HISTORY
The Warwickshire Imps was founded in 1925 by Norman Impey. He captained the side from its inception to the beginning of the War. Impey would then become president of the Warwickshire Imps in the mid-1950s until his death in 1961.
The first meeting of the Warwickshire Imps Committee took place on 17th February 1925 where Impey was voted in as captain and AE Sherry was chosen as the Club’s first president. The original membership was 10/6 per annum and the Club played its first game on 14th May 1925 at Edgbaston
The Club’s objectives were decided by the first committee to be as follows:
“to link up the various clubs in the County of Warwickshire and the City of Birmingham in order to foster and promote amateur cricket and good fellowship among them, and for that purpose to arrange mid-week matches with prominent amateur organisations and fix tours from time to time in districts outside the county.”
With this objective in mind, the Warwickshire Imps held close ties to Warwickshire CCC for many years, with the Imps playing fixtures at the County Ground up until the 1980s. In fact the club’s first fixture was at Edgbaston on 13th May 1925 against Warwickshire Club & Ground
But the club began to grow again in the late 40s to the present day.
The Club has had 10 Captains over its history and 9 Presidents. Jack Hossell captained the club for 25 seasons between 1951 and 1975 and is the longest-serving Captain of the Club.
Warwickshire Imps All-Time Highest Scores
| Player | Score | Opposition | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| M.Randall | 178* | Oundle Rovers | 11th July 2006 |
| J.I.McDowall | 173* | Worcestershire Gents | 12th June 1978 |
| F.G.Stephens | 170* | Tewkesbury | 14th August 1925 |
| J.Hartley | 160* | Gentlemen of Herefordshire | 9th September 1987 |
| F.B.Clarke | 156* | Northants Amateurs | 24th July 1929 |
| R.Maron | 155 | Worcestershire Gents | 21st June 1995 |
| J.Hartley | 145* | Shropshire Gents | 19th June 1989 |
| S.Wooton | 145* | Gloucester Gipsies | 27th June 1996 |
| S.Gear | 142* | Gloucester Gipsies | 7th June 2006 |
| A.Bacher | 142 | Shropshire Gents | 17th June 2002 |
Warwickshire Imps All-Time Best Bowling Figures
| Player | Figures | Opposition | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| F.W.Morter | 20.5-5-36-9 | Leicester Ivanhoe | 22nd July 1925 |
| A.C.Jelfs | 24-8-53-9 | Bourton Vale | 26th July 1989 |
| B.P.Coburn | 16.3-1-66-9 | Primary Club of Australia | 28th July 2019 |
| A.Hodder | 17.2-4-75-8 | Gentlemen of Herefordshire | 6th September 1983 |
| D.G.Foster | 23-3-73-8 | Leamington | 19th May 1929 |
| A.P.O.Alderton | 26.2-4-75-8 | Gentlemen of Herefordshire | 8th September 1981 |
| J.P.Miller | 6-2-11-7 | Oundle Rovers | 11th July 2006 |
| J.Greening | 16.5-8-29-7 | Sir Robert Peel’s XI | 3rd August 1927 |
| A.P.O.Alderton | 24-13-34-7 | Bourton Vale | 22nd July 1987 |
| F.W. Morter | 18.3-4-35-7 | Gentlemen of Herefordshire | 24th June 1929 |