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1742 English cricket season

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399:"London won with great difficulty. The wickets were pitched at twelve o’clock on the forfeit of 100 guineas. During the last innings of the match, the betting was as much as 20 to 1 in favour of Slindon". Slindon had only lost one match before the match. 430:
Was originally to have been played on 8 September, but was postponed on account of rain. At the conclusion of the above match Slindon offered to play again, either at Guildford or on the South Downs, for £100, but the challenge was not accepted.
263:"Played for a considerable sum". Wickets were pitched at twelve o’clock. Waghorn's source remarked that this was a return to the "tie game" on 14 June "which gave so much satisfaction to the spectators". 228:". A large sum of money was at stake with play due to begin at noon. The announcement says "the booths (retail) are to be set back and the ground to be roped round" (i.e., forming a 1933: 585: 741: 1075: 1070: 314: 52:
season since the earliest recorded eleven-aside match was played. Details have survived of ten significant matches, including two famous matches
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The original notice describes Surrey's opponents as "London, Westminster, Middlesex, Southwark and Part of Kent".
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The match was originally scheduled for 6 September and was rearranged because of the visit of
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to London. Played for a "considerable sum of money" with the ground to be roped round.
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A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863
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The counties team is described as "the Gentlemen of Kent and Surry and the
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It is known that two Kent players and "the noted bowler from
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The second known instance in eleven-a-side cricket of a
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Sussex Record Society. 368:to London on that date. 1929:1742 in English cricket 1256:County Championship era 750:English cricket seasons 421:London won by 184 runs 1097:"Champion County" era 598:Ashley-Cooper, F. S. 449:Bromley Cricket Club 634:The Dawn of Cricket 562:Ashley-Cooper, p.6. 504:Ashley-Cooper, p.5. 23: 592:. Nottingham: ACS. 571:McCann, pp. 23–24. 18:Cricket tournament 1916: 1915: 1912: 1911: 1243: 1242: 1084: 1083: 1045: 1044: 636:. Electric Press. 454:Kent & Surrey 435: 434: 194:Kent & Surrey 42: 41: 1941: 1257: 1249: 1098: 1090: 1059: 1051: 765: 757: 744: 737: 730: 721: 716: 709:Underdown, David 704: 703:. 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Index

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1743
cricket
London
Slindon
London
Bromley
Artillery Ground
match tied
tied match
London
Richmond
Artillery Ground
London
Croydon
Artillery Ground
Kent & Surrey
London
Duppas Hill
Croydon
Sussex
Slending
boundary
London
Bromley
Artillery Ground
London
Croydon
Artillery Ground
Slendon

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