Sport and Leisure
Hungerford has
- a football team, Hungerford Town F.C., that plays at the Bulpit Lane ground.
- a cricket team that played against the full English professional team in 1852, 1853 and 1854.
- a rugby team, Hungerford RFC.
Hungerford also has the Hungerford Archers, a longbow archery club. Its shooting ground is the sports field of the John O'Gaunt Community Technology College.
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