Team information | |
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Established | 1820 |
Last match | 1924 |
Home venue | Darnall cricket ground Hyde Park Bramall Lane |
History | |
Notable players | Tom Marsden William Slinn Tom Armitage George Ulyett Michael Ellison Tom Hunt George Pinder |
The Wednesday Cricket Club, founded in 1820, became one of the pre-eminent cricket clubs in the Sheffield area. It was the direct forerunner of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. It was reformed in 2011 and has risen from Section 7 in the Mansfield District League to Section 2 in 2017. Its midweek side play in Division A of the Sheffield Alliance Midweek League in 2018 having won Division B in 2017.