As the twentieth century dawned Bridgnorth Cricket Club was in crisis. The Boer War, that ended in 1902, had been a drain on human resources and the membership fell into apathy to such a degree that the AGM of 1906 had a voting option of ‘disbanding of the club’.

The President, William Prichard-Gordon of Stanmore Hall, urged the members to "do our best to keep the club going". Supported by George Collins, who took on the reins as Secretary again, and S.E.D Turner, a fundraising Treasurer who also returned to his post, the club rallied. The new owners of the Victoria Road ground, Apley Estates, also proved beneficial. The rent was expensive, £24 a year, but the Whitmore family proved enthusiastic supporters of cricket in the town.

The pitch had fallen into disrepair but following the "new start" of 1906 money was raised for improvements and a three year programme of marl dressings began. The marl was donated and transported for free so monies were used to improve the outfield and practice areas and new nets installed in 1910. Nock Deighton also opened the Smithfield market in 1906, bringing an invigorating air to proceedings, and the opposite side of the ground changed in the same year. The Old Hundred House Bowling Club, now Bridgnorth Bowling Club, moved to its present site from the Punch Bowl Inn. The club's new home was on part of the cricket ground used previously for practice.

On the field results mirrored the air of gloom around the club before picking up following the "new start" of 1906. The club employed a professional again and Mason looked after the improving wicket and ran coaching sessions and more tellingly claimed 83 wickets in the season of 1907. He surpassed this in the following season, as his haul of 101 wickets saw him become the first Bridgnorth bowler to claim 100 victims in a season. He was awarded a benefit in 1909, a season in which he claimed 94 scalps, but his departure at the end of the year went unexplained.

The club's resurgence continued in 1910 with a healthy fixture list of twenty-seven matches, that included new opponents in Kinlet, and the fortunes continued to rise through to the outbreak of the Great War.
Fifty-three players played in the twenty-seven games in 1911 and again a professional, Delahunty, was employed. In the first game of the season the club played a guest player, Frank Sugg, who was visiting his relative at Bridgnorth Grammar School. Sugg, of Lancashire CC and England, registered an unbeaten century against Chelmarsh. The club celebrated the coronation of George V in June and was the venue for a police tug-of-war event in July, and then was a designated viewing point for the Manchester to Bristol Air Race.

Big hitting all-rounders Tom Canning and Syd Richards were the leading batsmen in this period of the club’s history, with Canning making his maiden century for the club at Ditton Priors in mid-season 1914.

The 1914 season closed prematurely with a game against a District XI and the five pounds raised were donated to the Prince of Wales Patriotic Fund. Cricket then ceased at Victoria Road until 1919 as the grim toll of the Great War gripped the nation. The Cricket Committee met throughout the war years but only to maintain its finances, and the ground was used for the war effort as a huge allotment. But as President Mr Pritchard-Gordon said at the 1918 meeting, "Many young players have not returned, some have been maimed for life and this is a great sadness."