Reformation of The Club
On 15 December 1870 the same paper reported that cricket enthusiasts had got together to form a cricket club for 1871 under the presidency of the Reverend W. B. Philpott. His Grace the Duke of Norfolk favourably received an application for the cricket ground on the Common to be permanently established.
In 1873 notice was received from the Duke of Norfolkâs Arundel Estate Office that the cricket pitch on the Common would no longer be available. Arrangements were made in 1875, with the Duke, to rent a field of six acres (2.4 hectares) at the rear of Selborne Road.
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