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Cricket club in Brentwood, EssexEst. 1949
Three teams. One badge.
Saturday league cricket in the T. Rippon Mid Essex, midweek T20 on summer evenings, and a clubhouse in Weald Park that has been ours since 1949.
One ground,
two lives
On Saturdays the Weald is a cricket ground. The rest of the week it is a room with a bar and a view of the square, and it is available to hire.
Hire the
clubhouse
Use this form for private hire, club functions, community events, and matchday hospitality.
Wakes, christenings, parties and meetings, with the bar staffed on request.
Full details on clubhouse hireClubhouse and function room
A single open room with its own bar, looking out over the square. Suits birthdays, wakes, christenings, meetings and club functions.
Warm in winter, cool in summer
New flooring, heating, air conditioning and insulation went in during 2024, funded by a £32,000 UK Levelling Up grant, so the room works in December as well as July.
Fully stocked bar
Staffed on request, or dry-hire if you would rather bring your own arrangements.
Step-free access
Disabled access was improved as part of the same 2024 refit, so the clubhouse and function room are reachable without steps.
The ground and square
Twelve acres of Weald Park either side of the pavilion, usable for marquees, photographs and outdoor events by arrangement.
Parking on site
Off-road parking beside the ground on Weald Road, a few minutes from Brentwood town centre.
Tell us about your event
Send a few details and someone from the club will come back to you. We usually reply within 48 hours.
- Type of event and expected attendance
- Preferred dates and timings
- Any catering, bar, or setup requirements
- Special requests or access needs
The teams
Two Saturday XIs in the T. Rippon Mid Essex League, which runs twelve divisions and more than fifty clubs across the county, plus a midweek T20 team. All three take new players, and the 49’ers need no league registration.
How to join Brookweald1st XI
T. Rippon Mid Essex · Second Division
5–11
Won – lost, 2026
Brookweald 1st XI compete in Division 2 of the Mid Essex League. The team earned promotion last season after finishing 2nd in Division 3, delivering consistent performances across the campaign and securing a well-deserved step up.
Get a game2nd XI
T. Rippon Mid Essex · Seventh Division
12–4
Six straight wins to finish
Brookweald 2nd XI compete in Division 7 of the Mid Essex League. With a strong squad, the team are realistic contenders for promotion this season and will be pushing hard to secure a move up the divisions.
Get a gameThe 49’ers
Midweek Essex Village T20
7–4
Won the Essex T20 Plate
Brookweald’s midweek T20 team The Brookweald 49'ers returns to action in the Essex Village Cricket T20 League. Led by Ben Dowie and his young guns, the team brings energy and a "thirst" for success.
Get a gameThe 2026 season
Every figure below comes from the club’s own scoring, ball by ball. The full review covers both league teams and the T20 campaign.
League matches, 1st and 2nd XI
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Hill | 1,157 pts |
| 2 | Saf Abbas | 1,046 pts |
| 3 | Armaan AliShah | 902 pts |
| 4 | Rob Harvey | 859 pts |
| 5 | Ryan Chapman | 709 pts |
Final standings.
Where these numbers come from
The club runs on MVP Cricket, a club-management platform that syncs with Play-Cricket. Every scorecard we submit is turned into points across batting, bowling and fielding, so the table reads a season the way a captain sees it rather than the way a scorebook does. A player who takes three wickets and two catches shows up, not just the one who made runs.
It is also what runs this website’s photos and content behind the scenes.
Full scorecards and league tables live on Play-Cricket.
5,854Runs
237Wickets
43Players
6Hundreds
1Trophy
Anthony Hill took 32 wickets at 13.41, nine more than anyone else and at a third off the club average. Saf Abbas made 632 runs at 63.20.
Since 1949
The club was founded on heathland in Weald Park that had been an army base through the war, and has played there ever since.
1949
The ground
Local enthusiasts turn former army heathland in Weald Park into a cricket ground. The first pavilion is a salvaged prefabricated building.
1962
The pavilion
A new pavilion designed by Arthur and Len Radley is opened by Sir Hubert Ashton, President of the M.C.C., and marked with a match against an Essex County XI.
1999–2001
The first silverware
The club’s first league honours, in the T. Rippon Mid Essex League. Brookweald finished joint champions of Division Five alongside Willowherbs CC, both ninety points clear of third. By June 2001 the team sat unbeaten at the top of Division Four, six wins from six and forty points clear.
2000s–2010s
The intakes
Players arrive from May & Baker CC through the 2000s, and Chadwell Heath Cricket Club comes across almost in full in the later 2010s. Between them they build the playing membership the club has today.
2024
The upgrade
A £32,000 UK Levelling Up grant pays for new flooring, heating, air conditioning and insulation at the clubhouse, step-free disabled access, and new practice nets.
To play cricket and run a club that predominantly was about looking after each other first during periods of unemployment, marriage break-ups etc, and losing wasn’t an issue so long as we enjoyed it.
Ray and a rebuilt committee took the club into the T. Rippon Mid Essex League with a single XI, and opened up membership so players could commit to a handful of games rather than a whole season. The club’s first league silverware followed.
Ray retired, and by the later 2010s the club had come close to folding, down to a single team and about fifteen members. Phil Lee took over as Chairman in 2018, rebuilt the committee and began the turnaround, helped by Chadwell Heath Cricket Club joining Brookweald en masse. Phil still leads the club.
Membership now runs to more than fifty across three teams, and the next additions are a colts set-up for younger players and a possible return to Sunday fixtures.
Find the Weald
Off Weald Road, a few minutes from Brentwood town centre, with parking beside the ground.
Weald Road Brentwood Essex CM14 5QG
The Weald, Weald Road, Brentwood
Club partners
Local businesses backing cricket at the Weald. If you would like to join them, the enquiry form below reaches the committee.
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Get in touch
One form, two jobs. Choose whether you are asking about playing or about hiring the clubhouse, and the questions change to match.
Senior, development, and junior pathways under one Brookweald badge.
Spectators watching at the Weald