Yorkshire Vikings Return to York in 2023
Yorkshire Vikings Return to York in 2023
York Cricket Club is one of the oldest Clubs in England dating back to 1784. Over the years the club has played at many different venues before settling in at Clifton park in 1967. Please see below a timeline of the most important moments in our history.
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1790 | Cricket played on Knavesmire |
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1830 | Richard Letby, Landlord of the Cricketers Arms, Toft Green, joins the club to start 50 years of service as player and officer. |
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1834 | York CC open new ground at Toft Green |
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1835 | Overam bowling introduced to York |
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1847 | First visit of All England XI to Toft Green |
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1851 | Pavilion erected at Toft Green |
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1860 | Cricket match played at frozen River Ouse between Lendal and Scarborough Bridges adjacent to Toft Green Ground |
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1871 | York CC move back to Knavesmire when North Eastern Railway Company erect station on Toft Green |
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1881 | President Sir Joseph Terry promotes new ground at Bootham Crescent, now home to York City Football Club 1932 – York CC move to Wigginton Road |
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1935 | York CC become a member of inaugural Yorkshire Cricket League. They remain one of only four clubs to be in the league since it’s inception (other three are Doncaster Town, Hull and Rotherham Town) |
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1951 | York CC Win the Yorkshire Premier League for the very first time under the captaincy of John Temple |
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1967 | New District Hospital is planned for erection on the Wiggington Road site and York CC move to the Clifton Park Ground in harness with York Rugby Union Football Club to develop on land obtained from the Clifton Hospital |
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1975 | York CC Win The National Club Championship for the First Time under the captaincy of our now President, Clive Robinson |
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1984 | York CC celebrate their Bi-Centenary |
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2012 | York CC Win the National Club Championship for the Second Time under the captaincy of Daniel Woods |
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2013 | York CC win the Yorkshire Premier League title for the seventh consecutive year. Five of the triumphs under the leadership of Marcus Wood with the final two under the captaincy of Daniel Woods. |
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2015 | York CC Win the Yorkshire Premier League for a record fourteenth time |
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2016 | York Cricket Club Join the newly formed Yorkshire Premier League North as part of a huge restructuring of League Cricket in Yorkshire |
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2019 | The Ground at Clifton Park awarded First Class Status as York CC host a 4 day County Championship game Between Yorkshire CCC & Warwickshire CCC |
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2022 | York CC Host a One Day Cup, Roses Match in front of 4,750 spectators at Clifton Park |
Yorkshire League Champions: 1951, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1988, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 (14 times is the record)
Yorkshire Premier League North Champions: 2017, 2018
Black Sheep Yorkshire Champions Trophy: 2009, 2016, 2017
National Club Champions: 1975, 2012
