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Summer 2025 Season
The Durham Colleges Staff Cricket club (DCSCC) is now in its 76th season, having been formed on the 1st December 1949. It is open to any member of the University staff, whether technical or academic, male or female, who fancies a friendly game of cricket on a nice warm summer evening (apart from the 29 days in May when there is a biting Easterly wind howling across Maiden Castle!). All standards are welcome, from current Test players to those who have never lifted a bat in anger before! We also welcome alumni, retired staff and postgraduate students. Mostly we play friendly cricket against local sides – we also participate in the undergraduate league.
We play most of our matches on weekday evenings, in a limited over format (20 overs per side), which means we are usually finished by 8-9pm depending on time of year, rapidity of our batting collapse etc. We also have a few longer, Sunday afternoon matches. Anyone who fancies a game should email us or contact one of the club officials – we always have room for extra players! We also welcome new players to our nets at any time.
We have a very active WhatsApp account – if you wish to join please email [email protected]
| NEWS: Winter Nets: Indoor nets at Maiden Castle have now finished. Next games: Tuesday May 20th 6pm on MC1 v Mallards. Tuesday May 27th 6pm on MC1 v Darlington Economic Campus. AGM: the 2025 AGM took place on Tuesday January 28th at 7pm in Grey SCR. The minutes are here. Annual Dinner: The 75th Anniversary Dinner took place on Friday October 18th 2024 at the Royal County Hotel. A good time was had by all! Club kit: The provision of club gear is currently under review. However, you can still purchase some of our old design of kit at Surridge Sports (use the links at the top of the page – some sizes are limited). |
The team who set a new record DCSCC 20-over score of 176-4 against St Aidan’s B on 17th June 2017 at the University’s Riverside ground.
The game on Aug 22nd 2006 v Durham City IIIs marked Peter Collins’s retirement from cricket, after 41 years of keeping wicket for Staff (and 60 years behind the stumps overall!), having made his debut on 3rd May 1966 against St Cuths.
The Beamish Colliery Cricket Final took place at Emirates Riverside, the home of Durham County Cricket Club, on 22nd September 2018. Staff beat Knights by 11 runs.
Alarmingly it seems we are now on Instagram!