Datchet Common

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Datchet Common cricket ground
Location Datchet, Berkshire
Home club Berkshire
Establishmentc.1769
Last usedc.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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References

  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.

Coordinates: 51°29′N0°34′W / 51.48°N 0.57°W / 51.48; -0.57