Bishopsbourne Paddock
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Bishopsbourne Paddock was a cricket
ground at Bourne House, seat of Sir Horatio Mann
, near Canterbury
in Kent
. It was a popular venue for first-class matches
from 1766 to 1790.
on Monday 29 September 1766. The result of the game is unknown .
It was last used for a game involving Sir Horatio Mann's XI versus Mr Stephen Amherst
's XI on 7–11 September 1790. Amherst's XI won by 130 runs . Sir Horatio moved out of Bourne soon afterwards.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
ground at Bourne House, seat of Sir Horatio Mann
Sir Horatio Mann
Sir Horatio Mann, 2nd Baronet was an English MP. He is remembered as a member of the Hambledon Club in Hampshire and a patron of Kent cricket. He was an occasional player but rarely in first-class matches....
, near Canterbury
Canterbury
Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
in Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
. It was a popular venue for first-class matches
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
from 1766 to 1790.
Matches
Bishopsbourne Paddock is first mentioned in an item in the Kentish Weekly Post about a recent match involving Sir Horatio's own Bourne club versus Dartford Cricket ClubDartford Cricket Club
Dartford Cricket Club is one of the oldest in England and its origins go back to the early 18th century, perhaps earlier.See also: Dartford Brent...
on Monday 29 September 1766. The result of the game is unknown .
It was last used for a game involving Sir Horatio Mann's XI versus Mr Stephen Amherst
Stephen Amherst
Stephen Amherst was an English amateur cricketer who was also a noted patron and organiser of first-class matches....
's XI on 7–11 September 1790. Amherst's XI won by 130 runs . Sir Horatio moved out of Bourne soon afterwards.