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20th Nov 2008 


Official Quatt CC
History

 

The Village Hall where tea was taken up until 1977

 

Although the Club traces its (more or less) continuous history from 1908, there are reports of matches being played by Quatt in the 1880's. It is understood that these games took place in Dudmaston Park, somewhere not too far from the Hall (pictured), the wickets would of course been unprepared.The Club was founded in 1908 by Captain G.C. Wolryche-Whitmore, who took a great interest in it for over sixty years. It flourished until 1914, and then again for a short while after the First World War. The Club then folded for a few years until it was re-founded in 1936 by A.G. Mason.One of the early matches, perhaps the first one was between the 'Estate' and 'Village' - not an occasion that would be thought 'proper' nowadays. It is said that Captain Wolryche-Whitmore (then 55 years old) unleashed some ferocious strokes in partnership with J.F.A. Mason. The Club continued on satisfactorily until 1939 and the outbreak of the Second World War.


Dudmaston Hall the former home of Captain Wolryche-Whitmore

Dudmaston Hall the former home of Captain Wolryche-Whitmore

 

 

 

The Club got going again very quickly indeed in 1946, sooner than most in the area, and has continued ever since, undergoing the changes common to all Clubs which survived - better wickets, mown outfields and wider catchment areas. Some of the early games were real tests of strength in that it took so much effort to drive the ball through the longer grass of those times, with scores inevitably much lower than those today. An individual score of fifty was unusual until relatively recent times, and a Team score of fifty was often enough. In the early 1980's the team worked its way to the top of the Shropshire League culminating in winning the Division Two (Now Division One) Championship in 1983. In recent years the Club has re-established itself as one of the top village teams in Shropshire following a baron spell in the mid nineties where the club was within a whisker of folding.

In 2003 the Club repeated the success of twenty years previous when they clinched the Division One Championship and acheived promotion to the Shropshire Premier League. They were the first village side in Shropshire to reach this level.

The 2003 Championship Winning Squad

The 2003 Championship winning team

In 2008 the club will celebrate its centenary in excellent shape with three male Saturday sides, a Sunday Friendly XI, a Midweek XI, an U13 Boys team and a Ladies XI. The future looks rosey for the the Green and Golds.



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