Play cricket on one of the most beautiful villages in the South of England! Lurgashall is just a short 45 minute train journey from Waterloo and pick up can be arranged from Haslemere station. Places available for Saturday local league matches and Sunday friendlies. All abilities are welcome...

All you need is a good sense of humour and we will provide the rest; kit, teas, etc. Lurgashall really is one of THE most picture perfect villages in England and the cricket pitch is right slap bang in the middle of it. With its village shop, church and, most importantly, a great village pub, you are more than welcome to join us at one of the most quintesesential villages in the UK.

The Green at Lurgashall is one of the most picturesque settings for cricket in the south of England. Whether watching from the pub garden, or playing, there are few better places for cricket lovers to be.

It is not known when cricket was first played in Lurgashall, but there is a framed extract from the West Sussex Gazette of 1865 recording the outcome of a match against the “auld enemy” of Ebernoe – fixtures between these two villages are the cricketing equivalent of Rangers and Celtic clashes in this corner of West Sussex. It is likely that cricket started in the early part of the nineteenth century, so there is more than 150 years of tradition being played out each summer’s week-end.

The Club runs two teams. On Saturday, we play in the second division (of six) of the I’Anson league, itself the oldest cricket league in the country dating back to its formation in 1900. Membership of the league is confined to clubs within a twelve mile radius of Grayshott Parish Church, so travel to away matches is restricted, and means we play at other attractive grounds such as Tilford and Frensham. On Sundays we play friendly matches, some against local villages such as Tillington and Lodsworth, others against nomadic sides rejoicing in such names as Falling Leaves and Not the MCC.

On the first Sunday in July each year, we hold our annual six-a-side competition, which starts early in the day and lasts right through until the early evening. Always a great day.

GROUND HIRE:
The ground is available for hire should you wish to organise your own fixture. While week-ends are obviously in demand, it is possible to hire the ground during the week as well – in these straightened times, the club has had enquiries for people wanting to host an event as an alternative, and much less expensive, event for corporate hospitality. What better way to while away a Wednesday afternoon in mid-summer with colleagues playing cricket on the green, followed by supper in the Noah’s Ark……

For further info please call Malcolm on 01428 708120

Lurgashall Cricket Club
Hon Secretary: Malcolm Caird, Pear Tree Cottage, Lurgashall, GU28 9ET
Tel: 01428 708120
e-mail: CairdKM@aol.com

Captains
Saturday: Scott Evans: 07836 349743
Sunday: c/o Vicki Thiselton

Ground Hire: Malcolm Caird
Groundsmen: Rob Dale & Matthew Boxall

Match Fees: Home and Away
Full Member: £7.00
Under 16: £3.50

Lurgashall Cricket Club - 2011 Fixtures

I'Anson League Fixtures

Sunday/Bank Holiday Fixtures

Date Team Ground Time Date Team Ground Time
April 16 Dogmersfield II Away 1.00pm April 17      
April 23 Tilford II Away 1.00pm April 24
April 30 Tongham II Away 1.00pm May 1
May 7 Milford Home 2.00pm May 8      
May 14 Thursley Away 2.00pm May 15
May 21 Dogmersfield II Home 2.00pm May 22 Hambledon Home 2.30pm
May 28 Pirbright Home 2.00pm May 29 Midhurst 6's Away 2.30pm
June 4 Lurgashall Fete June 5
June 11 Badshot Lea  Away 2.00pm June 12  
June 18 Chiddingfold II Away 2.00pm June 19 Revesby (Lincolnshire) Home 2.30pm
June 25 Hindhead Home 2.00pm June 26 Ebernoe Away 2.30pm
July 2 Tilford II  Home 2.00pm July 3 Lurgashall 6-a-side Home 9.30am
July 9 Bramley Away 2.00pm July 10      
July 16 Pirbright Away 2.00pm July 17      
July 23 Puttenham II  Home 2.00pm July 24      
July 30 Hindhead Away 2.00pm July 25 Ebernoe - Horn Fair Away 11.00am
July 31  
August 6 Milford Away 2.00pm August 7 Optimists Home 2.30pm
August 13 Basdhot Lea  Home 2.00pm August 14 Noah's Ark Home 2.30pm
August 20 Chiddingfold II Home 1.00pm August 21 Hindhead Home 2.30pm
August 27 Puttenham II Away 1.00pm August 28 Ebernoe Home 2.30pm
August 29 Mon
September 3 Thursley Home 1.00pm September 4  
September 10 Bramley Home 1.00pm September 11      
September 17 Tongham Home 12.30pm September 18      
September 24       September 25      

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