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| Nickname | The Big County |
|---|---|
| Personnel | |
| Captain | Graham Ferguson (last) |
| Team information | |
| City | Perth, Scotland |
| Colours | |
| Founded | 1826 (1826) |
| Dissolved | 2009 (2009) |
| Home ground | North Inch |
| History | |
| Scottish County Championship wins | 29 |
| Scottish Cup wins | 2 |
| Official website | Perth CCC (Archived from original) |
Perth County Cricket Club, commonly known as Perthshire, was a cricket club based in Perth. Founded in 1826, it was one of the most successful sides in the country.[1]
Nicknamed the Big County owing to the geographic size of its namesake, it won the Scottish County Championship a record 29 times, with their last win coming in 1978.[2]
Perthshire developed a fierce rivalry with neighbouring county side Forfarshire, often described as the Scottish equivalent of the Roses Match.[3] During one such game in 1903 at its historic home ground, the North Inch, a stand collapsed, injuring over 150 people.[4]
In 2009, in part due to vandalism of the North Inch, as well as long-term financial troubles after the 1993 Perth flood, the club was dissolved.[5]
In 2012, three years after Perthshire's demise, plans were approved to merge the remaining cricket clubs in the city and create a unified club called Perth Doo'cot, named after the cricket ground chosen to host the new team's games.[6]
References
- ^ "Perth". Perthshire Courier. 13 July 1826. p. 3. Retrieved 30 October 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Perth Champions". Sunday Post. 6 August 1978. p. 35. Retrieved 30 October 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Cricketing Derby at Forthill". Dundee Courier. 3 July 1908. p. 6. Retrieved 30 October 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Perth Calamity". Dundee Evening Post. 3 August 1903. p. 2. Retrieved 30 October 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Drysdale, Neil (11 February 2009). "Perth county cricket club on the brink of extinction". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ Bannerman, Gordon (2 September 2008). "Plans to transform Big County cricket". Perthshire Advertiser. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
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