****Our 2026 AGM is due to be held at Edgbaston on Saturday 21 March 2026.****
Cricket society events are being undertaken, once again. Please visit the website of individual cricket societies, to be found on the Directory page, for further details of events and for general information.****
Australian Cricket Society
Meetings to be advised shortly for this society.
Bassetlaw Umpires Association
Cheltenham Cricket Society
Wednesday 1st October 2025 at 7:30pm – Kim Barnett (including an A.G.M.)
Wednesday 5th November 2025 at 7:30pm – Graham Gooch
Wednesday 3rd December 2025 at 7:30pm – Peter Willey
Wednesday 7th January 2026 at 7:30pm – Tim Curtis
Wednesday 4th February 2026 at 7:30pm – Mickey Arthur
Wednesday 4th March 2026 at 7:30pm – a county cricket panel
Wednesday 1st April 2026 at 7:30pm – Geoff Miller OBE
All meetings are held at the Victory Club, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham GL50 2SY
Chesterfield Cricket Society
The Cricket Society (London branch)
The Cricket Society (Midlands branch)
The Cricket Society (West of England branch)
Meetings are held at Widcombe Social Club, Lower Widcombe Hill, Bath BA2 6AA – 2.00pm start,
Admission £5 ( to include tea / coffee and biscuits ) , non members welcome
Cricket Memorabilia Society
Meetings start at 10:30am with signing of cricket memorabilia followed by Q & As with our guest(s) and a hot lunch at 12:45pm (which can be booked on the day), auctions start at 1.30pm and meetings generally finish by 3:00pm
25th. October – Derby CCC
22nd. November – Lords’
14th. March, 2026 – Leicester CCC
Derbyshire Cricket Society
Summer events
Sunday 29th. June, 2025 – Roland Butcher book signing – Queen’s Park, Chesterfield – day one of Derbyshire v Lancashire
Winter programme
Thursday 30th. October 2025 – Barry Wood
Thursday 27th. November 2025 – Wendy Watson
Thursday 18th. December 2025 – Roland Butcher
Thursday 29th. January, 2026 – Paul Farbrace
Thursday 26th. February, 2026 – DCCC Forum
Thursday 26th.March, 2026 – Lawrence Booth
All events are 12:00 noon for 12:30pm, usual finish is by 3.00pm, coffee / tea served 1.30, talks start 1.45 followed by questions.
VENUE – Members’ Pavilion, The County Ground, Nottingham Road, Derby. DE21 6DA. Lunch ( up to 27 March, 2025) costs £28 with additional £3 if Cheese and Biscuits requested instead of dessert.
To book e mail or text at least 14 days before meeting – stephen.retout.t21@btinternet.com or mobile 07581 700877.
Dorset Cricket Society
Thursday 9th. October, 2025 – Jim Graham-Brown, former county cricketer and playright
Thursday 16th. October, 2025 – Charlotte Taylor, former Hampshire, Southern Vipers and Brave
Thursday 23rd. October, 2025 – Tim Shutt, director of Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation
Thursday 30th. October, 2025 – Roland Buther, Breaking Boundaries book
Thursday 6th November, 2025 – Kyle Abbott, Hampshire and South Africa
Thursday 13th. November, 2025 – Vic Marks, Somerset, Englad, TMS and journalist
Thursday 20th. November, 2025 – Peter Hardy, Chairman of The Cricket Society
Thursday 27th November, 2025 – Mike Smith, Gloucestershire and England
Thursday 4th December, 2025 – Paul Farbrace, Head Coach Sussex CCC
Thursday 11th.December, 2025 – Jamie Cox, Somerset CEO
Thursday 18th. December, 2025 – Andy Murtagh, crickets ” Black Dog ” review
Christmas break
Thursday 8th January. 2026 – Annual Dinner at The Hermitage Hotel
Thursday 16th January, 2025 – TBC
Thursday 23rd January, 2025 –
Thursday 30th January, 2025 –
Thursday 6th February, 2025 –
Thursday 13th February, 2025 –
Thursday 20th February, 2025 –
Thursday 27th February, 2025 –
Thursday 6th March, 2025 –
Thursday 13th March, 2025 – Buffet lunch and AGM
Thursday 20th March, 2025 –
Thursday 27th March, 2025 – easy sports quiz & cream tea
East Riding Cricket Society
Essex Cricket Society
Meetings to be advised shortly for this society.
Gloucestershire Cricket Lovers’ Society
Monday 13th October, 2025 at 7: 30pm – Dean Wilson
Monday 3rd November, 2025 at 7:30pm – Graham Gooch
Monday 8th December, 2025 at 7:30pm – Ashley Giles
Monday 12th January, 2026 at 7:30pm -Ed Seabourne & Melissa Story
Monday 9th February, 2026 at 7:30pm – Vikram Banerjee
Monday 9th March, 2026 at 7:30pm – Andy Moles
Hampshire Cricket Society
Wednesday 1st October, 2025 at 2.00pm – Roland Butcher – ” Breaking Barriers “
Wednesday 22nd October, 2025 at 2.00pm – Chris Cowdrey – The Cowdrey Dynasty
Wednesday 12th November 2025 at 2:00pm – Paul Nixon – Players played with and against
Wednesday 10th December 2025 at 12.30pm – Graham Gooch ( Christmas lunch )
Wednesday 14th January 2026 at 2:00pm – Phil Neale – His career in cricket and football
Wednesday 18th February 2026 at 2:00pm – Chris Broad – Q & A
Wednesday 11th March 2026 at 2:00pm – Ricky Ellcock – ” Balls To Fly “
All meetings are held at Romsey Golf Club, SO16 0XW.
Herefordshire Cricket Society
Thursday 14th November, 2024 at 7.30pm – Joe Leach
Thursday 16th January, 2025 at 7.30pm – Richard Merriman ( England over 60’s captain )
Thursday 20th. February, 2025 at 7.30pm – Arnie Sidebottom
Thursday 3rd. April, 2025 at 7.30pm – Sir Geoffrey Boycott
Meetings at Castle House, Hereford, except for Geoffrey Boycott which will be in Leominster.
High Peak Cricket Society
The evening meetings are held at Whaley Bridge Bowling Club, 43 Buxton Road, Whaley Bridge, High Peak, Derbyshire. SK23 7HX, the lunches are held at The Royal Hotel, Market Street, Hayfield, High Peak. SK22 2EP.
Lancashire & Cheshire Cricket Society
Monday 20th October, 2025 at 1.00pm – Graham Lloyd and Steve O’Shaughnessey
Monday 27th. October, 2025 at 7.30pm – Vic Marks
Monday 10th November, 2025 at 1.00pm – Stephen Chalke
Monday 8th December, 2025 at 1.00pm – Roland Butcher
Monday 2nd. February, 2026 at 1.00pm – Stuart Law
Monday 16th. February, 2026 at 1.00pm – Ash;ey Giles
Monday 9th. March, 2026 at 7.30pm – Scott Oliver
Monday 23rd. March, 2026 at 1.00pm – Alex Cropper
All meetings are held at Emirates Old Trafford except Roland Butcher which will be at The Avenue Methodist Church, Sale
Leicestershire Cricket Society
Thursday 9th. October, 2025 at 7.30pm – Scyld Berry
Thursday 30th. October, 2025 at 7.30pm – Gary Barwell
Thursday 27th. November, 2025 at 1.30pm – Arnie Sidebottom
Thursday 8th. January, 2026 at 1.30pm – Richard Whitehead
Thursday 5th. February, 2026 at 7.30pm – Jonathan Agnew
Thursday 5th. March, 2026 at 1.00pm – Alex Cropper
Norfolk Cricket Society
Meetings to be advised shortly for this society.
Northern Cricket Society
Tuesday 7th. October, 2025 at 7.15 – AGM & Richard Whitehead
Tuesday 21st.October, 2025 at 2.30 – Ian Lockwood
Tuesday 4th November, 2025 at 7.45pm – Roland Butcher
Wednesday 17th December, 2025 at 12.00 for 12.30pm – James Taylor – Christmas lunch
Friday 26th. December, 2025 – Boxing Day cricket match
Tuesday 6th January, 2026 at 7.45pm – Zoom meeting with Elizabeth Ammon
Tuesday 3rd. February, 2026 at 7.45pm – JohnSadler
Tuesday 3rd. March, 2026 at 7.45pm – Peter Mason
Tuesday 24th March, 2026 at 12.00 for 12.30pm – Andy Moles, spring lunch
Tuesday 7th April, 2026 at 7.45pm – John Morris
Speaker eveningswill be held at Headingley or Sandmoor Golf Club, check venues for meetings on our web site
Nottingham Cricket Lovers’ Society
Thursday 16th October, 2025 at 7.00pm ( Trent Bridge Inn ) – James Taylor
Thursday 13th November, 2025 at 7.00pm – Stephen Chalke
Thursday 4th December, 2025 at 7.00pm – Craig Cumming
Thursday 8th January, 2026 at 2.00pm – Angus Fraser
Thursday 5th February, 2026 at 2.00pm – Current players from Nottinghamshire CCC & The Blaze
Thursday 5th March, 2026 at 7.00pm – Andy Afford
Thursday 26th. March, 2026 at 7.00pm – Andy Moles
Meetings are scheduled to be held in the Derek Randall Suite at Trent Bridge – except 16 October, 2025.
The Cricket Society of Scotland
Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th October, 2024 – Phil Neale
Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th November, 2024 – Stephen Brenkley
Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th December, 2024 – Mark Peel
Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th January 2025 – Trudy Lindblade
Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th February 2025 – Matthew Maynard
Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th March 2025 (annual dinner ) – Derek Pringle
Tuesday 15th April, 2025 at 7.00pm – AGM at Clydesdale Cricket Club, Glasgow
Monday meetings’ venue at 7.30pm is Clydesdale CC, Beaton Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow G41 4LA, Tuesday meetings’ venue at 7.30pm is Grange CC, Portgower Place, Stockbridge, Edinburgh EH4 1HQ
West Of Scotland contact – Graham Hollier 0141 427 0093 or graham_hollier@sky.com or Ewan McConville 0141 632 4218 or ejrmcc@gmail.com
East Of Scotland contact – Chris Warner 0131 332 1162 or warnerhome@tiscali.co.uk
Sheffield Cricket Lovers
Wednesday 8th October, 2025 at 7.30pm – Kevin Howells, broadcaster
Wednesday 22nd, October, 2025 at 7.30pm – Barry Wood and Peter Lorimer
Wednesday 12th. November, 2025 at 7.00pm – Supper with Chris Broad – must be booked and paid in advance
Thursdasday 27th.November, 2025 at 7.30pm – Quiz Night
Wednesday 3rd. December, 2025 at 7.30pm – Harry Pearson, author
Friday 19th. December, 2025 at 12.00 – Christmas lunch – Gavin Hamilton, YCCC cricket manager – must be booked and paid for in advance
Wednesday 11th. February, 2026 at 7.30pm – Mark Robinson, coach and former YCCC bowler
Stourbridge & District Cricket Society
Thursday 16th October 2025 at 19:30 – Sam Hain
Thursday 6th November, 2025 at 19:30 – Roland Butcher
Thursday 20th. November 2025 at 19:30 – Ricky Ellcock
Thursday 11th December 2025 at 19:30 – Matthew Maynard
Thursday 15th January 2026 at 14:00 – Barry Wood
Thursday 19th February 2026 at 14:00 – Richard Stemp
Thursday 19th March 2026 at 19:30 – Peter Willey
Thursday 16th April 2026 at 19:30 – Ashley Giles
All meetings are held in the Pavilion at Stourbridge Cricket Club
Sussex Cricket Society
Wednesday 22nd October 2025 at 2.30pm – AGM followed by speakers Jon Filby and Peter Fitzboydon
Wednesday 12th November 2025 at 2.15pm – Chris Cowdrey
Thursday 10th December 2025 – Christmas Lunch, speaker Angus Fraser MBE
Wednesday 14th January 2026 – Matthew Hoggard MBE
Wednesday 11th February 2026 – Anya Shrubsole MBE
Wednesday 11th March 2026 at 2.15pm – Paul Barber OBE
West Lancashire Cricket Society
Wednesday 9th October, 2024 – Mark Ramprakash, following AGM at 7.30
Wednesday 6th November, 2024 – Kate Cross
Thursday 12th December, 2024 – James Taylor
Wednesday 8th January, 2025 – Paul Farbrace
Wednesday 12th February, 2025 – David Shortt
Fruday 14th. March, 2025 – Annual dinner with Graham Gooch
Please see the society’s new web site
Friday 7th April
Wombwell Cricket Lovers’ Society
Monday 29th. September, 2025 at 1.45 – Ian Lockwood
Thursday 2nd. October, 2025 at 7.30 – AGM via zoom
Monday 13th. October, 2025 at 1.45 – Arnie Sidebottom
Monday 27th. October, 2025 – Stephen Chalke
Monday 3rd. November, 2025 – Colin Graves
Monday 10th. November, 2025 at 1.45 – Mick Newell
Monday 24th. November, 2025 at 1.45 – Oliver Hannon – Dalby
Sunday 14th. December, 2025 at 12.00 – Mark Ramprakash – annual Christmas lunch at Holiday Inn, Dodworth
Monday 12th. January, 2026 at 7.30 – Ricky Ellcock – zoom meeting
Monday 26th. January, 2026 at 7.30 – Graham Hardcastle – zoom meeting
Monday 9th February, 2026 at 7.30 – Memorabilia & Nostalgia evening – zoom meeting
Monday 23rd. February, 2026 at 1.45 – Matthew Maynard
Monday 9th. March, 2026 at 1.45 – Scott Oliver
Monday 23rd. March, 2026 at 1.45 – Andy Moles
Thursday 2th. March, 2026 at 7.30 – Junior awards presentation evening
Worcestershire Cricket Society
Tuesday 10th.June, 2025 – Steve Rhodes
Sunday 12th. October – End of season lunch with Pat Murphy
Tuesday 14th.October, 2025 – Alec Stewart
Tuesday 4th. November, 2025 – Graham Gooch
Tuesday 9th. December, 2025 – Ed Barnard
Tuesday 13th. January, 2026 – Jack Brooks – 7.00pm
Tuesday 10th. Februay, 2026 – Peter Willey
Tuesday 17th. March, 2026 – Steve O’Shaunessey
Wednesday 25 March, 2025 – Andy Moles – 7.45pm
All meetings are held in the Graeme Hick pavilion, New Road and start at 7.30