Location | Datchet, Berkshire |
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Home club | Berkshire |
Establishment | c.1769 |
Last used | c.1790 |
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]
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]
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