Luton Town Cricket Club

The club was founded in 1905 when the present playing area was donated to the local council, with the intent that it be used solely to promote and play cricket on.

The club grew considerably from these beginnings to field four Saturday and three Sunday teams successfully. Attracting local talent from Luton and the surrounding areas was key to the pushing the club forward on the pitch, this the club did and honours were soon to follow at all levels, with the 1sx XI becoming a premier club in the Home Counties and surrounding areas for an extensive period of time.

The ground hosted several List-A matches from the 1960's onwards, including a continuous relationship with Northamptonshire CCC who played a host of County Championship and Sunday League games regularly at the ground in the 1980's and 1990's. International touring teams from Pakistan and India in 1996 showcased their stars by also playing tour matches at Wardown Park against an England Amateur XI and Northamptonshire CCC respectively, drawing large crowds in the process. Local cricket followers have been privileged to watch talents such as Vivian Richards, Curtly Ambrose, Wasim Akram, Inzamam-Ul-Haq, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Gordon Grenidge, Mark Waugh, Geoffrey Boycott and David Gower ply their trade at Wardown Park over the years.

Founded by a group of likeminded friends in 1961 with an initial base at Popes Meadow, clubbing together to buy some kit and forging relationships with other local clubs to arrange friendly matches. From these humble beginnings the club realised a talent base that could move forward and take part in more competitive league based cricket. With interest in the club growing amongst the community, the clubs support structure developed, creating a more organised outfit that was competing in the local midweek league, national tournaments and subsequently weekend leagues.

The level of success on the pitch was probably unexpected and unprecedented, in a period between the mid 1970's and mid 1990's, the club had a stranglehold on the local Midweek cricket scene, with honours aplenty between Midweek Premier Division Titles, Pre-Star Cup and Ralph Oliver Shield triumphs. At one point the club had four teams participating in the Midweek league at all levels.

The clubs finest moment on the pitch came in 1989 where the club won the elusive "treble" of league title, cup and shield, which considering the high standards of local midweek cricket will always be remembered fondly, and as a vintage year for the club.

As a forward thinking club, it was soon realised that investment in the future was necessary to maintain success on the pitch, the wheels were put in motion to structure and build a colts section soon after. The dedication shown by senior players at the club to pass on their knowledge to youngsters soon began to bear fruit as a vibrant colts section grew and in turn success was realised on the pitch by the colts at all age level, proving to be a strong force in Bedfordshire youth cricket.

Off the field the club organised various events to raise funds to re-invest into the club and the colts section in particular, in a bid to provide facilities conducive to bringing talent through wherever possible. The club subsequently established a base at Lancaster Avenue.

This investment be it financial, coaching expertise and time, led to many of the clubs youth representing Bedfordshire successfully at all levels.

A successful merger was completed in 2002 between Luton Town Cricket Club and Luton Indians Cricket Club forming Luton Town & Indians Cricket Club. Both clubs brought their strengths together to form a partnership and to build upon their rich historical cricketing traditions.

Now a well established club of 20 years the club competes in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire County Cricket leagues with further representation in both women's and disability cricket in recent years. The club promotes a safe and friendly environment for all backgrounds to thrive and feel at home. Social events are regularly organised throughout the year to encourage the use of the clubs exemplary facilities.

Disability Team

Links with local special schools and guidance from the Cricket Federation for People with Disabilities (CFPD) gave rise to the formation of LTICCs Learning Disability Cricket (LDC) in 2013.  Members of the LDC team have enjoyed playing cricket at some of the most prestigious cricketing venues in the United Kingdom including the MCC Academy at Lords (London), Oxford Brookes University (Oxford), Old Trafford (Manchester), The SSE SWALEC (Cardiff), Newport, Colwyn Bay and Perth.  Several members of our team were part of the Bedfordshire County Disability Representative inaugural team which played Hertfordshire at Eversholt CC when a Lashings XI visited in 2017. Several past and present cricketers have met our team including local heroes Monty Panesar and Robbie Keogh as well as Gordon Greenidge, David Willey, Shahid Afridi, Kabir Ali, Azharullah and James Kettleborough.

Luton Ladies

Luton Ladies were the first ladies cricket team to be established in Luton. The team formed as a result of an affiliation with Cricket East in 2018 starting with indoor softball cricket sessions followed by Women's Softball Cricket Festival in 2019. Subsequently the team entered the Super 8 and T20 main league in 2021 as part of the Home Counties Women's Cricket League.  Thanks to COVID-19 Crowdfunding in 2021 the Luton Ladies Shirt was worn during their first league matches. A signed shirt takes proud display in our Clubhouse.