Chronology of Events
- 871 – Vikings sailed up the Thames here to sack Chertsey Abbey
- 1726 – the earliest known use of the site for cricket is recorded in the London Evening Post dated Sat 27 August 1726, in the paper's first year of publication; it carried an advertisement for a single wicket match
- 1733 – earliest known use of the site for a first-class cricket match when Surrey played Middlesex
- May 1785 – James Sadler made a hot air balloon ascent near here, accompanied by a Member of Parliament, about a year after the success of the Montgolfier Brothers balloon
- Autumn 1787 – a professional runner named Powell ran a mile in 4 minutes and 3 seconds at Moulsey Hurst in preparation for an attempt on the 4 minute mile
- August 1795 – in a cricket match at Moulsey Hurst, John Tufton was dismissed leg before wicket (lbw) by John Wells; according to Arthur Haygarth it was the first time lbw had ever been recorded in a scorecard
- 1798 – a Mr Troward, a member of the Toxophilite Society, shot an arrow on a level piece of ground on Moulsey Hurst seventeen score, or 340 yards
- 1806 – last known use of Moulsey Hurst for major cricket was the Surrey vs All England match.
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