The County Championship
In the UK, the domestic game centres around the County Championship. Currently there are 18 counties that ply their trade in the tournament, with Durham being the newest member of the major counties. Here we have profiles of all the first-class counties.
- Derbyshire County Cricket Club - Derbyshire County Cricket Club formed in 1870 after a meeting was held at Derby's Guild Hall. A year later, after playing their inaugural First Class match against Leicester County Cricket Club at Old Trafford, the club entered the County Championship. With the exception of a few successful matches at the beginning of their First Class career, Derbyshire performed badly in the County Championship and in 1888 the club lost its First Class Cricket status. By 1894 the club were back on form and returned to the Championship but in 1897 their weakness was marked again when they failed to win a single match, despite having a number of strong players in the team...
- Durham County Cricket Club - Cricket was slow in spreading as far north as Durham. Though it is believed that the earliest reference to cricket in the county was a game between the Earl of Northumberland’s XI and the Duke of Cleveland’s XI that reportedly took place in the spectacular setting of Raby Castle on August 5th 1751. The first officially recorded game of cricket within the county of Durham took place near a century later, in Sunderland in 1848 between the All England XII and Bishopwearmouth 22...
- Essex County Cricket Club - Essex County Cricket Club was formed on the 14th January, 1876, in Brentwood. Cricket had been gaining in popularity in Essex and surrounding areas for about a century prior to the official formation of the club. Six years after the formation of the club, they moved from Brentwood to Leyton. This same year saw the arrival of Charles Green at the club and many still view him as the founding father. Essex had to 04:10 PM - Talk Football
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