West of England cricket team


A West of England cricket team was organised on an ad hoc basis at intervals between 1844 and 1948. CricketArchive lists nine first-class matches and one minor match in 1874 against Marylebone Cricket Club. In addition, West teams were involved in numerous minor events in the 1944 and 1945 seasons, when matches were frequently raised for charitable purposes during World War II. Four first-class matches were played by West against MCC, one against East and one, in 1927, against the touring New Zealanders.

Summary of first-class matches

24 June 1844 — Marylebone Cricket Club v West at Lord's. Marylebone Cricket Club won by 2 wickets.
5 August 1844 — West v Marylebone Cricket Club at Cricket Down, Bath. West won by 81 runs.
16 June 1845 — Marylebone Cricket Club v West at Lord's. MCC won by 84 runs.
18 August 1845 — West v Marylebone Cricket Club at Cricket Down, Bath. West won by an innings and 94 runs.
5 September 1892 — East v West at United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth. West won by 48 runs.
3 September 1894 — East v West at United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth. Match drawn.
20 June 1910 — West v East at Cardiff Arms Park. West won by 4 wickets.
27 July 1927 — West v New Zealanders at County Ground, Exeter. Match drawn.
8 September 1948 — East v West at Leyland Motors Ground, Kingston-upon-Thames. East won by 223 runs.

Players

The following 68 players represented West in first-class matches: