The club's ground and pavilion 'The Club House' is located 200m up the track, off the Derby Road, behind Treetops Hospice on the south side of Risley, Derbyshire[3] and the ground is rated by the DCCL as a Grade A ground.[4]
It is not known when the club was established, but the earliest known record of cricket associated with the village of Risley is a reference in the Nottingham Journal on 12 September 1872, reporting a match between Risley and Sandiacre.[2] The club's ground is currently south of the village, at the end of a track to a field behind the Treetops Hospice.[3] Before this, the club led a peripatetic existence. The earliest known location for the club was a field next to All Saints' church, in the 1920s. By the 1930s, games took place behind the Blue Ball pub (now The Risley Park).[1] After the Second World War, a Rev Hughes arranged for matches to be played on the Risley Hall Approved School ground, until the mid-1970s when they then moved onto a pitch on the Friesland School grounds. Between 1984 and 1988, home games were played at the former Draycott CC Hopwell Road ground, in Draycott,[5] before returning to the Risley Hall School in the late-1980s. In the early 1990s the 1st XI team finished top of the LECA Evening League's Division 3, 2 and 1 in successive years (1991–93)[2] shortly before moving onto the Treetops Hospice ground in 1994.[1]
The club currently has two senior teams competing in the Derbyshire County Cricket League[3] and a long-established junior training section that play competitive cricket in the Erewash Young Cricketers League.[6]
Club performance
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The Derbyshire County Cricket League competition results showing the club's positions in the league (by division) since 2014.[1][7]
Derbyshire County Cricket League
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023
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| 1st XI
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5S
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5S
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5S
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4S
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4N
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3S
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3SN
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3S
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3S
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3S
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| 2nd XI
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8S
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9S
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9S
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9N
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8N
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8N
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9CS
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8S
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8S
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8S
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The South Nottinghamshire Cricket League competition results showing the club's position (by Division) between 2005 and 2013.[8]
South Nottinghamshire Cricket League
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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| 1st XI
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D
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E
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E
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D
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D
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D
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D
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C
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D
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| 2nd XI
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J
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K
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K
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K
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K
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K
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L
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K
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K
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The Newark Club Cricket Alliance Sunday League competition results showing the club's position (by Division) between 2010 and 2013.[9]
Newark Club Cricket Alliance
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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| Sunday 1st XI
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6
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5
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4
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3
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Club Honours
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Championships won by Risley Cricket Club
| Year
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League
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Division
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| 2016
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Derbyshire County Cricket League |
Division 5 (South)
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| 2009
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South Nottinghamshire Cricket League |
Division D
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| 2007
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South Nottinghamshire Cricket League |
Division E
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| 2011
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South Nottinghamshire Cricket League |
Division L
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| 2011
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Newark Club Cricket Alliance League |
Division 5
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| 1992
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Notts Village League |
Division 6
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| 1993
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LECA Evening League |
Division 1
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| 1992
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LECA Evening League |
Division 2
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| 1991
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LECA Evening League |
Division 3
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LECA - Cup Competition Trophies
| Gerhardt Trophy
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1992, 1993
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References
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