Cricket
Cricket has been played at The Grove since the founding of the club in 1856 and is thriving in 2024. We run 5 adult men’s teams, a women’s softball team and 6 junior teams (3 mixed/boys, 3 girls), and welcome players of all ages and abilities.
On Saturdays Hythe compete in the Kent League and our Sunday team plays in the Kent Village League. We have a thriving social cricket team playing on Monday evenings, and an exciting mid week T20 competition ‘The Hythe Smash’. New players of all ages are always welcome, whether you are looking to play competitive league cricket, or get back into cricket with some training sessions and take part in the odd friendly fixture. Contact cricket@hythecsc.com to get involved in men’s cricket, or juniorcricket@hythecsc.com to get involved in women, girls and junior cricket.
All of our fixtures and results are here: https://hythe.play-cricket.com/home
Men’s indoor nets training is from 6-7pm at 3 Hills Sports Park from 20th February onwards, and outdoor nets training at the Club runs on Wednesday evenings from 24th April onwards throughout the season.
Men’s Cricket Leadership Team for 2024:
Chairman
Saturday 1st Captain Matt Ford
Saturday 1st Vice-Captain Grant Channon
Saturday 2nd Captain Simon Hayward
Sunday 1st Captains
Sunday 1st Vice-Captain Pat Briscoe
Midweek Captain Matt Ford
Midweek Vice-Captain Matt Cobb
Nets Bookings
Club Members are able to book the nets (one or two lanes) free of charge by contacting cricket @hythecsc.com. The nets can only be used by those with an authorised booking, and the following conditions apply:
- You must be 18 or over to book. U18s can only use the nets when a qualified coach is present.
- All players must wear a helmet and appropriate protection when using a hard ball in the nets.
- Players do not have access to club equipment during personal net bookings.
- You must not share the nets gate code with anyone else.
- At the end of your session, you must lock the nets gate before leaving.