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Sway Cricket Club is amateur cricket club based in the New Forest village of Sway, Hampshire. The club's first team plays in Regional Division 1 South of the Hampshire Cricket League.

History

Although the earliest origins of cricket in Sway are unfortunately lost it seems likely that cricket would have been played as early as the late 19th century when the population of the New Forest villages boomed. For most of the 20th centurySway sported a cricket club either on a formal or informal basis. Matches were played at two location - the Pitmore Lane recreation ground which was granted to the Parish following the Queen's coronation, or at ground located not far to the west of the current ground at Jubilee Fields. Sway Cricket Club in its modern form was re-established in 1992 and in 2002 moved to its current ground Jubilee Fields, a purpose built sports ground in the heart of the village. Since re-forming, the club now has significantly expanded and now fields 4 teams in the Hampshire Cricket League as well as Sunday and friendly sides. It also has an full colts setup from the ages of 5 to 17.

Sporting Record

On reformation, the club joined the New Forest Cricket league and the club mostly remained in the bottom division. A second team was added in 2004. In 2005 the New Forest League merged with the Hampshire Cricket League with the 1st team playing in Regional Division 3, and the 2nd team in Regional Division 4. By 2006 the club was starting to see the benefit of the colts setup that had been established with several promising young players moving up to the first team. In 2007 the 1st team won promotion to Regional Division 2 and depsite narrowly missing out on a further promotion in 2008, the club won promotion to Regional Division 1 in 2009. In 2008 the club added a 3rd team and in 2010 the club added a 4th team.