The first definite mention of cricket in Sussex relates to ecclesiastical court records in 1611 which state that two parishioners of Sidlesham in West Sussex failed to attend church on Easter Sunday because they were playing cricket.
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He was a Sussex man, believed to have been a native of the famous village of Slindon, where his son Edward "Curry" Aburrow was born.
Stead was a strong rival to the two major Sussex patrons, Sir William Gage and the 2nd Duke of Richmond.
Perhaps the most infamous game to be played on the Green took place the following year on 23 August when a Mr Chambers organised an eleven a side game against the Duke of Richmond's team from Sussex.