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Slindon Cricket Club was famous in the middle part of the 18th century when it claimed to have the best team in England. It was located at Slindon, a village...

Belloc (1870–1953) lived in the village. In the mid-18th century, Slindon Cricket Club achieved fame through the excellence of its team which featured Richard...

Ground, Kent winning by one wicket. In September, Slindon Cricket Club defeated London Cricket Club and then issued a challenge to play "any parish in...

enthusiasm for cricket through a team from the small village of Slindon, which bordered on his Goodwood estate. The rise to fame of Slindon Cricket Club was based...

particularly Slindon in Sussex, which was backed by the Duke of Richmond and featured the star player Richard Newland. There were other prominent clubs at Maidenhead...

patronised the famous Slindon Cricket Club, whose team was representative of the county. After the death of Richmond in 1751, Sussex cricket declined until the...

The original London Cricket Club was formed in 1722 and was one of the foremost clubs in English cricket over the next four decades, holding important...

against county teams and was in some respects almost a county club in itself; Slindon, which was for a few years in the 1740s effectively representative...

Richmond inherited his interest in cricket and became the patron of both Sussex county cricket teams and Slindon Cricket Club. He died on 27 May 1723 and was...

nine significant matches, including the first known appearance of Slindon Cricket Club. The earliest known tie in an eleven-a-side match occurred. Records...

received immediate acceptances from Addington Cricket Club and from Bromley who were due to play Slindon in the same month. Bromley was a top-class team...

famous Slindon Cricket Club, whose team was representative of the county and at one stage was proclaimed to be the best team in England. Slindon's best...

oldest professional sports club in the world. Slindon Cricket Club dominated the sport for a while in the 18th century. The cricket ground at Arundel Castle...

"Long Robin" Colchin of Bromley and Kent; and Richard Newland of Slindon and Sussex. Cricket was still a regional sport in England, albeit a very popular...

against county teams and was in some respects almost a county club in itself; Slindon, which was for a few years in the 1740s effectively representative...

cricket between Slindon Cricket Club and Portsmouth Cricket Club was played in the park. It is the earliest report of a match involving the Slindon team...

both cricket and stoolball. Cricket is recognised as having been formed in the Weald and Sussex CCC is England's oldest county cricket club. Slindon Cricket...

the club played five from Slindon Cricket Club during the same year. The last mention of the original Hadlow club is a match against Addington Cricket Club...

Slindon Cricket Club, whose team was probably representative of the county and at one stage was proclaimed to be the best team in England. Slindon's best-known...

for cricket into patronage of Slindon Cricket Club; the village of Slindon bordered on his Goodwood House estate. Aburrow was a member of Slindon's team...