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Thomas Land (1714–18 June 1791) seems to have withdrawn from the scene in about 1764. It is believed the
Hambledon Club proper was formed not long afterwards. Land was interested in hunting and maintained a pack of hounds that earned him recognition as "one of the most celebrated fox-hunters in
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had been requisitioned as a munitions dump by the military, and
Windmill Down provided as an alternative. However, after a couple of seasons playing on the steep sloping and highly exposed new ground the club agitated for a move to a more suitable location and Ridge Meadow was purchased as a
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Hambledon Club was essentially social and, as it was multi-functional, not really a cricket club as such. Rather it is seen as an organiser of matches. Arguments have taken place among historians about whether its teams should be termed
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cricket was not very prominent during the
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was then in France, having left
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village at Ridge Meadow, just off the road to
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became president of the club but soon afterwards these officers all returned to sea.
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matches. By the late 1770s it was the foremost cricket club in England.
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Monument to Hambledon Cricket Club at Broadhalfpenny Down
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777:(1785), to be "the private parts of a woman". (
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570:F. S., Ashley-Cooper (8 September 1923).
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385:was established as the home of the new
1149:Former senior cricket clubs of England
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680:"History - Hambledon Cricket Club"
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573:"The Hambledon Cricket Chronicle"
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303:Hampshire & Sussex match at
804:"Fire at The Cradle of Cricket"
449:2. The Immortal Memory of Madge
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1144:Club cricket teams in England
806:. The News. 10 September 2007
158:Its basis was a local parish
925:Leicestershire & Rutland
264:, the son of Richard Nyren.
844:(1998). Ashley Mote (ed.).
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284:won by 53 runs against an
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846:The Cricketers of my Time
834:The Glory Days of Cricket
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625:Barclays World of Cricket
478:The Glory Days of Cricket
257:The Cricketers of My Time
178:Land is mentioned in the
654:Buckley, George (1937).
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399:Charles Powell Hamilton
387:Marylebone Cricket Club
361:Hambledon to Marylebone
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443:4. The Hambledon Club
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660:. Cotterell & Co
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182:written by Reverend
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689:4 September
482:Ashley Mote
403:Hyde Parker
314:John Bayton
170:Thomas Land
32:Established
1138:Categories
1093:Montpelier
1068:Hornchurch
941:Nottingham
510:References
446:3. Cricket
286:England XI
262:John Nyren
252:Tom Walker
244:Tom Taylor
228:John Small
143:Foundation
111:Tom Walker
96:Tom Taylor
81:John Small
48:Home venue
40:Last match
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1038:East Kent
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326:Noah Mann
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153:Hampshire
151:in rural
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1073:Kingston
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555:"Died".
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1103:Slindon
1088:Mitcham
1058:Hampton
1028:Croydon
1008:Chatham
998:Bromley
978:Arundel
951:Suffolk
893:England
759:in his
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584:7 April
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160:cricket
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