Like all village cricket clubs, history is passed on by word of mouth. documentation is sketchy and hard to come by. Records show that cricket was played in the village before 1885 in various forms. Little is known of activities before the First World War, after which. the reorganisation of the club took place by moving to The Bush field next to our present headquarters. Here, the club flourished running three sides - the "A", ''B" and "C" teams (remember, no Sunday cricket in those days), meeting and beating the best in the district.

I was privileged to meet some of those great characters who put us in the very strong position we are in toda - Len Snow, Len Hayward, Wilf Davies, David Wright, Bill Clayton, Jack Taylor, Alf Dilks, Harry Shortman and Amos Breeze, to mention a few committee men of some stature who restarted the club after the War and bought our present ground with little or no money in the bank. Many great stories have been told of feats on the Old Bush ground, epic battles with local pride at stake, humorous stories - all true. I'm told of one tragic story with the death of Foddy Parkes in 1926 - struck on the temple with a full toss.