Datchet Common

Datchet Common cricket ground
Location	Datchet, Berkshire
Home club	Berkshire
Establishment	c.1769
Last used	c.1790

Last updated March 04, 2025

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]

References

↑ "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′N0°34′W / 51.48°N 0.57°W / 51.48; -0.57

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[1] "Datchet Common". CricketArchive.

[2] Waghorn, H. T. (1899). Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730–1773). Blackwood. p. 3.

[3] Maun, Ian (2009). From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750. Roger Heavens. ISBN 978-1-900592-52-9. p. 46.

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