Outwood
Outwood
CRICKET CLUB
A HIDDEN GEM IN THE SURREY COUNTRYSIDE
Outwood Cricket Club is truly a hidden gem. Based in the village of Outwood
on the border of Surrey and Kent we play our games on beautiful National Trust
land surrounded by mature oak woodland. We have a modern pavilion and
practice facilities and attract players not only from the village of Outwood itself
but also from the surrounding area and South London.
We run teams for all ages and
abilities including two men’s
Saturday league teams, two men’s
Sunday friendlies teams, a women’s
team playing league and friendly
fixtures, a mid-week T20 team, an
U21 team, and a host of junior teams,
as well as men’s and women’s winter
indoor league teams.
By any measure, 2018 was a
hugely successful season for the
Club. Success on the field was led
by the Men’s Saturday league teams,
both of whom gained promotion as
champions of their respective Kent
County Village League (KCVL)
Divisions.
In 2019, the teams will play in
KCVL Divisions 1 and 6 and judging
from the enthusiasm displayed at
winter nets both teams are well
placed for the season ahead, with
consolidation of the teams in their
respective divisions being the
minimum objective.
The new Surrey Slam T20
tournament proved to be a hugely
exciting and popular competition,
with the “Outwood Outlaws”
winning their round-robin league
group and the South-East Surrey
regional final. At the All-Surrey final
the Outlaws only lost to the eventual
winners, Spencer, a club more than
ten times the size of Outwood CC.
The competition also caught
the imagination of the wider
club, with home and even away
matches attracting large numbers of
Outwood spectators. Not only were
the crowds entertained with exciting
cricket, with many last over finishes,
but the players and club embraced
the full T20 experience with coloured
clothing, painted stumps, Zing light-
up bails, music, the BBQ fired up and
the bar open late into the evening.
Key to the success of the
league and T20 teams has been the
club’s long-term policy of youth
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