Edinburgh Academical Cricket Club

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Edinburgh_Academical_Cricket_Club an entity of type: Thing

Edinburgh Academical Cricket Club, generally known as Edinburgh Accies, is a cricket club founded in 1855 and based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The club is the oldest Old Boys cricket club in Scotland. In 1854, the Edinburgh Academy acquired a playing field at Raeburn Place, Stockbridge, and Edinburgh Accies was founded the following year. Former pupils of the Edinburgh Academy and members of EACC were integral in the development of Scottish cricket, and within a few years all the independent schools in Scotland had private cricket grounds. rdf:langString
rdf:langString Edinburgh Academical Cricket Club
rdf:langString Edinburgh Academical Cricket Club (EACC)
rdf:langString Edinburgh Academical Cricket Club
xsd:integer 47397346
xsd:integer 1100522670
xsd:integer 1
rdf:langString League
rdf:langString T20
rdf:langString New Field, Inverleith, Edinburgh
xsd:integer 150
rdf:langString Championship
rdf:langString Edinburgh Accies
rdf:langString Accies
rdf:langString Scottish Cup
rdf:langString Edinburgh Academical Cricket Club, generally known as Edinburgh Accies, is a cricket club founded in 1855 and based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The club is the oldest Old Boys cricket club in Scotland. In 1854, the Edinburgh Academy acquired a playing field at Raeburn Place, Stockbridge, and Edinburgh Accies was founded the following year. Former pupils of the Edinburgh Academy and members of EACC were integral in the development of Scottish cricket, and within a few years all the independent schools in Scotland had private cricket grounds. The club’s distinguished history includes 42 Academicals who have played representative cricket, 6 have played both rugby and cricket for Scotland, and a few have played for the MCC. The club won the Scottish Cup in 1974, and Masterton Trophy in 1970 and 1977. Edinburgh Accies, originally an exclusive club for alumni of the Edinburgh Academy, has signed professionals since 1981, and membership today is open for anyone to join.
xsd:nonNegativeInteger 12484
rdf:langString Scottish Cup

data from the linked data cloud