NESTON CRICKET
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Top competitive league cricket has been played on one of the best playing arenas in the North West for over 100 years, here at Parkgate on the wirral.
During this time, the club has hosted many top flight games, including County teams, Minor Counties, representative matches and even the England Ladies cricket team! We have two very good wickets with a fantastic view from the balcony of the new clubhouse, looking towards the welsh hills with parkgate in the foreground. It is possibly one of the best settings for cricket in cheshire. |
Neston CC has produced many players who have gone on to win top honours in the game, the most famous being Ken Cranston. Ken played for and captained Lancashire and England in 1947/8 against the all conquering Australians. As well as host of Cheshire age group games we also provide players from Under 11 to Over 60!
The club runs four senior men's teams on a Saturday, a Sunday Academy League as well as friendly teams and junior sides from Under 9 to Under 17! The junior section is particularly strong with many qualified coaches. Strong emphasis is put on junior enjoyment and development. |
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A Brief History of Cricket at Neston.
The first recorded game of cricket in Parkgate was in 1881 and then at it's present ground from 1895.
Neston had two sides from 1900 and they played in the Liverpool and District Competition from 1908 which was not formally put into a league structure until 1949, when Neston was one of the original 16 clubs from the Liverpool, Wirral and Lancashire areas. We have won it 5 times which is quite a feat as some clubs have never won it! We moved to the newly formed Cheshire League for the 1999 season, which made geographical sense as many clubs on the Wirral and Cheshire made up the Liverpool League. We were runners-Up in 2013, which is the best we have achieved since joining in 1999.
The first recorded game of cricket in Parkgate was in 1881 and then at it's present ground from 1895.
Neston had two sides from 1900 and they played in the Liverpool and District Competition from 1908 which was not formally put into a league structure until 1949, when Neston was one of the original 16 clubs from the Liverpool, Wirral and Lancashire areas. We have won it 5 times which is quite a feat as some clubs have never won it! We moved to the newly formed Cheshire League for the 1999 season, which made geographical sense as many clubs on the Wirral and Cheshire made up the Liverpool League. We were runners-Up in 2013, which is the best we have achieved since joining in 1999.
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1st XI Neston Cricket Captains:
1895-1901 H.M.Speechly 1902-1910 A.Barrett 1911-1913 F.G.Gilling 1914 F.Cramer-Roberts 1915-1918 WW1 1919 F.J.Kirby 1920-1921 G.B.Eaton 1922 A.Barrett 1923 L.Ravenscroft 1924 H.I.Okell 1925 H.J.Beausire 1926 G.Trantom 1927-1928 F.J.Griffiths 1929 J.H.B.Sullivan 1930-1933 H.J.Beausire 1934-1938 A.J.K.Barne 1939 H.J.Beausire 1940 E.F.Goodwin 1941 G.A.McDonald 1942 R.A.Nokes 1943 G.A.McDonald 1944-45 H.G.E.Prescott 1949-60 Ken Cranston 1961-64 Brian Johnson 1965-68 Donald Hughes 1969-70 Brian Ennion 1971-75 Keith Jackson 1976-78 Jim Marshall 1979-87 Norman Halsall 1988-93 Phil Davis 1994-96 Peter Barber 1997-99 Stan Clifford 2000-01 Phil Davis 2002-03 David Collyer 2004-06 Ben Thomas 2007-08 Stan Clifford 2009-10 Jack Smith 2011 Andy Roberts 2012-14 David Hurst 2015 Brad Donelan 2016-17 Simon Stokes 2018- David Hurst 1000 Runs in a season
1933 W.E. Bates 1952 K. Cranston 1989 P.A.Davis 1990 P.A.Davis 1994 P.A.Davis 2009 J.Smith 10 Wickets in an Innings 1924 H.J.Beausire 
Ken Cranston
Warming up in the nets in The West Indies in 1948.
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Liverpool and District Competition Champions
1956 1st XI Division - Runners-Up 1957 1st XI Division - Champions 1965 1st XI Division - Champions 1966 1st XI Division - Runners-Up 1969 1st XI Division - Champions 1970 1st XI Division - Champions 1980 1st XI Division - Runners-Up 1982 1st XI Division - Runners-Up 1987 1st XI Division - Runners-Up 1992 1st XI Division - Champions Neston moved into the Cheshire Premier League in 2000. ECB Cheshire Premier Competition
2007 Premier Division - Runners-Up 2013 Premier Division - Runners-Up Cheshire Cup
1983 Winners 1985 Winners 1989 Runners-Up 1992 Runners-Up 1995 Runners-Up 2017 Runners-Up Cheshire T20
2012 Winners 2017 Winners 2nd XI League Champions
1961, 1964, 1966, 1993, 1997, 2013, 2016 2XI Cup 1992 3rd XI League Champions 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2016, 2017 3XI Cup 2016, 2017 4th XI League Champions 2017 County and Country while playing for Neston
England - Ken Cranston Lancashire - Ken Cranston, Phil Davis, Simon Marshall Cheshire - Henry Beausire, John Halliwell, Derek Little, Robert Littler, David Mount, James Swift, Tony Vickery, David Watts, Brian Johnson, Brian Ennion, David Costain, Donald Hughes, Norman Halsall, Keith Jackson, Mike Byrne, Arthur Byrne, Charles Coombes, Steve Gardner, Phil Davis, Nigel Aston, Simon Marshall, Chris Finegan, David Hurst, Will Evans, Andy Clarke, Ashley Davis, Matty Stewart 
Ken Cranston bowls in the Test trial game, England v Rest of England, Test Trial, Edgbaston, June 3, 1948.
Cranston tosses with West Indies captain George Headley ahead of the Guyana Test in January 1948.
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