#country cricket

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All-England Eleven Spreads Cricket — Manchester, Bristol, Derby and the Country Towns, 1847-49

All-England Eleven vs local sides

1849-08-01

Between 1847 and 1849 the All-England Eleven extended its fixture list from the north and midlands into the West Country, the Welsh borders and East Anglia. Visits to Manchester, Bristol, Derby, Newcastle, Norwich, Stourbridge and dozens of other towns turned cricket from a southern English diversion into a recognisably national game and triggered a wave of local club foundations.

#all-england-eleven#william-clarke#manchester

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All-England Eleven's First National Tour — 1847

All-England Eleven vs local 18s and 22s

1847-09-01

In its first full season after foundation, William Clarke's All-England Eleven played a programme of fixtures across the north and midlands — the first systematic national cricket tour ever organised. Sides of 18 or 22 local players were engaged at Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle, Birmingham, Liverpool, Stockton and Derby; the eleven won the great majority of fixtures and drew crowds of three to five thousand at most venues.

#all-england-eleven#william-clarke#1847

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Major Match at the Vine, Sevenoaks — Kent v England, August 1805

Kent vs England

1805-08-19

On 19-20 August 1805 the Vine ground at Sevenoaks — leased to the Sackville family of Knole and given over to cricket since 1734 — hosted a Kent v England fixture that was, by the standards of the day, a near-Test match. Kent were captained by John Bligh and supported by the Duke of Dorset's tenants; England were raised by the Earl of Winchilsea. The match is the most important first-class fixture played at the Vine in the new century and a marker of Kent's continuing strength.

#regency-cricket#underarm#lord-s-old-ground