Welcome to Buckhorn Weston Cricket Club

A Brief History of the Club

The current Buckhorn Weston Cricket Club was founded in 1997. There had been a previous "pub" side in existence in the mid 1980's which played its fixtures in a field attached to Weston House. Although this side folded relatively quickly, one of its annual fixtures against an invitation side, the Wastrels, continued to be played year in, year out.

With the arrival in the village of Dave Rose, Bob and Lynda Farrand and others, and with the match against the Wastrels still being enjoyed, the idea of forming a new, more organized, team became a reality. The Watts family kindly leased some ground behind Hope Cross and with the great help and hard work of Bob Carter, the beginning of a square was first laid in the autumn of 1996.

During our first season of 1997 we had relatively few games but the club gradually acquired equipment and the wherewithal to grow. We now have a fixture list of 20-25 games, a beautifully maintained and much admired ground and a group of available players that grew to over 30 in 2000. Now that the club appears established, our next aim is to encourage more youngsters to start to play the 'summer game'.

A special mention must be made of Jim and Pam White. Without Jim's endless hard work, enthusiasm and good humour, the club would never have come so far. Likewise, Pam's patience and support have been a lesson to us all.

Small village clubs like ours only survive with the support of the wider community and we look forward to earning that over the coming years. Who knows, county cricket at the Hope Cross Ground in 2050?

By Robin Hall