Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) is an English domestic first-class cricket team based at The Oval in London.
SCCC has had two golden ages, in 1887 to 1895 and again in the 1950s. SCCC won the county cricket championship title eight times from 1887 to 1895 (including the first officially constituted Championship in 1890) and seven consecutive outright titles from 1952 to 1958, with a joint title (with Lancashire) in 1950. In 1952, SCCC won 20 of their 28 county matches, a record that stands to date.
The SCCC badge is the Prince of Wales' three feathers. Lord Roseberry obtained the permission to use the three feathers from the Prince of Wales in 1915.
Formation
SCCC was born late in the evening of 22 August, 1845 at the Horns Tavern, where around 100 representatives of cricket clubs in Surrey passed a motion put by William Denison (SCCC's first Secretary) 'that a Surrey club be now formed'. A further meeting at the Tavern on 18 October, 1845 formally constituted SCCC, appointed officers and began the enrolling members. A lease of Kennington Oval was obtained from the Duchy of Cornwall.
In the inaugural first-class county match against Kent was held at the Oval in June 1846.
In 1857, all nine matches played by the county ended in wins. In 1864, SCCC was widely recognised as the first unofficial Champion County. SCCC were also unofficial Champion County in 1887 and 1888 and jointly in 1889 before the County Championship officially came into being in 1890.
From 1948 to 1959, SCCC were first or second in the county championship in 10 seasons out of 12. SCCC finished runners-up in 1948, shared the championship with Lancashire in 1950, won seven consecutive outright titles from 1952 to 1958, and were runners-up again in 1959. The margins of victory were usually large (for example, Yorkshire were runners-up in 1952, 32 points behind).
Famous Surrey players
Competitions won
- County Championship Champions: 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1899, 1914, 1950 (shared with Lancashire), 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1971, 1999, 2000, 2002
- Twenty20 Cup Winners: 2003
