September 07 2010

Cuxwold Cricket Club

Cuxwold is a very small village in the largely unknown Lincolnshire Wolds. The village has had a cricket club for over 50 years. They play Sunday friendlies and in the Grimsby and District midweek league - currently in division 3.

The ground is located on the edge of the village. Age must be playing tricks on me - as a youngster I used to go to this ground with my father and thinking the hills at each end of the ground were massive. I remember having a picnic with my cousin on top of the hill as my father and uncle played on the ground. 

Today the hills don’t seem quite as steep but it is still a good hit up the hill to the pavilion for a four. The ground today looks like the local game keeper needs to do a bit of work on the number of moles and rabbits - there are a few holes that need tidying up.

This is a lovely curious local village cricket ground in a lovely part of the world and well worth a visit and a place on this blog

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Cricket is the greatest game - played on all sorts of grounds. This blog is about those grounds that are a little bit different from the norm, those that add to the variety of the game. I currently play my cricket at Pateley Bridge CC in the Nidderdale League in the Yorkshire Dales. I have previously played in the Lincs League for East Halton CC and Grimsby Town CC, the Devon League for South Devon CC and for Malmesbury CC in the Western League. If you have a ground with unusual features, locals rules or facts that make it curious please let me know and it can be added to the great variety that is the world of cricket. If you have any interesting stories or photos of cricket grounds, then email me at curiouscricket@gmail .com I look forward to hearing from you. Mick