The Milburys Cricket Club (formally known as the Brigadier Gerard Cricket Club) was born in 2005 out of a passion for cricket, great English summers and mates enjoying a pre, during and post match beer. We are a pub side made up of enthusiastic cricketers from around Winchester and Southampton who play friendly matches throughout the summer.
For us, the emphasis is very much on enjoying the game, not taking things too seriously and enjoying a pint in the pub afterwards. Our aim of course is to play a good standard of cricket against our like minded opponents, but most of all it’s about having a laugh and convincing ourselves that we are keeping fit!
We enjoy tremendous support from The Milburys which is a fine old English pub, serving a wide range of local ales and some excellent food. It also boasts a skittles alley, a 300ft well, a roaring fire and a landlord who appreciates his cricket team, no matter how often they lose! There’s nowhere better to be on a hot summers day after a game of cricket.
Our home ground is called The Holt and it is a beautiful pitch set in the countryside near Winchester which we share with our sister club The Flamingos. We have been associated with the Flamingos since 2010 and are very lucky to have found such a wonderful place to play our cricket.
The Holt sits on the top of a wooded hill right on the edge of the Meon Valley and won Hampshire Cricket League’s “Ground of the Year” award in 1998.
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