Reynell Cotton

Reynell Cotton

The Reverend Reynell Cotton (1717 – 1779) was President of the Hambledon Club in 1773 and 1774. It is not known if he played in any of the first-class cricket matches organised by the club on behalf of Hampshire cricket, but he is believed to have been an active player in the period before records were consistently maintained .

He is believed to have been a schoolmaster in Winchester [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/main.html From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300–1787] ] .

Cotton is best known for his "Hambledon Club Song" Ashley Mote, "The Glory Days of Cricket", Robson, 1997] , written in about the 1771 season.

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