History

Bloxwich Cricket Club was founded in 1848 and is one
of the oldest Clubs in the Midlands area.

Bell Field, the original home
of Bloxwich CC, appeared on
the 1902 Ordanance Survey
map and indicated that it originally
covered the area now occupied
by the clubhouse, tennis courts
and houses in Stafford Road.
Prior to a clubhouse being built in
1880, the Royal Exchange pub
was used for meetings, annual
suppers and as changing rooms.

Bloxwich Cricket Club 1903.
The oldest surviving photograph.

The Fighting Cock - the early motif of
Bloxwich Cricket Club, indicating the
Club's fighting spirit and identifying it
with the village of Bloxwich, which
was renown in the Nineteenth Century
for its many cock fighting pits.

The Club moved to its present ground at Stafford Road
in 1935 to become part of the then newly formed
Bloxwich Stafford Road Sports Club. This sports
complex was set up through the sterling efforts of
Bloxwich industrialist, the late William Wiggin. It was
through his benevolence that five and a half acres of
playing facilities were provided together with a
Clubhouse.

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The Bloxwich Stafford Road Sports
Club motif was adopted by Bloxwich
Cricket Club on the amalgamation
of Bloxwich Cricket, Hockey, Bowls,
Tennis and Badminton Clubs in 1935.

William Wiggin presented the land to the Council on
the agreement that a lease be granted at a nominal
rental to a Committee of Trustees of the Club, on
the understanding that the sole use of the land be
for the sports of Cricket, Hockey, Tennis and Bowls.
A rental of Ł50 per annum was agreed with the lease
to be renewed every 50 years, the last renewal taking
place in 1987.

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The Cherry Tree - motif of Bloxwich
Cricket Club since 1960 in
commemoration of the late
William Wiggin. The beautiful display
of flowering cherry trees that
surround the Club grounds and line
the adjacent avenue leading into
King George V Memorial playing
fields are one of the results of
Mr. Wiggin's forethought and
planning.

Bloxwich Cricket Club is still part of the Bloxwich
Stafford Road Sports Club, which now comprises
Bloxwich Bowls Club, Bloxwich Hockey Club and
Bloxwich Rugby Club. Each Sports section is run
independently by its own Committee and is responsible
for the maintenance and preparation of its own ground.

Bloxwich Cricket Club has provided sporting facilities
for the Community of Bloxwich from its Stafford Road
ground since its move in 1935 and welcomes players
of all ages and abilities and aims to provide cricketing
opportunities for all.