- Bishopsbourne Paddock
Bishopsbourne Paddock was a
cricket ground at Bourne House, seat ofSir Horatio Mann , nearCanterbury inKent . It was a popular venue for first-class matches from 1766 to 1790.Matches
Bishopsbourne Paddock is first mentioned in an item in the "Kentish Weekly Post" about a recent match involving Sir Horatio's own Bourne club versus
Dartford Cricket Club on Monday29 September 1766 . The result of the game is unknownG B Buckley , "Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket", Cotterell, 1935] .It was last used for a game involving Sir Horatio Mann's XI versus Mr
Stephen Amherst 's XI on 7 - 11 September 1790. Amherst's XI won by 130 runsArthur Haygarth , "Scores & Biographies", Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862] . Sir Horatio moved out of Bourne soon afterwards.References
External links
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/main.html From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300 – 1787]
Bibliography
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G B Buckley , "Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket", Cotterell, 1935
*H T Waghorn , "Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730-1773)", Blackwood, 1899
*H T Waghorn , "The Dawn of Cricket", Electric Press, 1906
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