Tom Peake

Tom Peake (died 1767, probably at Orpington in Kent) was a noted English cricketer of the mid-18th century. He is believed to have come from Chelsfield in Kent and is known to have lived there and at nearby Orpington [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/ladstolords/biog.html#peake From Lads to Lord's – biography of Tom Peake] ] .

It is possible that he played for Dartford, which was a leading club at the time, as well as for Kent county cricket teams and All-England .

Peake was first recorded as a given man playing for Addington against the London Cricket Club in 1743, a game that Addington won by an innings F S Ashley-Cooper, "At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742-1751", "Cricket" Magazine, 1900] .

The last documented mention of Peake is six years later in June 1749 when he played for Stephen Dingate's XI in a major challenge match against Robert Colchin's XI at the Artillery Ground .

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