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played two matches on the ground: Gentlemen of England v Australians and Players v Australians (the last first-class match held on the ground, scheduled for 11 to 13 September but finished in two days). The increasing acquisition of portions of the site for building development, made possible by 'The
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matches were played between 1872 and 1878. The ground was built on in 1883. The boundaries of the site, laid out on the former Cattleugh's nursery gardens, are marked by Cadogan Square West,
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was employed as an attendant at the ground. On 12 July 1876, during the Middlesex v Nottinghamshire match, he collapsed. He died three hours later.
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used the ground between 1872 and 1876 and played their first match on 23–25 May 1872 against Yorkshire. The ground was also used by
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612 Oxford University v Middlesex 1876 (at the time, the highest total ever made in a first-class match)
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The first match played on the ground was Household Brigade v. Lords and Commons on 3 June 1871.
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described the ground as 'grand and quick and one of the finest playing grounds in England'.
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The strangers who came home : the first Australian cricket tour of England, 1878
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fixtures were also played there, the first taking place in July 1873. In 1878, the
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Cadogan and Hans Place Improvement Act of 1874', discouraged its further use.
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ground, created by the brothers George and James Prince as part of the
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History of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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Index

Chelsea, London
cricket
Prince's Club
first-class
Milner Street
Walton Street
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Middlesex County Cricket Club
South of England
Gentlemen v Players
touring Australians
Thomas Box
lawn tennis
badminton
roller skating
W.G. Grace
Fred Morley
J.M. Cotterill
Prince of Wales Ground
"Lennox Gardens"
"Old Prince's Club"
The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
"Prince's Cricket Club"
British Newspaper Archive
ISBN
978-1408842874
Cricinfo piece on Tom Box
Chelsea: Cremorne Gardens, Old and New London: Volume 5, 1878, pp 84-100.
Cricinfo: Prince's Cricket Ground
Simon Rae

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