Catford Wanderers Cricket Club
The Cricket Club was founded in 1906 and is one of the best known amateur cricket clubs in the United Kingdom.In summer 2010 Daniel Bell-Drummond was called up for England U19 squad and opened the batting in the Test Series against Sri Lanka and then captained the England U17 ODI side. The Wanderers provided the last amateur cricketer to play test cricket for England - Jack Martin - later of Kent County Cricket Club - who played for Catford at the time of his call up to the England side in the summer of 1947. Past members also include Doug Wright formerly of Kent and England and David Constant, former Kent cricketer and International Umpire. The Tennis Club was formed in 1914 and it took them 34 years before they won their first Kent title, the Kent winter Division One title no less in 1948. Since then the club has won no fewer than 42 Kent titles (1948–2005) the greatest of these featuring the glorious Catford Men’s team of the fifties who won the first divisions (winter and summer) of 1955. Not far behind these successes were the girls 16 and under and boys 16 and under who were crowned Kent champions in 1966 and 1968. In North Kent leagues Catford have won 24 titles the highlight being the 2005 victories of the Men’s, Mixed, Men’s Veterans & boys 12 and under.
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