Coulsdon Cricket Club
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Coulsdon Cricket Club was based at Coulsdon
, Surrey
, and was briefly a major cricket team. The club is believed to have been formed in the early 1760s and it had for a time a great rivalry with Chertsey Cricket Club
.
team played All-England
at Smitham Bottom in nearby Croydon
. The result is unknown. The club's last known match in 1784 was against Chertsey at Laleham Burway
and they lost that by 313 runs. In most of Coulsdon's matches, the result is unknown, but the team did defeat Sussex in 1775.
One of the club's most notable players was William Palmer
.
Coulsdon
Coulsdon is a town on the southernmost boundary of the London Borough of Croydon. It is surrounded by the Metropolitan Green Belt of the Farthing Down, Coulsdon Common and Kenley Common...
, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, and was briefly a major cricket team. The club is believed to have been formed in the early 1760s and it had for a time a great rivalry with Chertsey Cricket Club
Chertsey Cricket Club
Chertsey Cricket Club in Surrey is one of the oldest in England. Its own website dates its founding as 1737 but in fact matches involving a Chertsey team date from 1736....
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Major cricket
Coulsdon is first recorded as a cricket team on Monday 8 May 1769 when a combined Coulsdon and CaterhamCaterham Cricket Club
Caterham Cricket Club was based at Caterham, Surrey. Caterham at this time was effectively representative of Surrey as a county. Its home venue was on Caterham Common...
team played All-England
All-England Eleven
In cricket, the term All-England has been used for various non-international teams that have been formed for short-term purposes since the 1739 English cricket season and it indicates that the "Rest of England" is playing against, say, MCC or an individual county team...
at Smitham Bottom in nearby Croydon
Croydon
Croydon is a town in South London, England, located within the London Borough of Croydon to which it gives its name. It is situated south of Charing Cross...
. The result is unknown. The club's last known match in 1784 was against Chertsey at Laleham Burway
Laleham Burway
Laleham Burway is a tract of meadow land on the River Thames near Chertsey in Surrey. Part of it was a famous major cricket venue in the 18th century and the home of Chertsey Cricket Club.-Earliest known matches:...
and they lost that by 313 runs. In most of Coulsdon's matches, the result is unknown, but the team did defeat Sussex in 1775.
One of the club's most notable players was William Palmer
William Palmer (cricketer)
William Palmer was a famous English cricketer who played in the 1760s and 1770s....
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Further reading
- G B Buckley, Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket, Cotterell, 1935
- H T WaghornH T WaghornHenry Thomas Waghorn , was a cricket statistician and historian. He is best known for his two classic researches into cricket's early history: The Dawn of Cricket and Cricket Scores: 1730 - 1773....
, The Dawn of Cricket, Electric Press, 1906