About The Leicester Caribbeans
Migration to the UK from the Caribbean boosted the cricketing fraternity in the city in the 1950s. The Liga Cup, a 2-week competition played out on Victoria Park was fiercely competed for by Caribbean teams from Barbados, Antigua, St. Kitts and Nevis, Jamaica, plus teams from India and England.
Cricket tours to Wales, Holland and weekend family excursion games outside Leicester to Skegness, Boston, St. Albans and Southend became regular features of the summer.
The Leicester Caribbean Cricket Club was formed in 1957 and played on Victoria Park for the first 24 years. Assistance from the Leicestershire County Council and later the Leicester City Council, allowed the club to move "off the parks" to our Ethel Road home in 1981. Former West Indian cricket captain Clive Lloyd officially opened the building.
