Time-line of important milestones in the Guernsey/Jersey Inter-Insular matches

Longer format

1950    First Inter-Insular match played at Elizabeth College

1951    First match at Victoria College

1952    Jersey failed to turn up for match

1953    Highest aggregate of 492 runs scored in 113.1 overs

1954   

1955

1956    Jersey failed to select a side for the match

1957

1958

1959    R F B O’Callaghan (Bush) scored 105

1960    D Le Marquand becomes 50th player to appear for Jersey. Guernsey award caps for first time

1961    P Le Cocq becomes 50th player to appear for Guernsey

1962    Stan Cleal scores 103

1963

1964

1965

1966    First sponsorship – Players Gold Leaf Trophy

1967

1968

1969    Guernsey dismissed for 47

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974    Guernsey won by 10 wickets

1975

1976    J Holmes becomes 100th player for Jersey, R Mills and W Barrett put on record 151 for 3rd wicket

1977

1978    Sponsor changed to Haig Scotch Whisky, limited over matches and man-of-the-match introduced

1979

1980    First match at Grainville, Jersey dismissed for their lowest score of 96

1981    K Clark becomes 100th player for Guernsey

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989    Sponsor now Carlsberg Lager, Stuart MacKay scores 100*

1990    Warren Barrett plays in record 23rd match and achieves highest aggregate with 523 runs

1991    Barry Middleton plays last match having claimed a record 51 wickets

1992

1993    Chris Searson claims 9 wickets for 46, M Smith becomes 150th player to appear for Jersey

1994    Tetley Bitter become sponsors

1995

1996

1997    First match at KGV

1998    Flemings now sponsors, Ralph Anthony plays in his 23rd consecutive match

1999

2000

2001    Jersey won for 10th consecutive time

2002    Deutsche Bank sponsor for one year

2003    Cherry Godfrey take over as sponsor, T Duke becomes 150th player for Guernsey

2004    Bowlers limited to 10 overs

2005    Jersey and Guernsey become Affiliate members of ICC, Guernsey score a record 284, highest     aggregate of 479 runs scored in 93.2 overs since limited overs

2006    HSBC become sponsors

2007    Jersey gain Associate status with ICC

2008    Guernsey gain Associate status with ICC

2009    Lee Savident scores 102*

2010    Marlborough latest sponsors and coloured clothing first introduced

2011    Jeremy Frith scores 129

2012    Jersey won by 9 wickets. Guernsey total 10 000 runs in Inter Insular matches

2013    Jersey total 10 000 runs in Inter-Insular matches

2014    NatWest sponsor. First game at Farmers Field

2015    Odey Wealth sponsor. First game at Port Soif. E Miles becomes 200th player for Jersey. 50th year of sponsorship

2016    No sponsor (Jersey responsibility). P Gough became captain of Jersey most times. P Gough became 1st player on either side to score 3 consecutive half centuries (2014-2016)

2017    Odey Wealth sponsor. C Perchard captain of Jersey for first time. M Stokes and O Newey set new Guernsey partnership record for 2nd wicket of 103 after 44 years.

2018    No longer form Inter Insular

2019    D/L/S implemented after rain between innings. C Bisson and N Greenwood set new partnership record for 4th wicket of 75. O Newey captain for first time

2020 and 2021 No matches due to Covid restrictions

2022    First match in which Guernsey conceded no extras.  Brooks Macdonald new sponsor. J Butler captain for first time.

2023    M Stokes new Guernsey captain. Record score by Jersey of 316, record 5th wicket partnership of 208, record win by Jersey. J Jenner second player to score a century for Jersey. Guernsey take 500th Jersey wicket and first time no catches taken by Guernsey in 69 inter insular matches.

2024    O Nightingale new Guernsey captain

T20

2018    Infra Tech sponsor for first time. Games played in Jersey. J Butler captain of Guernsey for first time. New format of three T20 games to form part of both countries preparation for the European T20 qualifiers to be played in the Netherlands later in the month.

2019    Games played in Guernsey. First match involved ‘super over’ after the scores finished level at 128. Jersey won by 15 runs to 14

2020 and 2021 No matches due to Covid restrictions

2022    kiya.ai sponsor for first time for T20

2023    Matt Stokes captain of Guernsey for second match, 3rd match rained off.

2024    Ollie Nightingale captain of Guernsey. Matches played on artificial surface as Guernsey playing European tournament on similar in August. J Jenner captain for first time. First win for Guernsey in 14 matches. In 2nd game Guernsey had no-one bowled out of all 10 wickets to fall. Jersey had no-one bowled in all three matches.