Cricket club secures long-term future

One of Barnet’s leading cricket clubs has struck a deal that will see the sport safeguarded in the borough for the foreseeable future.

Finchley Cricket Club is set to agree a 150-year lease on the ground at East End Road, regarded as among the best club grounds in southern England.
This means the club, established since 1832, will have a secure long-term future for its three senior teams and five junior sides.

Barnet Council Leader Mike Freer said: “Barnet Council's policy is to give long leases to well-established organisations offering significant benefit to the community and Finchley Cricket Club fits the bill perfectly.”

Club Chairman Mike Milton said: “We are delighted to have secured our long-term tenure at Arden Field. The new lease will provide a substantial boost to our plans for the development of our young cricketers and allow us to maintain our position as one of the leading cricket clubs in London.”

Finchley Cricket Club has produced a number of cricketers in the past who have gone on to play county cricket, most recently Ben Scott now at Middlesex, Josh Knappett at Worcester and Steve Selwood, who played for Derbyshire.

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