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A History of the County of Middlesex
… purchased in 1927 and 1928 respectively. 83 Chapel Fields cricket ground was a gift of the Walker brothers. Among other …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… had been in existence for some time before 1753. 64 Huxley cricket club was mentioned in 1858 65 but it was Southgate which became famous for cricket in the 19th century. Isaac Walker (d. 1853) of Arnos … all-round cricketer in the world. There had been a village cricket club, the Southgate Albert, which played on a field …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of children during school hours (1926); elementary school cricket improved rapidly after Swindon cricket club allowed the use of some of its pitches (1930); … sheds and workshops, playing-fields and stadium and cricket scoringboard, stage equipment, and library catalogue, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… for a week beginning on Trinity Sunday, and was marked by cricket matches. 46A cricket club, founded by 1891, 47was amalgamated with others …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… to the E. and a hoard of '2,000 slingstones the size of cricket balls' came from the area in 1936. (Hutchins II, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… vestry meetings, lectures, and entertainments. 18 Enfield cricket club existed by 1814 19 and held practices twice a …
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A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… a summer marbles contest) into the 20th century while cricket was mentioned from the 1850s and a football team by … Club scrapbook (19612); Prister-Cruttwell, Ewelme, 25; for cricket, K. Tiller, A 19th-century Village Boarding School: …
A History of the County of Oxford
… union movement of the 1870s. 58 There was a flourishing cricket team by the late 19th century and a football club was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… social life was dominated by the Eyton family. A cricket club, one of the earliest in the county, flourished … the patronage of Thomas Eyton, the 'father of Shropshire cricket'. 45 He and his son, T. C. Eyton, were moving forces …