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Granted first-class status in 1991, Durham is English cricket's youngest first-class county. The County Ground at the Riverside is also the newest addition to the English test match circuit; hosting its first match, England v Zimbabwe in the second npower Test, in June 2003.
Durham CCC was founded on May 23, 1882, and the nascent club played its first competetive match on June 12 of that year, beating Northumberland by 4 wickets at the Ashbrooke Ground, SunderlandThis is about the city of Sunderland in England. For other places called Sunderland, see Sunderland (disambiguation Sunderland is an industrial city and port in the English metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. Before 1974 it was a county borough and muni. The club established an enviable record as a minor countyEnglish cricket The minor counties are the cricketing counties of England that are not afforded first class status. The game is administered by the Minor Counties Cricket Association within the confines of the ECB. Competitions C&G Trophy along with the f: becoming the first minor county to beat a first-class county in the Gilette Cup; winning the Minor Counties Championship a record-equalling nine times between 1900 and 1984; and putting together a record of 65 matches without defeat between 19761976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 12 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is s and 1982Events January January 6 William Bonin is convicted of being the "freeway killer". January 8 AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, disappears in the Sahara du that remains unbroken to the present day.
Early in 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra, the Club began the process of applying to become a first-class cricketing county and join the County Championship. First-class status was awarded on December 6December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 25 days remaining. Events: 1534 Spanish found Quito, Ecuador 1768 First edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica is published 1790 United States Congress mov, 19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac, with Durham becoming the first new first-class county for 70 years. Their first season in the County Championship was the 1992 season.
Durham have not been distinguished by marked success as a first-class county. In the 2004 season they finished bottom of the two-divison County Championship, sixth out of ten teams in the one-day National Cricket League and fifth out of six teams in the Northern Division of the Twenty20 Cup.