{{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox cricket team | team_name = Kew Cricket Club | image = Kew Green - geograph.org.uk - 5327.jpg | alt = | caption = Kew Cricket Club pavilion | home_venue = Kew Green, Kew Road, London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames | established = 1882 | colours = | chairman = Peter Berg | captain = Shane MacDermott | ground = Kew Green | first_match = 1973 | website = {{URL|www.kewcc.com}} | medal_templates = }} [[File:Kew Green panorama 661-3 Hugin b.jpg| 262px|thumb|{{center|Kew Green, historically in Surrey}}]] '''Kew Cricket Club (KCC)''' is a cricket club which hosts matches on Kew Green at Kew,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/leisure_and_culture/parks_and_open_spaces/park_details.htm?parkId=194|title=Kew Green|publisher=London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|date=24 November 2010|accessdate=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055038/http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/leisure_and_culture/parks_and_open_spaces/park_details.htm?parkId=194|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> historically in Surrey and now in the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames. It was formed in 1882 following the amalgamation of two local clubs, '''Kew Oxford Cricket Club''' and '''Kew Cambridge Cricket Club'''. Cricket was played on Kew Green for at least 150 years previously.<ref name="History"/>
In August 1732, ''The Whitehall Evening Post'' reported that Frederick, Prince of Wales, attended "a great cricket match" at Kew on Thursday 27 July.<ref name="Buckley">{{cite book | title=Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket: A Collection of 1000 New Cricket Notices from 1697 to 1800 | publisher=Cotterell | author=G B Buckley | author-link=G B Buckley | year=1935 | location=Birmingham | pages=262}}</ref> A report in ''The London Evening Post'' dated 16 July 1737 refers to a match between the Prince of Wales' XI and the Duke of Marlborough's XI.<ref name="Derry Drabbs">{{cite book | title=The River Thames | publisher=Frances Lincoln Ltd | author=Derry Drabbs | year=2010 | location=London | page=211|isbn=978-0711229587}}</ref> A close neighbour of the Prince of Wales when resident at Marlborough House his London town house, the duke was a keen cricketer and a member of Marylebone Cricket Club;<ref>[https://www.burkespeerage.com/ www.burkespeerage.com]</ref> his great nephew, the Revd Lord Frederick Beauclerk, became President of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) (1826–27).<ref>''The House of Nell Gwyn: the fortunes of the Beauclerk family'', 1670–1974 (Dr Donald Adamson FRSL)</ref>
==Current activities== Today, Kew Cricket Club fields four Saturday League teams, a Sunday League team and a Sunday friendly team. Kew Cricket Club operates a thriving Colts section,<ref name="Herald">{{cite news | url=https://chiswickherald.co.uk/pop-over-the-bridge-to-kew-cricket-club-all-welcome-p1437-203.htm | title=Pop over the bridge to Kew Cricket Club – All Welcome! | work=Chiswick Herald | date=2 June 2013 | access-date=12 April 2026 | author=Robert Tindall}}</ref> fielding league teams at the U17 (under 17 years of age), U15, U13 and U11 levels. Kew CC 1st XI currently plays in Division 1 of the Thames Valley Cricket League.<ref name="Champions">{{cite news | url=http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/sport/cricket/11468529.Champions_Kew_must_heed_NPL_Teddington_s_cautionary_tale/ | title=Champions Kew must heed NPL Teddington's cautionary tale | work=Richmond Guardian | date=11 September 2014 | accessdate=17 February 2015}}</ref> Kew CC's 1st and 2nd XI teams play at Kew Cricket Club Ground on Kew Green, whilst the 3rd and 4th XIs play nearby on St Mary's University cricket ground at Teddington.
A charity cricket match takes place annually on May bank holiday.<ref name="Charity fun">{{cite news | url=http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/richmondnews/9749480.Extra_special_fun_at_Kew_Green_s_charity_cricket_tournament/?ref=rss | title=Extra special fun at Kew Green's charity cricket tournament | work=Richmond and Twickenham Times | date=9 June 2012 | accessdate=7 January 2014 | author=Christine Fleming}}</ref>
==History== right|100px Historically in the county of Surrey and owned by the Crown Estate,<ref>[https://www.richmond.gov.uk/media/28031/kew_green_management_plan.pdf www.richmond.gov.uk]</ref> Kew CC's ground is adjacent to the Royal Botanic Gardens.<ref>[https://www.kew.org/ www.kew.org]</ref> [[File:The church on Kew Green (1986) - geograph.org.uk - 871529.jpg|thumb|250px|St Anne's Church provides a picturesque backdrop to cricket on Kew Green]] * 1732 – Frederick, Prince of Wales, attended "a great cricket match" at Kew on Thursday 27 July<ref name="Buckley"/> * 1737 – The first recorded cricket match on Kew Green was between the Prince of Wales' XI and the Duke of Marlborough's XI<ref name="Derry Drabbs"/> * 1824 – Kew Green was enclosed by Act of Parliament, the Land at Kew Green, Surrey Act 1823 (4 Geo. 4. c. 75)<ref name="History">{{cite book | title=Kew Cricket Club 1882–1982 | publisher=Kew Cricket Club | editor=M Burgess | year=1982 | location=London | pages=32}}</ref> * 1853 – ''The Windsor and Eton Express'' reported that a meeting had been held at the Rose & Crown pub to re-establish the Kew Cambridge Cricket Club<ref name="Windsor 1853">{{cite news | url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000413/18530129/039/0003 | title=Richmond: The ensuing cricket season | work=Windsor and Eton Express | date=29 January 1853| accessdate=22 January 2016}}</ref> * 1855 – ''Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle'' referred to "Kew Cambridge Cricket Ground" as the venue for a match between the Goodenough House School CC and Clifden House CC which took place on 16 May<ref name="Bell's">{{cite news | url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000355/18550527/098/0010 | title=Cricket: Goodenough v Clifden Houses | work=Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle | date=27 May 1855 | accessdate=22 January 2016}}</ref> * 1868 – ''The Windsor and Eton Express'' reported that despite being said to have included four professional players, a Kew United Cricket Club team had lost a match at Kew Green on 9 July against the Slough & Upton Cricket Club<ref name="Windsor 1868">{{cite news | url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000413/18680718/024/0003 | title=District correspondence: Slough: Cricket | work=Windsor and Eton Express | date=18 July 1868 | accessdate=22 January 2016}}</ref> * 1876 – Kew Cambridge Cricket Club was granted permission to cordon off the wicket<ref name="History"/> * 1881 – Kew Cambridge Cricket Club and Kew Oxford Cricket Club amalgamated to form Kew Cricket Club<ref name="History"/> * 1962 – Kew CC was given permission to erect a pavilion<ref name="History"/> * 1964 – The cricket pavilion was opened<ref name="History"/> * 1966 – Sunday cricket was allowed on Kew Green for the first time<ref name="History"/> * 1973 – Jamaica played New Zealand on Kew Cricket Club's pitch in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup; however, the match was abandoned due to rain.<ref name="Women's">{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/595_wo.html | title=Women's One-Day International Matches played on Kew Green, Kew| publisher=CricketArchive | accessdate=9 January 2016}}</ref>
==See also== * Kew Gardens
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== * Martin Burgess (ed.) (1982). ''Kew Cricket Club 1882–1982''. London: Kew Cricket Club, 32pp
==External links== *[https://www.kewcc.com/ Official website] *[http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57135.html Kew Cricket Club Ground] on Cricinfo *[https://thecricketerskew.com/our-story www.thecricketerskew.com]
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