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The History of Papplewick and Linby Cricket Club.
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We know from a press cutting from the Hucknall Dispatch and Mercury
and from a Trophy donated by the Pendleton family that Papplewick and Linby C.C.
were playing in Papplewick in 1906.
We have ascertained at that time the ground was situated behind Altham Lodge
on Main Street.WeIl now we know that on the 19th April 1895, Mr Francis Abel Smith
of Papplewick Hall gave the Cricket Club the use of his ground free of cost,
this is the ground we use today.
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After the great war the Club reformed in 1921, matches were played on the same square as
they are today. The British Legion occupied one of the buildings in the old
Estate woodyard, and the Cricket Club used this same building for changing and
teas. This building forms part of number 1 Hall Mews. We do not hold any records for this time, but we know that the club played
at the Hall until the outbreak of the Second World War; the club was reformed
a second time in 1946. The square was relaid by Percy Phillpot, the Head
Gardener at Papplewick Hall, along with Arthur Hayes. Whilst the square was
being prepared, a practice wicket was made on the tennis court in Hall
Lane. The club still used the facilities in the woodyard until early 1950, after which
they were given the use of one room in the dairy which later became
the Pavilion.
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Only one car was allowed onto the ground, the rest had to park in the woodyard.
The outfield was long grass, we were only allowed to mow the square
which was fenced. Before play could commence on a Saturday, the outfield which
was used for grazing, had to be cleared of cowpats and the animals
removed. At this time we only played friendly matches on Saturdays, no Sunday
or mid week games were allowed.
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For a brief period the club played atTichfield Park in Hucknall, returning to
Papplewick Hall in 1977. The ground was used free of charge all this time by kind
permission of Claude and Ethel Chadburn who owned the Hall and Estate.
By 1982 we had joined the South Notts Village League and were playing on
Sundays and midweek, we started a youth side at under 15 level. This was
one of the best decisions the club ever made, it enabled the Club to
secure its future, we also started a second senior eleven. In December 1985
came the turning point in our history, we purchased the ground and then in
1987 the dairy was sold, the present pavilion was built in 1989.
We progressed at senior level through the Village League, gaining
promotion to their Premier League in 1992. We now had a thriving youth
section.
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In 1996 we joined the Bassetlaw and District Cricket League. and then in
2003, the Senior Eleven gained promotion to The Notts Cricket Board
Premier League. Our Youth Section had gone from strength to strength
and play in the Mansfield Youth League. Our Second Eleven play
in Division 2 of The Bassetlaw and District Cricket League, and our Thirds in Division 8.
The Sunday eleven play in the Newark Alliance Division 1. This year will see the club
enter the national Cockspur Cup for the first time in its history.
You may travel the length and breadth of England, nowhere will you find a
more beautiful setting for the game of cricket than our ground behind
Papplewick Hall. Horse-chestnut, ancient Yews, Larch and Scotch Fir
surround the ground, with the Hall and Church in the background, the old
pavilion in its thatched splendour, and in the centre is the square
with the old Oak standing guard. This scene is the home of our Cricket Club.
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