Toft: A Brief History
Toft CC is a member of the Cheshire County Cricket League ECB Premier Division.
We were founder members of the Cheshire Cricket League in 1974, and were elected into the Cheshire County Cricket League in 1981.
Competitive junior cricket for in excess of 160 children is available from age 8, and a large majority of 1st XI players emerge from this development.
We run 9 junior teams playing approx 90 matches in all competitions.
Up to 20 boys each year are invited to join The Toft Academy, all the boys benefit from additional coaching and are invited to play a higher age group of cricket during the season.
Our 1st XI have played at Lords in the National Village KO Championship twice, Runners up in 1978, and Champions in 1989, we were Cheshire County Cricket League Champions in 1991 and Cheshire Cup Winners in 1991 and 1993.
We also have 2nd & 3rd teams playing in the Cheshire County Cricket League.
Our Taverners XI formed in 1967 play every Thursday night, mainly against local companies, and raise up to £6,000 per year to take Knutsfords over 70’s away for a day to the seaside in the summer.
During the season, matches are played most days of the week on our ground at Toft.
Our ground is located just over ½ mile south of Knutsford on the A537. It is set in farmland within the Booths Park estate.
Toft Cricket Club was formed in 1928 and was located on Toft Road (A50) next to the old Toft School Room. In 1938 the tenant farmer working the land gave us notice to quit. We were rescued from this disaster by the Cowburn family of Norbury Booths Hall, who not only offered us a home in their magnificent park but also built a pavilion for us at their expense, all ready in time to start the 1939 season. The pavilion is of wooden construction and has twice been extended over the years.
Christenings, parties, and social events are held regularly in our club house. clients use the facilities regularly and enjoy the seclusion and large car park. Each year a marquee is erected to host an annual ball for the club.
Looking left from the pavilion visitors will see Booths Hall hiding behind trees. The farmland supports herds of dairy cattle, which are only disturbed by the threat of cricket ball missiles!
Looking south will reveal the distant Pennines beyond Macclesfield and in particular the electrical mast at Sutton Common.
Visitors are always welcome, so please introduce yourself to the members when you arrive.
We were founder members of the Cheshire Cricket League in 1974, and were elected into the Cheshire County Cricket League in 1981.
Competitive junior cricket for in excess of 160 children is available from age 8, and a large majority of 1st XI players emerge from this development.
We run 9 junior teams playing approx 90 matches in all competitions.
Up to 20 boys each year are invited to join The Toft Academy, all the boys benefit from additional coaching and are invited to play a higher age group of cricket during the season.
Our 1st XI have played at Lords in the National Village KO Championship twice, Runners up in 1978, and Champions in 1989, we were Cheshire County Cricket League Champions in 1991 and Cheshire Cup Winners in 1991 and 1993.
We also have 2nd & 3rd teams playing in the Cheshire County Cricket League.
Our Taverners XI formed in 1967 play every Thursday night, mainly against local companies, and raise up to £6,000 per year to take Knutsfords over 70’s away for a day to the seaside in the summer.
During the season, matches are played most days of the week on our ground at Toft.
Our ground is located just over ½ mile south of Knutsford on the A537. It is set in farmland within the Booths Park estate.
Toft Cricket Club was formed in 1928 and was located on Toft Road (A50) next to the old Toft School Room. In 1938 the tenant farmer working the land gave us notice to quit. We were rescued from this disaster by the Cowburn family of Norbury Booths Hall, who not only offered us a home in their magnificent park but also built a pavilion for us at their expense, all ready in time to start the 1939 season. The pavilion is of wooden construction and has twice been extended over the years.
Christenings, parties, and social events are held regularly in our club house. clients use the facilities regularly and enjoy the seclusion and large car park. Each year a marquee is erected to host an annual ball for the club.
Looking left from the pavilion visitors will see Booths Hall hiding behind trees. The farmland supports herds of dairy cattle, which are only disturbed by the threat of cricket ball missiles!
Looking south will reveal the distant Pennines beyond Macclesfield and in particular the electrical mast at Sutton Common.
Visitors are always welcome, so please introduce yourself to the members when you arrive.
