Bishopsbourne Paddock
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Bishopsbourne Paddock was a cricket ground at Bourne House, seat of Sir Horatio Mann, near Canterbury in Kent. It was a popular venue for first-class matches from 1766 to 1790.
Bishopsbourne Paddock is first mentioned in an item in the Kentish Weekly Post about a recent match involving Sir Horatio's own Bourne club versus Dartford Cricket Club on Monday 29 September 1766. The result of the game is unknown.
It was last used for a game involving Sir Horatio Mann's XI versus Mr Stephen Amherst's XI on 7 - 11 September 1790. Amherst's XI won by 130 runs. Sir Horatio moved out of Bourne soon afterwards.
| English cricket venues in the 18th century |
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Artillery Ground | Bishopsbourne Paddock | Broadhalfpenny Down | Bromley Common | Dartford Brent | Duppas Hill |
[edit] References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications;
- At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742 – 1751 by F S Ashley-Cooper in Cricket Magazine (1900) (ASW);
- Cricket Scores 1730 - 1773 by H T Waghorn (WCS);
- Dartford Cricket Club website (DCC);
- Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley (FL18);
- Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket by G B Buckley (FLPV);
- From the Weald to the World by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT);
- Kent Cricket Matches by F S Ashley-Cooper (KCM);
- Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn);
- The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn (WDC)
