The History of Crane CC
In the summer of 1989, a group of friends were offered a cricket match by a local club called Ealing Park. Many of these guys had never played cricket before and the few that had, well, it was a long time ago. Having begged and borrowed some old kit, they organised a few practice net sessions to prepare, knowing the only likely result otherwise would be a thrashing.
The result, as expected, was still a heavy defeat but the overall enjoyment of the day was such that they thought they would quite like to do this every week. A meeting in the local pub - The White Hart in Cranford - was followed by another more formal meeting and Crane Cricket Club was constituted.
The home of Crane Cricket Club is in the village of Cranford in Middlesex. From its humble beginnings in a council park, then to Cranford Community College in 1993, the club moved to its current ground at Wycombe House, Osterley in 2007. This has excellent facilities with 1 shared league standard pitch, plenty of car parking, changing rooms, and a great bar.
The club has continued to thrive both off and on the field. The overall standard of cricket has improved significantly since the early days. A few of the original members still play for Crane today and some have played competitive junior and senior cricket at other clubs. Crane is affiliated to the Club Cricket Conference and fixtures list now includes some very big, established clubs. 2001 saw the first club cricket tour of the English South Coast which was a great success. The annual tours have now become an important part of the Crane cricket season.
Our Mission
The underlying philosophy of Crane Cricket Club has remained unchanged since the club was first formed. The essence of this is to play friendly, social cricket in the right spirit and to encourage and involve players of all standards of ability whilst aiming to be competitive on the field. It’s a difficult mix but one that Crane has managed to achieve well year after year since that first match in 1989.