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4 unusual facts about Hambledon Club


Hambledon Club

The current Hambledon Cricket Club ground is nearer Hambledon village at Ridge Meadow, just off the road to Broadhalfpenny Down, about half a mile from the village.

The original ground is at Broadhalfpenny Down, opposite the Bat and Ball Inn, in Hyden Farm Lane, near Clanfield, where now the Broadhalfpenny Brigands Cricket Club play.

The origin of the club, based near Hambledon in rural Hampshire, is unclear but it had certainly been founded by 1768.

History of Australian cricket to 1876

But their expeditions came to nothing and it was not until 1766, which is about when the Hambledon Club was founded, that the Australian story really begins.


Cheden Holt

Cheden Holt, situated on a hilltop about a mile from the rural village of Hambledon in Hampshire, was a home venue of the Hambledon Club.


see also

Edward Aburrow

Edward "Curry" Aburrow (1747–1835), English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club

Itchin Stoke Down

The game was pre-announced in the Hampshire Chronicle on Monday 18 May as "Hambledon Club v Hambledon Parish with Noah Mann".

Reynell

Reynell Cotton (1717–1779), President of the Hambledon Club in 1773 and 1774