In 1936 it was decided to change the name of the club to that of ‘Egham Cricket Club’ and that is the name under which the club is continuing today.
Through out the last world war (1939/45) the club continued to function, not without difficulties, and in general found it had to confine its activities to those of a more local nature, fostering social events and cricket with firms that had come into the locality. The playing strength of the club had varied from year to year but a second X1 was instituted in 1946.

In 1950 the landlord died and in his will it was provided that the ground should be placed in trust with the Trustees for the Egham Cricket Club to be used as a sports ground in perpetuity.
The club was now assured of a permanent home and embarked on a programme of
ground and pavilion improvements.
Unfortunately the tenure was short lived as another neighbour took exception to cricket balls being constantly driven into his garden. Despite the club putting up high netting, the balls continued to fly into the adjacent garden. This caused some friction which ended up in the High Court and the Club lost the case and their ground in 1966.

For the next few years it played on grounds at Shoreditch on Coopers Hill, and the Water Works in Green Lane. In 1969 Egham Urban District Council granted a lease to the current site in Vicarage Road. It was a case of “deja`vu”. The site was wasteland, a wilderness of nettles, long grass and shrubs.
The members had to set-to again and convert itinto a cricket ground. The original pavilion from the Windsor Road site was transported and re-erected in the position where it is today. The wooden core of the current pavilion, excluding the brick extensions, is the original.

Without the commitment of a number of families at that time it is possible that the club would have failed to survive.
In common with many clubs, and perhaps due to the number of ground changes, accurate recording of past achievements is somewhat sketchy, but Egham has always prided itself on being a family oriented club. This can be traced back through the generations. In the 1940s and 50s a gentleman called Vic Best played for the club and his Grandson and Great
Grandson Paul and Ryan Suckling are currently still playing for the club. Indeed Paul, who isthe Ground chairman, is the longest serving member of the current Egham committee with over 20 years of service to his credit.

The butchers and bakers and maybe even the odd candlestick maker were main stays of the side in the 60s and 70s. In those days, Sunday cricket was far stronger than today and that was normally when, due to work, the Clark (butchers) and Stopps (bakers) families regularly turned out for Egham. Brothers John, Frank and Peter Clarke provided a strong backbone to the side and John Stopps provided the doughnuts for tea (apparently he was regularly teased over the lack of jam in them).Both the Clarke and Stopps families produced sons who played for Egham and another of the early Colts managers was a gentleman called
Ron Nash. He later became a club umpire and his son Chris, the Peter Pan of the club, still plays regularly in the seconds and thirds and is the current longest serving player, having played for Egham for more than 35years.

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