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 - 2010 Fixtures |
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I'Anson League Fixtures |
Sunday/Bank Holiday Fixtures |
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| Date | Team | Ground | Time | Date | Team | Ground | Time | ||
| April 17 | Thursley | Home | 1.00pm | April 18 | Falling Leaves | Home | 2.00pm | ||
| April 24 | Alfold | Away | 1.00pm | April 25 | |||||
| May 1 | Lindford | Home | 2.00pm | May 2 | |||||
| May 8 | Peper Harow | Away | 2.00pm | May 9 | Belsize Village | Home | 2.00pm | ||
| May 15 | Blackheath | Home | 2.00pm | May 16 | |||||
| May 22 | Grayshott II | Away | 2.00pm | May 23 | |||||
| May 29 | Wrecclesham | Home | 2.00pm | May 30 | Lodsworth | Home | 2.30pm | ||
| June 5 | Lurgashall Fete | June 6 | |||||||
| June 12 | Wood St Malt House | Away | 2.00pm | June 13 | Butsers | ||||
| June 19 | Cody | Home | 2.00pm | June 20 | Tim Swannel XI | Home | 2.30pm | ||
| June 26 | Frensham II | Away | 2.00pm | June 27 | Ebernoe EJ Hentanaar | Away | 2.30pm | ||
| July 3 | Blackheath Butsers | Away | 2.00pm | July 4 | Lurgashall 6-a-side | Home | 9-3 pm | ||
| July 10 | Witley | Home | 2.00pm | July 11 | Brook Strollers | Home | 2.30pm | ||
| July 17 | Peper Harow | Home | 2.00pm | July 18 | Fittleworth | Home | 2.30pm | ||
| July 24 | Thursley Butsers | Away | 2.00pm | July 25 | Not the MCC | Home | 2.30pm | ||
| July 31 | Away | ||||||||
| August 1 | Butsers | ||||||||
| August 7 | Grayshott II | Home | 2.00pm | August 8 | Optimists | Home | 2.30pm | ||
| August 14 | Witley Butsers | Away | 2.00pm | August 15 | Noah's Ark | Home | 2.30pm | ||
| August 21 | Wrecclesham | Away | 1.00pm | August 22 | Hindhead | Home | 2.30pm | ||
| August 28 | Alfold | Home | 1.00pm | August 29 | Ebernoe | Home | 2.30pm | ||
| August 30 Mon | |||||||||
| September 4 | Cody | Away | 1.00pm | September 5 | Butsers | ||||
| September 11 | Wood St | Home | 1.00pm | September 12 | Steep | Away | 2.00pm | ||
| September 18 | Frensham II | Home | 12.30pm | September 19 | Waverley | Home | 1.30pm | ||
