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Datchet Common cricket ground
Map
Interactive map of Datchet Common cricket ground
LocationDatchet, Berkshire
Home clubBerkshire
Establishmentc.1769
Last usedc.1790

Datchet Common near Datchet in the English county of Berkshire (formerly Buckinghamshire) was used as a cricket venue for matches between 1730 and 1785.

It is first recorded in October 1730 when a match was played "by persons of distinction for £50 a side".[1] This match is the earliest known mention of cricket in the county of Buckinghamshire.[2]

References

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  1. Waghorn, H. T. (1899). Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730–1773). Blackwood. p. 3.
  2. Maun, Ian (2009). From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750. Roger Heavens. ISBN 978-1-900592-52-9. p. 46.

51°29′N 0°34′W / 51.48°N 0.57°W / 51.48; -0.57