Petworth Cricket Club
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Petworth Cricket Club was a cricket
club based at Petworth
, Sussex
, and was briefly a major cricket team, playing five known first-class
matches from 1844 to 1845. The club, which played its home games at Petworth Park New Ground
, won two matches, lost two and drew another. Its two victories came against the Marylebone Cricket Club
on its first-class debut and against Hampshire
in 1845 after the county condeded the match. A prominent member of the club was the Earl of Winterton
who played in four of the club's five first-class matches.
The club no longer exists, but Petworth Park Cricket Club today represents the town, playing its matches in Division Three of the West Sussex Cricket League.
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...
club based at Petworth
Petworth
Petworth is a small town and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the junction of the A272 east-west road from Heathfield to Winchester and the A283 Milford to Shoreham-by-Sea road. Some twelve miles to the south west of Petworth along the A285 road...
, Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
, and was briefly a major cricket team, playing five known first-class
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...
matches from 1844 to 1845. The club, which played its home games at Petworth Park New Ground
Petworth Park New Ground
Petworth Park New Ground is a cricket ground in the shadow of Petworth House, Petworth, Sussex. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1844, when Petworth Cricket Club played the Marylebone Cricket Club in the first first-class match held at the ground...
, won two matches, lost two and drew another. Its two victories came against the Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
on its first-class debut and against Hampshire
Hampshire county cricket teams
Hampshire county cricket teams have been traced back to the 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that...
in 1845 after the county condeded the match. A prominent member of the club was the Earl of Winterton
Edward Turnour, 4th Earl Winterton
Edward Turnour, 4th Earl Winterton was a first-class cricketer who played 25 times for Sussex CCC, without much success.-Notes:...
who played in four of the club's five first-class matches.
The club no longer exists, but Petworth Park Cricket Club today represents the town, playing its matches in Division Three of the West Sussex Cricket League.
External links
- Petworth Cricket Club at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...