Matches
| Date | Match Title | Venue | Result | |
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| 13 May (W) | Croydon & Addington v Greenwich & Deptford | Duppas Hill, Croydon | result unknown | |
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Pre-announced in the London Evening Post on Sat 9 May but no report of the game was found. |
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| 29 May (F) & 9 June (Tu) | Croydon & Addington v London | Duppas Hill, Croydon | C&A won | |
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Apparently it was unfinished on 29 May and the players agreed to play it out more than a week later. |
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| 1 & 2 June (M-Tu) | London v Croydon & Addington | Artillery Ground | London won | |
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The previous match being incomplete would be played out on Tuesday next at Duppas Hill. |
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| 12 June (F) | Dartford v London | Dartford Brent | result unknown | |
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No details reported. |
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| 15 June (M) | London v Croydon & Addington | Artillery Ground | result unknown | |
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They have played two matches this season, and each won one with great difficulty, being two days playing each match. |
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| 29 June (M) | London v Dartford | Artillery Ground | result unknown | |
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No details known other than that wickets were to be pitched at two o’clock. Two games between Kent and All-England were due to be played at Bromley Common on Mon 29 June and at the Artillery Ground on Wed 1 July, but both matches are deferred on account of the gentlemen subscribers being engaged at several Elections. The Parliamentary Election of 1747 resulted in a Whig government under Henry Pelham (1694-1754). In those days, voting was limited to landed gentry (i.e., to fully paid up members of the Hanoverian aristocracy). |
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| 2 July (Th) | Dartford v Hadlow | Dartford Brent | result unknown | |
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This was pre-announced in the Penny London Post of Wed 1 July as the deciding match but there is no report of the game and no references to the earlier fixture(s). |
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| 9 July (Th) | Long Robin’s XI v W Hodsoll’s XI | Artillery Ground | result unknown | |
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A scratch match arranged by members of the London Cricket Club. Most players’ names are known but no scores. The exact title is unknown but one team consisted mainly of players from London, Bromley and Slindon, the other mainly of players from Dartford and Hadlow. Teams were: Long Robin’s XI: Robert Colchin, John Bryant, James Bryant, John Bowra, "Little" Bennett, Thomas Jure, Richard Newland, Adam Newland, John Newland and two others W Hodsoll’s XI: William Hodsoll, Broad, John Bell, Thomas Bell, Allen, J Harris, Tom Faulkner, John Larkin and others from the parish of Hadlow in Kent. It is not known which of John or Joseph Harris was involved. |
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| 28 July (Tu) | T Faulkner’s XI v J Bowra’s XI | Kennington Common | result unknown | |
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This was billed as Long Tom versus the Kentish Shepherd, those being the nicknames of Tom Faulkner, who was also a prizefighter, and John Bowra. |
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| 17 August (M) | London v Ripley & Bromley | Artillery Ground | result unknown | |
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A statement by Mr George Smith, the Keeper of the Artillery Ground: These matches being attended with great Charge the Door, for the Future, will be Six-pence; Two-pence not being sufficient to defray the Expense. The match was to be played for fifty guineas per side. |
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| 20 August (Th) | Ripley & Bromley v London | Ripley Green | result unknown | |
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No details reported. |
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| 24 August (M) | London v Hadlow | Artillery Ground | result unknown | |
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Hadlow, near Tonbridge in Kent, was stated to be a famous parish for cricket. |
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| 31 August (M) | All-England v Kent | Artillery Ground | result unknown | |
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This game and the next one were the two postponed earlier in the season because of the Parliamentary Election. Another statement from George Smith: The Town may be certain that the taking Six-pence Admittance is out of no avaricious Temper. Two-pence being greatly insufficient to the Charge that attends the Matches, which Mr Smith is ready and willing to make appear to any Gentleman. The advertised teams (in the Daily Advertiser on Mon 31 August) were: Kent: Robert Colchin, John Bryant, James Bryant (all Bromley), Val Romney, Kipps, John Mansfield (all Sevenoaks), John Bell, Thomas Bell (both Dartford), — Jones, John Larkin (both Hadlow), Robert Eures (Bexley). All-England: Richard Newland (Slindon), — Green (Amberley, Sussex), Stephen Dingate, "Little" Bennett, Thomas Jure (all London), Thomas Faulkner, Joseph Harris, — Broad, George Jackson (all Addington), William Sawyer (Richmond), — Maynard (Surrey). |
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| 2 September (W) | Kent v All-England | Bromley Common | result unknown | |
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No details reported. This match was advertised at the same time as the first one and not subsequently. |
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