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A Brief History of Wroxeter & Uppington CC

The club was established in 1906 and current president Brian Everall, can trace his family line back to the beginning of the clubs history. Brian's father and uncle were two of the original young cricketers who started the club. A photograph, in the pavilion, from circa 1950 illustrates the original founding members.

The origins of Wroxeter & Uppington Cricket Club are firmly steeped in a farming heritage and with a successful youth policy arriving every year from the local public schools such as Shrewsbury School, Wrekin College and Elsemere College.

The present pavilion was opened in 1971, and prior to the building being finished a small shed was used in the corner of the outfield. Players were forced to arrive changed and facilities were limited.

For the first dozen years of the clubs life it was based in the small hamlet of Donnington, a mile or two closer to the Wrekin than the current ground.

The club moved to its present ground just after the First World War, the then members had to move all of the clubs possesions with them! This included the roller they used for preparing the pitch. A huge and very heavy piece of equipment that is steeped in history, it had been a pillar from the Roman town of Viroconium. The old roller can still be found next to the pavilion, although now it is a mere monument to the past.

In 2001, as winners of the Shropshire Premier League the club was invited to join the prodigious Birmingham League. Gaining two more promotions over the next two seasons before reaching the pinnacle of club league cricket in the First Division.


However, in 2004 the club formed an allegiance with the Condover Cricket Club, and reverted to playing back in Shropshire league cricket playing in Division 2. Dropping only 14 points throughout the entire season.

In 2005, the club came 4th in the First Division and were runners-up last year of both the First Division and the League Knockout.


At the end of last season Wroxeter and Condover ended their alliance and Worxeter are now on their own in Division One.

Big names litter the memories as well. At the end of the 1990s, former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams played for a couple of seasons.

Wroxeter & Uppington CC have an existing site at www.wroxetercricketclub.co.uk