Cricket History and Honours
A Brief History of Cricket at Neston.
The first recorded game of cricket in Parkgate was in 1881 and then at it's present ground from 1895.
Neston had two sides from 1900 and they played in the Liverpool and District Competition from 1908 which was not formally put into a league structure until 1949, when Neston was one of the original 16 clubs from the Liverpool, Wirral and Lancashire areas. We have won it 5 times which is quite a feat as some clubs have never won it! We moved to the newly formed Cheshire League for the 1999 season, which made geographical sense as many clubs on the Wirral and Cheshire made up the Liverpool League. We were runners-Up in 2013 and then finally won in 2020.
The History of The Club is available from The Shop
1st XI Neston Cricket Captains:
1895-1901 H.M.Speechly
1902-1910 A.Barrett
1911-1913 F.G.Gilling
1914 F.Cramer-Roberts
1915-1918 WW1
1919 F.J.Kirby
1920-1921 G.B.Eaton
1922 A.Barrett
1923 L.Ravenscroft
1924 H.I.Okell
1925 H.J.Beausire
1926 G.Trantom
1927-1928 F.J.Griffiths
1929 J.H.B.Sullivan
1930-1933 H.J.Beausire
1934-1938 A.J.K.Barne
1939 H.J.Beausire
1940 E.F.Goodwin
1941 G.A.McDonald
1942 R.A.Nokes
1943 G.A.McDonald
1944-45 H.G.E.Prescott
1949-60 Ken Cranston
1961-64 Brian Johnson
1965-68 Donald Hughes
1969-70 Brian Ennion
1971-75 Keith Jackson
1976-78 Jim Marshall
1979-87 Norman Halsall
1988-93 Phil Davis
1994-96 Peter Barber
1997-99 Stan Clifford
2000-01 Phil Davis
2002-03 David Collyer
2004-06 Ben Thomas
2007-08 Stan Clifford
2009-10 Jack Smith
2011 Andy Roberts
2012-14 David Hurst
2015 Brad Donelan
2016-17 Simon Stokes
2018-19 David Hurst
2020- Simon Stokes
1000 Runs in a season
1933 W.E. Bates
1952 K. Cranston
1989 P.A.Davis
1990 P.A.Davis
1994 P.A.Davis
2009 J.Smith
10 Wickets in an Innings
1924 H.J.Beausire
Liverpool and District Competition`
1956 1st XI Division - Runners-Up
1957 1st XI Division - Champions
1965 1st XI Division - Champions
1966 1st XI Division - Runners-Up
1969 1st XI Division - Champions
1970 1st XI Division - Champions
1980 1st XI Division - Runners-Up
1982 1st XI Division - Runners-Up
1987 1st XI Division - Runners-Up
1992 1st XI Division - Champions
Neston moved into the Cheshire Premier League in 2000.
ECB Cheshire Competition
2007 Premier Division- Runners-Up
2013 Premier Division - Runners-Up
2020 Premier Division - Champions
Cheshire Cup
1983 Winners
1985 Winners
1989 Runners-Up
1992 Runners-Up
1995 Runners-Up
2017 Runners-Up
Cheshire T20
2012 Winners
2017 Winners
The Liverpool Echo Cup
1992 Winners
The George Rowland Cup
1992 Winners
2nd XI League Champions
1961, 1964, 1966, 1993, 1997, 2013, 2016
2XI Cup
1992
3rd XI League Champions
1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2016, 2017
3XI Cup
2016, 2017
4th XI League Champions
2017
County and Country while playing for Neston
England - Ken Cranston
Lancashire - Ken Cranston, Simon Marshall
Cheshire - Henry Beausire, John Halliwell, Derek Little, Robert Littler, David Mount, James Swift, Tony Vickery, David Watts, Brian Johnson, Brian Ennion, David Costain, Donald Hughes, Norman Halsall, Keith Jackson, Mike Byrne, Arthur Byrne, Charles Coombes, Steve Gardner, Phil Davis, Nigel Aston, Simon Marshall, Chris Finegan, David Hurst, Will Evans, Andy Clarke, Ashley Davis, Matty Stewart
