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Home Page About  Players News Contact Page Links Action Photos Junior Cricket Sponsors Tour Averages Membership Fixtures Email Us	Cricket Club The club runs three sides on a Saturday in the Birmingham and District Cricket League, playing 60 overs per side. On Sunday the club runs two sides in the Rafferty Arden League which is 45 overs per side. Each season the club organises a tour within the UK, last year this saw us in Torquay. The club has a very strong junior section that meets on a Monday night for practice throughout the season. History of the Club   Solihull Municipal CC began life as Solihull Nalgo back in 1948. In 1955 the name changed to Solihull Municipal and in 1958 a clubhouse was opened by Councillor E N Hiley. In 1965 the club had the strength to run two sides and league cricket became prevalent in the late sixties with the introduction of the James Travel Centre Warwickshire League. The first XI won the title in 1970, 1972, 1973 and 1980, whilst the second XI were successful in 1974,1978 and 1980. There then followed a few barren years in the Warwicks and Staffs Championship and then the Warwickshire Cricket League which pioneered  pyramid cricket throughout the area.  In 1982 club grounds throughout the Midlands were invited to stage matches between ICC playing countries for the right to appear in the 1983 World Cup. The club was privileged to host Israel vs. USA and the efforts of Alan Swift and Maurice Wiggins in ensuring the ground was in shape, were rewarded with in excess of 500 runs scored. The pyramid system provided the incentive for the club to become stronger. It was recognised that in order to compete at a higher level we needed to attract better calibre players in the short term, and to establish a Junior section for the long term prosperity of the club. In the winter of 1993 the services of Gary Parker were acquired from Moseley CC with a brief to set up a Junior section. The following couple of seasons saw the Junior section thrive to such an extent that teams fielded at U11, U13, U15 & U16 Levels. A spin-off of the increased number of players available to the club saw the introduction of a 3rd XI into the West Midlands rd XI Championship in the 2001 season. This same period saw the 1st XI begin to push upwards gaining promotion from Division 4, 3, 2, 1 between 1997 - 2001. The success of the last few seasons is the dawn of anew and exciting chapter in the history of Club as 2002 marks our first season in the Birmingham and District League. Email Us