1707
Date | Match title | Venue | Result | |
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1 July (Tu) | Croydon v London | Croydon (Duppas Hill?) | result unknown | |
3 July (Th) or 8 July (Tu) | London v Croydon | Lamb's Conduit Field, Holborn | result unknown | |
These two matches were advertised in a periodical called The Post Man (dates 21–24 June 1707) as "two great matches at cricket (to be) plaid (sic), between London and Croydon; the first at Croydon on Tuesday, 1 July, and the other to be plaid in Lamb's-Conduit-Fields, near Holborn, on the Tuesday (sic) following, being the 3rd of July". No match reports could be found so the results and scores are unknown. The dates are uncertain as the report states: "the first game to be played on Tuesday, 1 July 1707 and the other to be played on the Tuesday following, being the 3rd of July ". There is record of a London Club from 1722 but it is not known when that organisation was founded or if it formed the London teams in the 1707 matches. Later matches in Croydon were played at Duppas Hill, but it is not known for certain if that was the venue in 1707. Lamb's Conduit Field was near Holborn in Middlesex. It had no connection with White Conduit Fields in Islington which later became the home venue of the White Conduit Club, forerunner of MCC. |
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