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Buckingham Town Cricket Club is a cricket club in Buckingham, England. It was founded in 1870, and started playing its friendly fixtures at picturesque Bourton Road, which has been the club's home ever since. The Club bought the freehold of their ground from the Church Commissioners of England on 31.12.56 for the princely sum of £1,030. Its first wooden pavilion was built in 1926 and the current brick clubhouse was built in the 60's and has been re-vamped on several occasions. In the 50's Mr. Thomas H.Holton was instrumental in the Club buying the ground for the Cricket Club thanks to a very kind gift. In 1973 BTCC (original members) joined the Cherwell League which later merged with the Trinity League in 1994. Buckingham were Champions in 2001, 2007. BTCC were promoted to The Home Counties Premier League Div.2 (West) but were relegated after just one season on both occasions. Buckingham Town were Champions of the Cherwell League in 2014 and in 2015 have been promoted to The Home Counties Premier League. After a re-organisation of the Home Counties League Buckingham will play in Division 2 in 2015. Some notable former players include Kiwi Test player Jeetan Patel and Roland Butcher who played for England. Others include Ian Pont (Essex & Notts). Buckingham has for many years had a big youth set up starting with Under 6s through to senior cricket. The Club has provided county youth players and the Club itself have been Bucks County champions in some age groups. BTCC have hosted County Youth Matches, Ladies Senior cricket matches and District and Academy matches. Buckingham has 3 Saturday sides and one Sunday friendly XI and the 3rds play at Gawcott & Hillesden CC. The Club also play a few afternoon mid-week friendly games. Buckingham Pre-Play School have been using the Clubs facilities for quite a few years and were instrumental in the provision of a new patio at the front of the Club. Buckingham Ladies Hockey Club, one of the top clubs in England, use the club's facilities for their after match socials and for fund raising events. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buckingham Town Cricket Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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