Cricket has been played on Stock Common since 1769, and this
tradition is continued throughout the Summer with League and
Friendly fixtures, as well as a thriving Colts section. If you have
an interest in playing Cricket, Umpiring, watching, scoring, making
teas, running the bar or just coming along for a social, you won't
find more pleasant surroundings.
The setting is a classic one for the
traditional village game. The outfield, surrounded by trees that are
largely backed by houses, undulates, while the wicket, which is now
of excellent quality, sits slightly off centre to give very short
boundaries in different directions depending upon where the wicket
is set.
Stock has certainly been a successful club with a tradition of
playing excellence - three Premier Division championship titles and
reaching the quarter-final (1973) and the semi-final (1991) of the
National Village Competition as well as being Essex Village
Champions 4 times and Essex Area winners on no less than 8
occasions. It is the only village team in the area to run three
Saturday XIs plus two Sunday XIs, a midweek side and three Colts teams.