Braintree Cricket Club

ABOUT US

Although Braintree Cricket Club in its current guise was officially formed in 1879 the first game featuring the town was played in 1831 between the 'Gentlemen of Braintree' and the 'Gentlemen of Witham' A 2 innings games in which Witham won by by the narrow margin of 28 runs. At least you'd think it was narrow but given that Witham scored 49 and 18 in their 2 innings against Braintree's 24 and 17 it was a little more comfortable than it would seem.

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In the early years games were played across the town at locations including Coldnailhurst, Hyde Field (which is now the site of the new Travelodge) but on April 26th 1923 the lease for our current ground was signed and we have remained there ever since.

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Former Life Member TE Bunn documented a brief history of the club from 1879 to 1979 - a copy of which can be viewed here

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The colts section, we think, was first formalised in 1978 under the stewardship fo Len Woolmer and club heartbeat Tommy Gould (although there are mentions of an Under 18 side in the 1940's). Over the years it has been responsible for the majority of the senior players that have graced the clubs 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Sunday XI's with the club's very strong youth progression policy in place for many years. We have also had many of our Junior Dolphins go on to collect District, County and even International honors