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

Artillery Ground | Bishopsbourne Paddock | Broadhalfpenny Down | Bromley Common | Dartford Brent | Duppas Hill Guildford Bason | Kennington Common | Laleham Burway | Lord's Cricket Ground | Mitcham Cricket Green | Moulsey Hurst Richmond Green | Vine Cricket Ground | White Conduit Fields

[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)