community CC, Woodlands (Kingsbury) CC, Acme CC, Tooting United CC,Trafford (Croydon) CC, Vishwa CC Southfields CC,West London Deaf CC, Rascals CC, Harlesden Wanderers CC, Gustavus Adolphus Memorial CC, Elthorne CC, Church Street Nomads CC, Circle CC, Red Dogs CC, Lewisham Wanderers CC, Greenfield(Kent) CC, Great Harry CC, Four Cs CC, Edenbeck Ramblers CC, Invicta Wanderers CC, Elsid CC, Dimanchian CC, Taylor Spots Club, Jackdaws CC, Entertainers CC, Boars CC, Stapleford & Red Triangle CC, Romford Prims CC, Raphael CC,Wye Valley CC, and more..

It is fair to assume many Wandering cricket Clubs may have been badly effected by the Covid Lockdowns and Restrictions.

Many Wandering clubs are renown for their blazers, caps and sweaters whose style tends to emanate from the so called ‘Golden Age of Cricket’ prior to World War 1. Some are more garish than others, some smart and some ghastly. However many a sedentary local club has a stunning Blazer.

Blazers have become popular again after a period when they were often the object of much ridicule and parody and associated with allegedly brain dead cricket/sports administrators. The renaissance of Club Blazers seems to be general across all sports today, men and women, and many of those of Rugby, Golf and Rowing are every bit as garish as those of some Wandering Cricket clubs.

A magnificent collection of Wandering Cricket Club Caps may be found in the pavilion of Oxford Downs Cricket Club.

Douglas Jardine’s Harlequin Cap

The late Peter Wynne-Thomas wrote of the formation of several of the oldest Wandering clubs in an essay in Cricket World Magazine which later became part of the book he published History of Cricket.

Martin Burgess wrote about Wandering Cricket Clubs 1988 in Club Cricketer Magazine

There have been a number of books published in addition to club histories covering the activities (nefarious and beneficial) of some Wandering Crickets Clubs.

February 12, 2022 7:24 pm