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6 unusual facts about Free Foresters Cricket Club


Alan Armitage

In that same season he made two first-class appearances for the university, against the Free Foresters and Leicestershire.

Alexander Cadell

1927 also saw Cadell make a single appearance for the Free Foresters against Oxford University.

Allan Rutter

Two years later, he played a single first-class match for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University.

Arthur Mold

In his second year, a successful match against the Free Foresters, an amateur team, impressed two Lancashire cricketers who played against him.

Cosmo Crawley

As well as representing the aforementioned teams, Crawley also played for the Free Foresters and the Harlequins cricket team.

Free Foresters Cricket Club

The badge consists of two capital Fs wrapped in a Hastings knot, with the motto 'United though Untied', signifying that players are free to play for other clubs, and even play against Free Foresters.


Alan Dowding

Alan Lorimer Dowding (born 4 April 1929) is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played with Oxford University, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the Commonwealth XI and Free Foresters.

Cecil Pullan

In 1932 and 1933 he played eight times for Oxford University, taking two wickets: those of Yorkshire's Arthur Mitchell and Free Foresters' Noel Evans.

School Field, Cranbrook

The final recorded match on the ground came in July 1968 when the Free Foresters played the United States, although the ground is still in use today.


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