Datchet Common

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]

Datchet Common cricket ground
LocationDatchet, Berkshire
Home clubBerkshire
Establishmentc.1769
Last usedc.1790

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
  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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