Cricket was played at Whimple on the old ground (Slewton Field) as early as the 1920s.

The Club was reformed immediately after the Second World War and was known as Whimple & Whiteways Cricket Club.

Mr Richard Whiteway was the driving force behind the Club in this post war period.

He died tragically in a car crash in 1980.

The Club suffered further in 1989 when Whiteways Cyder factory was closed.

The new owners of the Company Allied Domecq saw the Slewton Field as an ideal area for housing development.

The Cricket Club was offered a new site at Knowle Cross.

However, the site required levelling and a new pavilion.

Under the Chairmanship of Mr Herbert Breyley and the assistance of the Company and the Whiteway family the Club eventually moved to its new premises in May 1991.

Memory Lane:

The Old Slewton Field Ground with one of the famous Oak Trees to the right

The 1990 2nd Division Championship Winning Team (and yes ..... some of them are still playing!!)