Long Ashton Cricket Club

Village cricket club, 10 minutes from the centre of Bristol, having fun since 1870 Previously the field opposite Hobwell Lane in Long Ashton Road was used.

Cricket has been played on the present field in Yanley Lane adjacent to the by-pass since 1884. Several photographs of players and spectators at games on this field are displayed in the present pavilion. For reasons not known now, possibly the fact that the field in Long Ashton Road was not available, a meeting was held at the Angel Inn on the 15th October 1883 at which it was proposed by a Mr O’D

oneghue that “It is desirable to establish a cricket club in the parish of Long Ashton” and agreed unanimously. Minutes of that 1883 meeting and every meeting of the cricket club since have been preserved. Alas, records before 1883 are not available; however a letter in the records written on Ashton Gate Brewery notepaper refers to the club being formed in 1866 with Sir Greville Smyth, his agent Thos D**e and John Kempe being prime movers in setting it up. The document also refers to E.M. Grace (whose mother kept a school in the village at the time) as being one of the players, together with others at that time. This letter/document is not signed but attributed to Inman H. Harvey, Chairman of that Brewery, Captain of the cricket club for twenty five years from 1904-1927 and President from 1940-1954. The records show a very close association between the club and the Ashton Court Estate from the outset. In 1883, Sir Greville Smyth was asked to “continue as President of the Cricket Club” and did so until his death in 1901. His successor at the Court, Dame Emily Smyth was appointed Patron until her death in 1914 and her successor the Hon’ Mrs Esme Smyth held the same status in the club until her death in 1946. Meanwhile, the Chairman of the cricket club during the many years up to 1946 was always the Agent to the Ashton Court Estate. The first, Thos D**e, was commissioned in 1883 to canvas support for the club and continued to take active chairman’s role until 1901. His successors as Agent, Henry Napier 1901-1934 and Bertram Worrall 1934-1946 followed in the footsteps as Chairman of the club. The death of the Hon’ Mrs Esme Smyth and the sale of the farms on the estate and the Court to the Bristol Corporation ended the long association of the club with the Smyth’s but it has continued to thrive under the presidency and chairmanship of several distiguished members, the names of whom are displayed on an honours board in the pavilion. In so far as the cricketers are concerned, the club, like so many others, can lay claim to one of the legendary Grace family. More recently John Sullivan (Gloucestershire), Christopher Broad (England, Gloucestershire, Nottinghamshire, Orange Free State) and Shane Warne (Australia, Hampshire, ICC World XI, Victoria) have played for the club. The club has done well in the local competitions winning the Bristol & District League Championship in 1976, the B&D Cup in 1978 and several runners-up awards subsequently. During this time the club has also developed a strong youth policy and regularly field youth teams in under thirteen, fifteen and seventeen categories.

Photos from Long Ashton Cricket Club's post

11/06/2026

Your LACC sides for this weekends fixtures. As well as the teams for the LACC World Cup sweepstake ⚽️

06/06/2026

🏏 1s v &
2s v
CANCELLED

29/05/2026

🏆 A few May milestones.

As plays his 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣th game for the club this weekend

& also made their 💯th game for the club last weekend
*as per play cricket ‘official’ games

26/05/2026

🏏 Tonight's (26th May) All Stars & Dynamos will start an hour later at 7pm when it should be a bit cooler

25/05/2026

2 wins and 2 losses on a scorcher of a weekend ☀️

🟢 Long Ashton Occasionals won by 16 runs
🔴 The 1s lost by 57 runs
🟢 The 2s won by 26 runs
🔴 The Sunday XI lost by 15 runs

🏏 Great work from Oscar to get a proper Sunday XI out for the first time in a number of years. With stand out performances from a number of youngsters - Toby Goodland and Tom Barot picking up 3 wickets each, and Noah Chapman with his 49 in the run chase.

💰 Strong performance in the fantasy from Emily Coombe as she is the manager of the week, and is also top of the leaderboard by a good 50+ points. Looking likely to be the manager of the month - and winner of a free jug at the club 🍻

19/05/2026

*** Rain stops play ***
🏏 Sadly this evening's All Stars, Dynamos, U11 and U13 training has been cancelled because of the weather. Fingers crossed for sunshine next week!!

17/05/2026

🟠 The O’s vs Caieser Chiefs game abandoned 🌧️
🔴 The 1st Team lost to Winterbourne by 19 runs
🟢 The 2nd Team won vs Backwell Flax by 10 wickets

A weekend if mixed fortune as the 1st team lost their 2nd game on the bounce. Albeit it after a great debut by - scoring 103 and taking 3 wickets

The 2s had much more success, winning by 10 wickets after a great 200* partnership between the two youngsters Neil Wilson and Ben Taylor. 10 mil Tays living up to his name stake.

💰 In the fantasy - takes the Manager of the week trophy. Despite still having Evan Gibbons as his captain.

📈 Highest scoring team of the week as well, with 3 players scoring 100+ points. Flanners and Walkabout making their 2nd appearance in the team in just 3 weeks.

15/05/2026

🏏 Your Long Ashton 1st and 2nd team lineups for this weekends action. As they face Winterbourne and Blackwell FlaxBourton

Also

📈 Your most selected LA stars as of week 2 on Fantasy Cricket League (% number indicated what % of teams they are in)

Heads up, quite a few are away this week, so be sure to update your team before Saturday

Come on the LAds

11/05/2026

Not the best weekend for LA as both the Saturday sides were comfortably beaten after batting first.

🧨 However, a few bright sparks, as Caleb was back in the runs, and young Lenny Tindall in the 2nd team who continued his fine wicket taking form this season with another 4️⃣fer

JT is our Manager of the week as well. With a massive 206 points

04/05/2026

A wet weekend to start to the season… 🌧️🏏

Both games cut short this weekend as the rain had other ideas.

👏 MVP of the weekend: Oli Haynes with a 4fer - seeing him stack up 63 points
📈 Also sitting top of the Fantasy League with his own side, setting the standard early doors
🧢 Sam Thomas also picking up 2 wickets on his first team debut

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Yanley Lane, Long Ashton
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