Caterham Cricket Club

Caterham Cricket Club, based at Caterham in Surrey, was briefly a top-class cricket team, playing ten known matches from 1767 to 1770 which are recognised as important. Caterham at that time was effectively representative of Surrey as a county. Its home venue was on Caterham Common. The club was patronised by Henry Rowett, a prominent landowner in the area, and was in reality his own private club. Six of their matches were against Hambledon, and three against Bourne. In the other match, Caterham combined with Coulsdon Cricket Club to play against the Rest of England.

Important matches

Caterham is first recorded as a top-class team on about 21 September 1767 when it played Hambledon at Duppas Hill, and was heavily beaten by 262 runs. Two unidentified Hambledon batters had a partnership worth 192. Caterham's last major match in 1770 was also against Hambledon, and they lost that by 57 runs.

Players

Several well known Surrey players were members of the Caterham teams, including Lumpy Stevens, Will Palmer, Thomas Quiddington, and John Wood.

Modern club

There is a modern Caterham Cricket Club, whose origins are in the 1870s. Its team plays in the Surrey County League.