page_title: Nether Whitacre
section_title: Sports and recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Nether Whitacre / Sports and recreation
caption_attribution_description: English: Nether Whitacre Cricket Club vs Weoley Hill Cricket Club 14th August 2004
context_page_description: Nether Whitacre is a small village and larger rural civil parish in North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England.
context_section_description: Nether Whitacre has a long established cricket club that was officially formed in 1887 however records indicate that matches were played as Nether Whitacre as early as July 1880. The club moved on to its current ground in 1907.
  The club nickname is "The Ducks" after the similarity of the Swan on the club logo to a Duck and also an incident in the club's history when the club became one of the first ever instances of a club being dismissed for 0 all out with 10 separate batsmen being dismissed for a Duck
  The Club is affiliated with:
  The ECB and is a Clubmark accredited club
  The Warwickshire Cricket Board, and runs three senior men's teams on a Saturday within the Warwickshire Cricket League and various junior teams in the Warwickshire Youth Cricket Leagues
  The Lichfield & District Cricket League, and runs two senior men's teams for these leagues on a Sunday
  The Village is located just near the Kingsbury Water Park country park hosting bridleways, cycle paths, footpaths, watersports, a rideable miniature railway and a Children's Farm.
  There are leisure facilities in the Neighbouring Village of Kingsbury, along with the Snowdome in Tamworth a little further afield.
  The village is just a few minutes drive from Drayton Manor Theme Park.
caption: Nether Whitacre Cricket Club
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