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Datchet Common near Datchet in the English county of Berkshire (formerly Buckinghamshire) was used as a cricket venue for matches between 1730 and 1785.[1]
Key Information
It is first recorded in October 1730 when a match was played "by persons of distinction for £50 a side".[2] This match is the earliest known mention of cricket in the county of Buckinghamshire.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Datchet Common". CricketArchive.
- ^ Waghorn, H. T. (1899). Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730–1773). Blackwood. p. 3.
- ^ Maun, Ian (2009). From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750. Roger Heavens. ISBN 978-1-900592-52-9. p. 46.
51°29′N 0°34′W / 51.48°N 0.57°W
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