Richard Stanford (cricketer)
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Richard Stanford was an English cricketer
who played for Kent
. He was one of the leading amateur batsmen of his time.
Richard Stanford was born in East Peckham, Kent
and made 12 known first-class appearances between 1777 and 1787 for various Kent and All-England
teams. He was a very useful batsman.
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...
who played for Kent
Kent county cricket teams
Kent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...
. He was one of the leading amateur batsmen of his time.
Richard Stanford was born in East Peckham, 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...
and made 12 known first-class appearances between 1777 and 1787 for various Kent and 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...
teams. He was a very useful batsman.