The team is currently a member of the Minor Counties Championship Western Division and plays in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. Dorset played List A matches occasionally from 1968 until 2004 but is not classified as a List A team per se.
The club is based at present at Dean Park in Bournemouth, outside the traditional boundaries of the county, and also plays its matches there.
Honours
Minor Counties Championship (2) - 2000, 2010
MCCA Knockout Trophy (1) - 1988
Gillette/NatWest/C&G (0) -
Earliest cricket
Cricket must have reached Dorset via neighbouring Hampshire by the end of the 17th century.
An advertisement in the Sherborne Mercury dated Tuesday 9 May 1738 is the earliest reference for cricket in Dorset. Twelve Dorchester men at Ridgway Races challenged twelve men from elsewhere to play them at cricket for the prize of twelve pairs of gloves valued at a shilling a pair.
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players each on a field at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard-long pitch. The game is played by 120 million players in many countries, making it the world's second most popular sport. Each team takes its turn to bat, attempting to score runs, while the other team fields. Each turn is known as an innings (used for both singular and plural).
The bowler delivers the ball to the batsman who attempts to hit the ball with his bat away from the fielders so he can run to the other end of the pitch and score a run. Each batsman continues batting until he is out. The batting team continues batting until ten batsmen are out, or a specified number of overs of six balls have been bowled, at which point the teams switch roles and the fielding team comes in to bat.
Inter-county cricket matches are known to have been played since the early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and Wales. Since the late 19th century, there have been two county championship competitions played at different levels: the County Championship, a first-class competition which currently involves eighteen first-class county clubs; and the Minor Counties Championship, which currently involves nineteen English county clubs and one club that is representative of several Welsh counties.
History
County cricket started in the eighteenth century, the earliest known inter-county match being played in 1709, though an official County Championship was not instituted until 1890. Having already been badly hit by the Seven Years' War, county cricket ceased altogether during the Napoleonic Wars and there was a period from 1797 to 1824 during which no inter-county matches took place.
Development of county cricket
Inter-county cricket was popular throughout the 18th century, although the best team, such as Kent in the 1740s or Hampshire in the days of the famous Hambledon Club, was usually acknowledged as such by being matched against All-England. The most successful county teams were Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. There was, however, often a crossover between town and county with some strong local clubs tending at times to represent a whole county. Examples are London, which often played against county teams and was in some respects almost a county club in itself; Slindon, which was for a few years in the 1740s effectively representative of Sussex as a county; Dartford, sometimes representative of Kent; and the Hambledon Club, certainly representative of Hampshire and also perhaps of Sussex. One of the best county teams in the late 18th century was Berkshire, which no longer has first-class status.
The Dorset or Horned Dorset breed of sheep is known mostly for its prolific lambing. It has been known to produce two lambing seasons per year: bred in May for lambs finished by the holidays, and bred again immediately after the first lambing to produce again in March or April. This type of management, the ewes sold with the lambs, sometimes produces as many as four or five lambs a year.
The Cornell University Sheep Program developed and teaches the STAR system to promote frequent lambing with Dorsets. Cornell maintains a research and teaching flock five miles south of Dryden, New York, USA. The Dorset has a white face with close short fleece. It has a solid build, with broad back and short legs. Originally, both rams and ewes had horns. The Polled Dorset originated in a herd at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, and a registry of the polled Dorset was established in 1956. Since then the polled breeders have outnumbered the breeders of the horned variety.
Dorset County Cricket Club vs Wiltshire County Cricket Club
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Match highlights between Dorset County Cricket Club vs Wiltshire County Cricket Cricket in 2 twenty20 matches.
Venue: Bashley Cricket Club
Date: 17/4/22
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Fantastic Wickets by County U11 Fast Bowler! Season Highlights.
A selection of wickets from young fast bowler (u11) from his time playing at Dorset u11 and Beaminster u16. Some of the wickets featured on James Anderson Masterclass on the 4th day of the Headingley test with Michael Atherton.
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Royal London Rewind: Kumar Sangakkara's 100th Hundred - Highlights
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The 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup is in full swing, so take a look back at one of the most memorable moments from last year's competition. The legendary Kumar Sangakkara reached the remarkable milestone of 100 first class hundreds, as Surrey took on Yorkshire in the quarter-final.
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NCCA Trophy 4 June Bucks v Dorset @ GXCC
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James Hardy - 87 - Marnhull 2nd XI vs Wimborne & Colehill - Dorset County Division 4 - 3rd June 2023
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Match highlights between Dorset County Cricket Club vs Wiltshire County Cricket Cricket in 2 twenty20 matches.
Venue: Bashley Crick...
Videographer: Luke Stafford
Match highlights between Dorset County Cricket Club vs Wiltshire County Cricket Cricket in 2 twenty20 matches.
Venue: Bashley Cricket Club
Date: 17/4/22
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Sports Shots is a sport-based news and images service run by a dedicated team; Andy Bone, Lorna Bone, Dale James, Gemma James and Luke Stafford, with support from friends in the sporting community. Focusing in and around Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, Andy and Lorna came up with the idea to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support and Vasculitis UK while following a love of local sport. Sports Shots is not a charity.
All donations are made to Macmillan Cancer Support and Vasculitis UK; every effort is made to distribute money raised equally between the two charities. No personal gain is made from Sports Shots. After starting a Facebook group for our action shots at local matches in 2009, we started a website in January 2011 with news to support our images. Sports Shots has evolved beyond our wildest expectations as we had 7,590,245 million website hits in 2018 from around the world.
Social media: we have over 4k followers across our various platforms.
Media: we work with, support and promote – BBC Three Counties Radio, the Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser, the Bucks Herald, The Bucks Free Press, MK Citizen, When Saturday Comes, Club Cricketer magazine. Bucks CCC (Minor Counties), Oxfordshire Cricket (Minor Counties), Lashings World XI (Cricket).
Teams from/and the following leagues – Home Counties Premier Cricket League, Cherwell League, South Northants Cricket League, Southern Football League, Hellenic Football League, South Midlands Football League, United Counties Football League.
Our ethos: is to support local clubs by letting them use our reports and images for their websites, matchday programmes, Facebook and Twitter groups for no charge. We also supply local newspapers with our images free of charge as it is all about our community, not personal gain. All we ask for is an accreditation and that is with the aim of raising awareness into what we do.
Videographer: Luke Stafford
Match highlights between Dorset County Cricket Club vs Wiltshire County Cricket Cricket in 2 twenty20 matches.
Venue: Bashley Cricket Club
Date: 17/4/22
Website: http://www.sportsshots.org.uk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sportsshots
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sportsshotsnews
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sportsshots_andy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportsshots_luke
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportsshots_dale
Sports Shots is a sport-based news and images service run by a dedicated team; Andy Bone, Lorna Bone, Dale James, Gemma James and Luke Stafford, with support from friends in the sporting community. Focusing in and around Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, Andy and Lorna came up with the idea to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support and Vasculitis UK while following a love of local sport. Sports Shots is not a charity.
All donations are made to Macmillan Cancer Support and Vasculitis UK; every effort is made to distribute money raised equally between the two charities. No personal gain is made from Sports Shots. After starting a Facebook group for our action shots at local matches in 2009, we started a website in January 2011 with news to support our images. Sports Shots has evolved beyond our wildest expectations as we had 7,590,245 million website hits in 2018 from around the world.
Social media: we have over 4k followers across our various platforms.
Media: we work with, support and promote – BBC Three Counties Radio, the Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser, the Bucks Herald, The Bucks Free Press, MK Citizen, When Saturday Comes, Club Cricketer magazine. Bucks CCC (Minor Counties), Oxfordshire Cricket (Minor Counties), Lashings World XI (Cricket).
Teams from/and the following leagues – Home Counties Premier Cricket League, Cherwell League, South Northants Cricket League, Southern Football League, Hellenic Football League, South Midlands Football League, United Counties Football League.
Our ethos: is to support local clubs by letting them use our reports and images for their websites, matchday programmes, Facebook and Twitter groups for no charge. We also supply local newspapers with our images free of charge as it is all about our community, not personal gain. All we ask for is an accreditation and that is with the aim of raising awareness into what we do.
A selection of wickets from young fast bowler (u11) from his time playing at Dorset u11 and Beaminster u16. Some of the wickets featured on James Anderson Maste...
A selection of wickets from young fast bowler (u11) from his time playing at Dorset u11 and Beaminster u16. Some of the wickets featured on James Anderson Masterclass on the 4th day of the Headingley test with Michael Atherton.
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A selection of wickets from young fast bowler (u11) from his time playing at Dorset u11 and Beaminster u16. Some of the wickets featured on James Anderson Masterclass on the 4th day of the Headingley test with Michael Atherton.
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The 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup is in full swing, so take a look back at one of the most memorable moments from last year's competi...
Find out more at ecb.co.uk
The 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup is in full swing, so take a look back at one of the most memorable moments from last year's competition. The legendary Kumar Sangakkara reached the remarkable milestone of 100 first class hundreds, as Surrey took on Yorkshire in the quarter-final.
⬇️Catch all Royal London One-Day Cup 2018 highlights right here ⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLtUhzivrSZTvAkPOu1WchKfVFqGMdA36
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Featuring video from the England cricket team, NatWest T20 Blast, Specsavers County Championship and more.
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Find out more at ecb.co.uk
The 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup is in full swing, so take a look back at one of the most memorable moments from last year's competition. The legendary Kumar Sangakkara reached the remarkable milestone of 100 first class hundreds, as Surrey took on Yorkshire in the quarter-final.
⬇️Catch all Royal London One-Day Cup 2018 highlights right here ⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLtUhzivrSZTvAkPOu1WchKfVFqGMdA36
This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England and Wales Cricket Board. Including highlights, interviews, features getting you closer to the England team and county players.
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Featuring video from the England cricket team, NatWest T20 Blast, Specsavers County Championship and more.
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Videographer: Luke Stafford
Match highlights between Dorset County Cricket Club vs Wiltshire County Cricket Cricket in 2 twenty20 matches.
Venue: Bashley Cricket Club
Date: 17/4/22
Website: http://www.sportsshots.org.uk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sportsshots
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sportsshotsnews
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sportsshots_andy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportsshots_luke
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportsshots_dale
Sports Shots is a sport-based news and images service run by a dedicated team; Andy Bone, Lorna Bone, Dale James, Gemma James and Luke Stafford, with support from friends in the sporting community. Focusing in and around Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, Andy and Lorna came up with the idea to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support and Vasculitis UK while following a love of local sport. Sports Shots is not a charity.
All donations are made to Macmillan Cancer Support and Vasculitis UK; every effort is made to distribute money raised equally between the two charities. No personal gain is made from Sports Shots. After starting a Facebook group for our action shots at local matches in 2009, we started a website in January 2011 with news to support our images. Sports Shots has evolved beyond our wildest expectations as we had 7,590,245 million website hits in 2018 from around the world.
Social media: we have over 4k followers across our various platforms.
Media: we work with, support and promote – BBC Three Counties Radio, the Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser, the Bucks Herald, The Bucks Free Press, MK Citizen, When Saturday Comes, Club Cricketer magazine. Bucks CCC (Minor Counties), Oxfordshire Cricket (Minor Counties), Lashings World XI (Cricket).
Teams from/and the following leagues – Home Counties Premier Cricket League, Cherwell League, South Northants Cricket League, Southern Football League, Hellenic Football League, South Midlands Football League, United Counties Football League.
Our ethos: is to support local clubs by letting them use our reports and images for their websites, matchday programmes, Facebook and Twitter groups for no charge. We also supply local newspapers with our images free of charge as it is all about our community, not personal gain. All we ask for is an accreditation and that is with the aim of raising awareness into what we do.
A selection of wickets from young fast bowler (u11) from his time playing at Dorset u11 and Beaminster u16. Some of the wickets featured on James Anderson Masterclass on the 4th day of the Headingley test with Michael Atherton.
Subscribe - https://www.youtube.com/@art-of-cricket?sub_confirmation=1
Find out more at ecb.co.uk
The 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup is in full swing, so take a look back at one of the most memorable moments from last year's competition. The legendary Kumar Sangakkara reached the remarkable milestone of 100 first class hundreds, as Surrey took on Yorkshire in the quarter-final.
⬇️Catch all Royal London One-Day Cup 2018 highlights right here ⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLtUhzivrSZTvAkPOu1WchKfVFqGMdA36
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Featuring video from the England cricket team, NatWest T20 Blast, Specsavers County Championship and more.
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The team is currently a member of the Minor Counties Championship Western Division and plays in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. Dorset played List A matches occasionally from 1968 until 2004 but is not classified as a List A team per se.
The club is based at present at Dean Park in Bournemouth, outside the traditional boundaries of the county, and also plays its matches there.
Honours
Minor Counties Championship (2) - 2000, 2010
MCCA Knockout Trophy (1) - 1988
Gillette/NatWest/C&G (0) -
Earliest cricket
Cricket must have reached Dorset via neighbouring Hampshire by the end of the 17th century.
An advertisement in the Sherborne Mercury dated Tuesday 9 May 1738 is the earliest reference for cricket in Dorset. Twelve Dorchester men at Ridgway Races challenged twelve men from elsewhere to play them at cricket for the prize of twelve pairs of gloves valued at a shilling a pair.