Devon County Cricket Club in 1983. It won in 1992, 1994, 1998 and 2008. The county first played List A cricket in the 1969 Gillette Cup against Hertfordshire and appeared in 33 List A matches from 1969 to 2005, winning seven and losing 26, the majority of which were against first-class opponents. The county claimed a first-class scalp once, defeating Leicestershire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. The right to play List A cricket was lost in 2006 when the Minor Counties were excluded from the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy from that onward. The present Devon County Cricket Club was founded on 26
W. G. Grace in the 1878 English cricket season quarrel". The argument was serious enough and was fuelled by a long-standing "antagonism" between Grace and Conway which dated back to Grace's 1873 visit to Australia. At one point, Grace called the Australians "a damned lot of sneaks", though he later apologised in a letter to Gregory. In the end, Grace got his way and Midwinter stayed with Gloucestershire for the rest of the season, although he did not play for the county against the Australians in September, due to a hand injury. Grace may have felt pleased that he had got his man but he did not get his