We regularly field two sides on a Saturday in the Fullers Brewery Surrey Cricket League and a Sunday XI that plays in the Village Cricket League.

With increasing success on the field in and with our youth development strategy starting to produce competent senior cricketers, our 1st XI is aiming for the premier division and onto the Surrey Championship. Expectations are also high for our 2nd XI with plans already set to achieve promotion from division 5 towards division 3. Our Sunday XI team is well established and competes very well in the Village Cricket League, regularly chasing down totals in excess of 200.

At Effingham we have a clear philosophy geared towards providing cricket for all. This encompasses a welcoming and friendly atmosphere where everyone is encouraged to enjoy themselves (up to a point of course) and supported to improve as cricketers. Nobody is selected to be simply making up the numbers and skippers are always making sure that everyone is involved in the game and contributing to the result.

We have plenty of cricket available at Effingham and, buoyed by recent success, are now actively looking for new senior players.

Please get in touch if you are interested in joining us.

Club Captain’s Welcome

Welcome to Effingham Cricket Club. The senior section at Effingham continues to go from strength to strength with an impressive number of “homegrown” players providing the core of the three senior teams,. This, coupled with a scattering of senior players across each team, has become the hallmark of the club over the last five seasons.

The adoption of an approach based upon inclusivity and full participation has ensured excellent member retention and provides an excellent environment for cricketers of all levels. In recent seasons, each team has participated and competed to the maximum, not only in friendly matches, but also league cricket. With the 1XI having a resurgence in the Fullers League this has created competition for places. Successive promotions have been achieved with only three players over the age of 30, suggesting that the senior team is in good health.

For those wanting competitive, but enjoyable Sunday cricket, the Village Cricket League (VCL) offers the perfect platform. Picturesque Surrey grounds in a league format, whilst not forgetting that development and participation is fundamental to the league. In the few seasons we have been members we have already been crowned Div 2 champions and been able to blood the best youngsters in a league setting ensuring they gain match experience in a league format before featuring in the Saturday league teams.

For the more casual cricketer the midweek T20 league played at the height of summer is an enjoyable run out followed by the traditional post match beer, with the carrot of a lenghty run in the Surrey Slam on offer.  Having finished runners up in the 2018 Surrey Slam, we are keen to go one better in the coming seasons.

Adam Burlison
Club Captain

Senior Teams

The following are the senior teams with an introduction to the captains:

Senior Training

Winter Training

Pre-season begins with winter net sessions at Feltonfleet School in Cobham. The twelve week indoor sessions commence in January and run until April every Saturday from 2pm until 5pm.

The winter Training is complemented by separate smaller sessions on the eve of the season at the Surrey Cricket Centre in Guildford.

Summer Training

The senior nets session run from 6:30pm on a Thursday evening from mid summer. The sessions involve 1-2-1 batting sessions, general batting and bowling and out fielding drills.