) The club grounds in 2006 | |
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Toby Pettman |
| Coach | Graham Charlesworth |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 1827 |
| Home ground | University Parks |
| History | |
| First-class debut | Cambridge University in 1827 at Lord's |
| Official website | www.cricketintheparks.org.uk |
Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC), which represents the University of Oxford, has always held first-class status since it was first recorded in 1827. It was classified as a List A team in 1973 only.[1]
Home fixtures are played at the University Parks slightly northeast of Oxford city centre. The inaugural University Match between OUCC and Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC) was played in 1827 and is now the club's sole first-class fixture each season. Apart from this annual game, played in late June or early July, OUCC operates as part of the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (UCCE), which includes Oxford Brookes University. The UCCE was rebranded as Oxford MCC University (MCCU) prior to the 2010 season. The University Match is the only one in which a true OUCC team takes part: i.e., composed entirely of current Oxford students.
The earliest reference to cricket at Oxford is in 1673. OUCC made its known debut in the 1827 University Match. In terms of extant clubs being involved, this is the oldest major fixture in the world: i.e., although some inter-county fixtures are much older, none of the current county clubs were founded before 1839 (the oldest known current fixture is Kent versus Surrey).
The Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (OUCCE) team played 26 first-class matches (not including one abandoned) from 2001 to 2009.[2] As Oxford Marylebone Cricket Club University, the team has played sixteen first-class matches from 2010 to 2016.[3]
Grounds
The five grounds that Oxford University have used for home first-class and List A matches since 1829 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season. Only the first-class and List A matches played at the ground by Oxford University are recorded in the table.
| Name | Location | First | Last | Matches | First | Last | Matches | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | List A | |||||||
| Magdalen Ground | Oxford | 5 June 1829 v Cambridge University | 20 May 1912 v South Africans | 70 | — | — | 0 | [4][5] |
| Bullingdon Green | Oxford | 24 May 1843 v Marylebone Cricket Club | 8 June 1843 v Cambridge University | 2 | — | — | 0 | [6][7] |
| Christ Church Ground | Oxford | 3 June 1878 v Gentlemen of England | 31 May 1961 v Australians | 37 | — | — | 0 | [8][9] |
University Parks) | Oxford | 16 May 1881 v Marylebone Cricket Club | 30 June 2014 v Cambridge University | 736 | 28 April 1973 v Leicestershire | 7 May 1973 v Warwickshire | 2 | [10][11][12] |
New College Ground) | Oxford | 31 May 1906 v Yorkshire | 30 May 1907 v South Africans | 2 | — | — | 0 | [13][14] |
See also
- The University Match (cricket)
- List of Oxford University CC players
References
- ^ "List A events played by Cambridge University". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "First Class Matches Played by Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "First Class Matches Played by Oxford Marylebone Cricket Club University". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Magdalen Ground, Oxford". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played on Magdalen Ground, Oxford (70)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Bullingdon Green, Oxford". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played on Bullingdon Green, Oxford (2)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Christ Church Ground, Oxford". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played on Christ Church Ground, Oxford (37)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "The University Parks, Oxford". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played on The University Parks, Oxford (788)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "List A Matches played on The University Parks, Oxford (24)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "New College Ground, Oxford". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played on New College Ground, Oxford (2)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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