Amersham CC

Amersham CC History

We are in the course of re-building the history of the Club into the site, but it will alas never be complete. The introduction to the book 'Cricket in the Meadow' by Gilbert Quin who was Club Secretary from 1940 - 1949, gives us a clue as to why. in the following extract.

"The Amersham Cricket Club is believed to have been founded in 1856. it may be older; it cannot be more than a year younger for I recall being shown by the late Tom Orton a printed and contemporary account of a match played by the Amersham Club in 1857. I have since reproached myself for failing to make note of the details but at the time, in 1937 or 1938, I could not forsee the cataclysm which, among other dire results, would induce the Club to sacrifice many of its old minute books, score books and other records to the insistent demands of the war-time salvage drive. This sacrifice to Moloch must be remembered against the mood of the time which not only caused Public Authorities to commandeer metal railings from parks and private dwellings but moved housewives to surrender cherished domestic pots and pans. It is a matter for regret but not reproach. The loss of these old documents accounts for the lacunae in the record of the Club's earliest years and for its rather fragmentary character."

It is indeed a shame that we will never be able to fill in the missing history, but if any of you who read this have any documentation that would help to fill the gaps, please contact us.