Finedon Dolben Cricket Club
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 Finedon Dolben Cricket Club | |
| League | Northamptonshire Cricket League |
|---|---|
| Team information | |
| Colors | Blue Gold |
| Founded | 1836 |
| Home ground | Avenue Road, Finedon, Wellingborough |
| History | |
| Premier wins | 13 |
| Official website | finedondolben |
Finedon Dolben Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club based in Finedon, Northamptonshire, England. Finedon Dolben have 4 senior XI teams in the Northamptonshire Cricket League,[1] and an established Junior Section, who play in both the Higham & District Youth League[2] and the Corby and District Youth Cricket League[3][4]
Finedon Dolben Cricket Club was founded in 1836 and records show that they joined the Kettering & District Cricket League in 1896.[5] After many years of league activity, resulting in numerous championship title wins,[6] Finedon Dolben became a member of the Northamptonshire Cricket League. Since the Northamptonshire Cricket League was designated an ECB Premier League in 1999,[7] Finedon Dolben is one of only three cricket clubs (Finedon Dolben, Old Northamptonians and Peterborough Town) to have held a constant presence in the highest level of competition for recreational club cricket in Northamptonshire, with eleven ECB Premiership league championship titles to their name.[8]
Club Performance
The Northamptonshire Cricket League competition results showing the club's positions in the league (by Division) since 1999.
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Gold | Champions |
| Red | Relegated |
| Grey | League Suspended |
| Key | |
|---|---|
| P | ECB Premier Division |
| 1 | Division One |
| 2 | Division Two, etc. |
| Team | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st XI | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
| 2nd XI | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 3rd XI | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 4th XI | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||||
Source:[9]