Queen Camel Cricket Club – Club History

Queen Camel CC – Established in 1871

A few years ago, we were able to find this article in the April 14th, 1871 edition of the Western Gazette showing the committee meeting that launched Queen Camel Cricket Club. The first match was played on Monday 10th April. We also were able to find several match reports and scorecards printed in same newspaper for games played that season against West Camel, Rimpton and South Barrow.!!

Sadly, those teams no longer exist today. However, Milborne Port and South Petherton are still around, and we have fixtures with these sides this summer, I can only imagine back in 1871 teams arrived by horse and cart to these venues as they are 10 and 15 miles away as the crow flies

As the photo  shows, the team played behind the church before moving to its current location on the playing fields. Also shown below is the earliest known team photo to date.

The 150th Anniversary Handbook is available here