County cricket teams representing Middlesex have been traced back to the 18th century, although for long periods the county was secondary to the London Cricket Club which played at the Artillery Ground . Middlesex teams played at various grounds throughout what is now the Greater London area. Islington and Uxbridge were often used but home matches were also played on Kennington Common and in Berkshire. Middlesex teams were less frequent in the 19th century until 1859 when the Walker family of Southgate became involved in county cricket.
33-571: Until 1863, teams were formed ad hoc by various patrons and clubs, often on an informal basis. Depending on the strength of the opposition, teams called Middlesex have generally been recognised as top-class. Middlesex County Cricket Club was founded in December 1863 and its team has been recognised as the county's representative in first-class cricket from the 1864 season . As elsewhere in south east England, cricket became established in Middlesex during
66-532: A Sussex county team, in a match on Richmond Green . It was the return to a match in Chichester a week earlier. In both matches, the stake was 200 guineas . Middlesex won the first match. According to John Major , their patron Chambers was a probable forebear of Lord Frederick Beauclerk . The second match is notable in one sense as the earliest of which the team scores are known: Richmond's XI 79, Middlesex 119; Richmond's XI 72, and Middlesex 23–5 (approximate). It
99-465: A dozen centuries. Compton's 18 centuries surpassed Jack Hobbs ' former record of 16, set in 1925. Together with Jack Robertson 's 2,214 runs and Syd Brown 's 1,709 and the bowling of Jack Young , Jim Sims , Laurie Gray and Compton and Edrich themselves, the championship was won. The following season Compton and Edrich made their record unbeaten stand of 424 for the 3rd wicket against Somerset at Lords. Middlesex's most successful period coincided with
132-552: A famous London venue. The earliest reference to a team called Middlesex is on 5 August 1729 in a match against London Cricket Club "in the fields behind the Woolpack, in Islington, near Sadlers Wells, for £50 a side". There was a much-publicised controversial incident on Monday, 23 August 1731, when a Middlesex team led by Thomas Chambers played against the Duke of Richmond's XI , effectively
165-493: A very famous London venue. The earliest known reference to a team called Middlesex is on 5 August 1728 when it played London Cricket Club "in the fields behind the Woolpack, in Islington, near Sadlers Wells, for £50 a side". This was also the earliest known match involving a Middlesex team. For information about Middlesex county teams before the formation of Middlesex CCC, see: Middlesex county cricket teams There are references to earlier county organisations, especially
198-401: A vote for continuing being won 7–6. They played at Prince's Cricket Ground from 1872 to 1876, and began using Lord's Cricket Ground in 1877. The club has produced several noted players, particularly the great batsmen Patsy Hendren , Bill Edrich and Denis Compton . Bill Edrich scored 1,000 runs before the end of May in 1938 . He needed just 15 innings, with 4 centuries, and every run
231-611: Is a clear reference to "the two umpires" (the earliest mention of an umpire in what seems to be a cricket connection) and strongly suggests that the double wicket form of the game was already well known in London. The earliest known match in Middlesex took place at Lamb's Conduit Fields in Holborn on 3 July 1707 involving teams from London and Croydon. In 1718, the first reference is found to White Conduit Fields in Islington , which later became
264-450: Is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales . It represents the historic county of Middlesex which has effectively been subsumed within the ceremonial county of Greater London . The club was founded in 1864 but teams representing the county have played top-class cricket since the early 18th century and the club has always held first-class status. Middlesex have competed in
297-672: The Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity. The club has an indoor school based in Finchley, the Middlesex Academy and a project at Radlett Cricket Club. Middlesex have won thirteen County Championship titles (including 2 shared titles), the most recent in 2016. In limited overs cricket, they have won two Benson & Hedges Cups , four one-day cricket titles , one National League and the Twenty20 Cup , through which they became
330-798: The County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The club plays most of its home games at Lord's Cricket Ground , which is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club , in St John's Wood . The club also plays some games at the Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground (historically Middlesex) and the Old Deer Park in Richmond (historically Surrey). Until October 2014,
363-537: The Daily Post Boy reported that "(on 6 September) 11 of Surrey beat the 11 who about a fortnight ago beat the Duke of Richmond's men". This would suggest that the Duke of Richmond conceded his controversial game against Chambers' Middlesex. Middlesex used Lord's Old Ground when it opened in 1787, with the earliest known match on the ground being between Middlesex and an Essex XI on 31 May 1787. Noted Middlesex players in
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#1732851449421396-592: The MCC Thursday Club around 1800, but the definitive Middlesex club is the present Middlesex CCC. The club was informally founded on 15 December 1863 at a meeting in the London Tavern . Formal constitution took place on 2 February 1864. The creation of the club was largely through the efforts of the Walker family of Southgate , which included several notable players including the famous V. E. Walker , who in 1859 became
429-474: The 17th century and the earliest village matches took place before the English Civil War . The first definite mention of cricket in London or Middlesex dates from 1680. The earliest known match in Middlesex took place at Lamb's Conduit Field in Holborn on 3 July 1707 involving teams from London and Croydon. In 1718, the first reference is found to White Conduit Fields in Islington , which later became
462-665: The 18th century included William Fennex and Thomas Lord . In May–June 1795, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) played five matches at Lord's Old Ground, the first three against a team called "the Thursday Club" and the last two against a team called "Middlesex". Although Arthur Haygarth makes no comment about the members of these two teams, it is evident that several players are common to both as James Rice (5 appearances), William Barton (4), James Beeston (4), John Goldham (4), Thomas Lord (4), Sylvester (4), Charles Warren (4), Harry Bridger (3) and Wheeler (2) all played for both
495-599: The 2012 season. They narrowly missed out on a place in the CB40 semi-finals, after coming joint top of their group with the Sussex Sharks, missing out only via net run-rate. In 2016, Middlesex were unbeaten in the County Championship and secured the title on the final day of the season when they defeated one of their main challengers Yorkshire in the title decider at Lord's. A defeat for Middlesex in that match would have meant
528-582: The Marylebone Thursday Club was originally a Thursday Club in the literal sense that was started by amateur cricketers of Middlesex who acquired the services of certain Middlesex professionals, such as Ray and Sylvester who were both employed at Lord's as MCC ground staff players. Team nomenclature changed frequently in Georgian times. Samuel Britcher , who was the MCC scorer calls the team "Thursday Club" in
561-653: The Middlesex Crusaders, to the Middlesex Panthers , following complaints made by Muslim and Jewish communities. On 24 October 2014, the club announced that the limited overs name will revert to Middlesex County Cricket Club (Middlesex CCC), with immediate effect. 2011 saw a dramatic improvement in form for Middlesex, as they won the LV= County Championship Division Two for the first time in their history, sealing promotion to Division One for
594-663: The Pro40 Division One (finishing in last place). And in a copy of their final standings from the previous season, Middlesex both failed to make it past the group stage in the Friends Provident Trophy and finished in 3rd place in the County Championship Division Two, again missing out on promotion by just one position. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from
627-457: The Thursday and Middlesex teams. N. Graham (2), Thomas Ray (2) and Robert Turner (2) played for Middlesex but not for Thursday; Ray also played once for MCC against Thursday. George Shepheard (3), W. Beeston (2) and Dale (2) played only for Thursday and not for Middlesex. Six others, including Thomas Shackle , played for one of the teams in a single match only. Details are sketchy but it seems
660-476: The captaincies of Mike Brearley and Mike Gatting from 1971 to 1997. Brearley proved as astute for his county as he did for his country between 1971 and 1982. His team included Gatting and England spin bowlers John Emburey and Phil Edmonds , and overseas fast bowlers such as Wayne Daniel . In 2007 Middlesex had mixed fortunes in Domestic Cricket. In the 4-Day version of the game, the club finished 3rd of
693-525: The club played limited overs cricket as the Middlesex Panthers, having changed from Middlesex Crusaders in 2009 following complaints from Muslims and Jews. On 24 October 2014, the club announced that they would use the name Middlesex County Cricket Club in all forms of the sport with immediate effect. Limited-overs kit colours are dark blue and pink quarters and from 2007, Middlesex have worn exclusive pink shirts during their Twenty20 matches in support of
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#1732851449421726-574: The club was largely through the efforts of the Walker family of Southgate . The county club played its first first-class match against Sussex County Cricket Club at Islington in June 1864. There is an article about early Middlesex cricket in the 14 September 1882 issue of Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game . Middlesex County Cricket Club First-class One-day T20 Middlesex County Cricket Club
759-649: The final was also memorable for Middlesex's record breaking 187/6 (the highest ever Twenty20 Cup Finals Day score) with Kent's retort of 184/5 (being second on the all-time list) and ensured that the Cup was decided on the last ball of the match. The victory is also made historic as Middlesex became the first County Cricket Club to gain entry to both the Twenty20 Champions League and the Stanford Super Series . However 2008 also saw Middlesex suffer relegation in
792-528: The first county club to qualify for both the Stanford Super Series and the Twenty20 Champions League . It is almost certain that cricket reached London, and thereby Middlesex, by the 16th century. Early references to the game in London or Middlesex are often interchangeable and sometimes it is not clear if a particular team represents the city or the county. See: History of cricket to 1696 and History of cricket 1697 - 1725 The first definite mention of cricket in London or Middlesex dates from 1680. It
825-430: The first player to take 10 wickets in an innings and score a century in the same match. Middlesex CCC played its initial first-class match versus Sussex CCC at Islington on 6 & 7 June 1864. In the same season, the club was a contender for the title of "Champion County". Middlesex played at Lillie Bridge Grounds from 1869 before leaving in 1872 due to the poor quality of the turf. The club nearly folded at this time,
858-555: The first three matches of 1795 (as does Haygarth) but then refers to "the County of Middlesex" in both the fourth and fifth games on 25 May and 26 June. Haygarth simply uses "Middlesex" for these two. Britcher refers to the "Middlesex Club" from 1796. The present Middlesex County Cricket Club was informally founded on 15 December 1863 at a meeting in the London Tavern with formal constitution taking place on 2 February 1864. The creation of
891-524: The group stages of either tournament. In the Friends Provident Trophy they finished 7th of the ten teams in the Southern Division. Likewise in the Twenty20 Cup, 5th place of the six teams in the Southern Division was not good enough to see them progress. In 2008, Middlesex won the Twenty20 Cup by beating Kent in the final at The Rose Bowl . As well as being the club's first major trophy for 15 seasons,
924-641: The nine teams in Division 2 of the Liverpool Victoria County Championship, narrowly missing out on promotion. However, 3rd place in Division 2 of the NatWest Pro 40 League was enough to earn them a place in the play-off final against Northamptonshire Steelbacks. Middlesex won that game comfortably and therefore gained promotion to Division 1 for the 2008 Season. There was less success in the two knockout cups where Middlesex failed to progress beyond
957-433: The partnership was unbroken * Denotes not out/unbroken partnership The Middlesex squad for the forthcoming 2025 English cricket season: Source: Source: Middlesex CCC [13] Thomas Ray (cricketer) Thomas Ray (dates unknown) was an English cricketer who played mainly for Berkshire and Middlesex . He was for many years employed by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) as a professional who probably coached
990-627: The title going to Yorkshire and a draw would have meant it going to Somerset. The following season, 2017, Middlesex finished in the bottom two of the County Championship and were subsequently relegated down to the second Division. In 2022 they secured promotion back to the top flight of the County Championship on the penultimate day of the season by finishing runners up to Nottinghamshire in Division two. Most runs for Middlesex Qualification – 20,000 runs Most wickets for Middlesex Qualification – 1,000 wickets Most dismissals for Middlesex Qualification – 500 dismissals * – Indicates that
1023-438: Was agreed beforehand that the match would end promptly at seven o'clock in the evening, and Richmond enforced this agreement even though the match had not started on time because he himself arrived late. The result was therefore a draw – the earliest known use of this term for a result. The state of play at seven o'clock was that Middlesex needed only "about 8 to 10 notches " with either four or five wickets standing. Gambling
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1056-455: Was rife in eighteenth century cricket and, a large crowd in attendance, a lot of money was riding on a Middlesex win. There was uproar about the prompt finish making no allowance for the delayed start. When Richmond refused to play on, the crowd rioted and some of the Sussex players "had the shirts ripped off their backs". It was said a lawsuit "will commence about the play". On Wednesday, 8 September,
1089-474: Was scored at Lord's. Don Bradman gave him the chance to score the 10 runs he needed in the Australian tour match with Middlesex by declaring his team's innings early. Middlesex won the County Championship in 1947 thanks to the unprecedented run scoring of Compton and Edrich. They both passed Tom Hayward 's 1906 record of 3,518 runs in a season with Compton making 3,816 at 90.86 and Edrich 3,539 at 80.43 with
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