West of Scotland Cricket Club
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The West of Scotland Cricket Club is a cricket club based in Glasgow, Scotland. The club's home ground is Hamilton Crescent, located in the Partick area of Glasgow's West End.
Personnel | |
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Captain | James Fennah |
Coach | Vacant |
Team information | |
Founded | 1862 |
Home ground | Hamilton Crescent |
Capacity | 4.000 |
History | |
First-class debut | in 1891 at Hamilton Crescent |
SNCL Champions wins | 1 |
SNCL Premier League Champions wins | 1 |
Scottish Cup Winners wins | 2 |
Western Union League Champions wins | 10 |
Official website | http://www.westofscotlandcricketclub.co.uk |
West of Scotland, traditionally, are one of the working class cricket clubs in Glasgow and on a summer's day there can be quite a jovial, rowdy, yet well informed support on the famous banking. West can boast a host of famous players who have both played at the ground and for the club. Recently two of these have been famous Scottish internationalists, the opening batsman Douglas Lockhart and bowler John Blain.[1][2] Lockhart was a former Oxford UCCE player and having had trials with Derbyshire whilst Blain played professional county cricket for Northamptonshire and Yorkshire before working with West as the club's coach.