The earliest known record of Fernhurst Cricket Club (FCC) is from
1889 when matches against Lynchmere, Wispers and The Marshes were
played. For many years friendly matches were played, although
between 1919 and 1928 an annual challenge took place for the
Ashurst Cup against the Ashurst Estate. This challenge was
re-introduced after the war in 1950 against the Verdley CC, made up
of ICI employees who now owned Verdley House and estate.
In 1975 Fernhurst along with a number of other local clubs
formed the evening Ashurst League, for which Fernhurst, who by now
owned the Ashurst Cup, lent the name and cup.
In 1997 Fernhurst joined the expanding I’Anson League.
Initially fielding one team then in 2000 a 2nd XI. By 2001
Fernhurst had achieved its goal of having teams in both the 1st and
3rd Divisions of the I’Anson League. However 2002 proved a
difficult year due to a shortage of players so in 2003 the 2nd XI
was disbanded.
Since 2004 the Sunday XI has been used to encourage new players
(young and old) to try out the game, get involved, find an aspect
eof the game that they can be good at, be competitive and learn how
to win and if it happens, to lose well.
By 2007 this policy had begun to be successful as a number of
Sunday players along with a couple of new recruits started to shine
and by 2009 the Saturday XI was once again competitive albeit still
in the 3rd Division of the I’Anson League.
This is the first Cricket Micro set as a multi-cache!
The co-ordinates above are for the first stage where you will find
a green notice. How many letters are in each of the three words at
the top of the sign? In order, these will give you A, B and C.
Move to N51 02.939 W000 43.005 where you will find a seat. When
was Margaret born? 19DE.
Now go to N51 02.875 W000 42.972. How many words are in each
line of the sign? First line = F, second line = G, third line = H,
fourth line = J and fifth line = K.
The cache can be found at N51 02.(A-D)(B-A)(J+K) W000
43.(B-C-E)(F+G)D
If anybody would like to expand this series please do, we would
just ask that you could let Al 7365 know first so he can keep track
of the Cricket micros numbers and names to avoid duplication.