Chatham Cricket Club was founded by 1705 in Chatham, Kent, England. The first reference to its team is a match against West of Kent in August 1705.[1] There is a specific reference to a "Chatham Club" in a description of a single wicket match in 1754.[2]
Chatham lost by 20 runs to Meopham in June 1772 at George Louch's "cricketing field" in Chatham[3] and in September 1772 the club played two matches against Dartford, the second one on Louch's field. Chatham won the first at Dartford by 19 runs and then Dartford won at Chatham, also by 19 runs.[4] There are records of three matches against Bourne in 1773. The first at Bourne Paddock on Friday, 30 July 1773, was abandoned because of bad weather, Bourne won the second at Chatham on 30 and 31 August by 7 wickets and the third at Bourne on 6 and 7 September by 1 wicket.[5]
Louch's field was the club's venue in the early 1770s and there are references in 1785 and 1787 to Chatham Lines as a venue.[6] In August 1787, a local match was played at "The Star" on Chatham Hill and this venue is mentioned several times in reports to 1791, especially for single wicket contests.[7]
There are few mentions of a Chatham team after 1773 and the last 18th century reference concerns a minor match against local opposition in June 1800.[8] CricketArchive lists two "odds" matches played by Chatham against the All-England Eleven in September 1861 and Kent County Cricket Club in August 1862. Both matches were played on Chatham Lines and the local club had 22 players against 11. Chatham also played the touring South Africans in June 1894. This was an eleven-a-side match which the South Africans won by five runs.[9]
The Chatham Club ultimately folded and there is no modern equivalent in Kent league cricket.
Waghorn, H. T. (1899). Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730–1773). Blackwood.
Waghorn, H. T. (1906). The Dawn of Cricket. Electric Press.
Wilson, Martin (2005). An Index to Waghorn. Bodyline.
January 01, 1970
chatham, cricket, club, founded, 1705, chatham, kent, england, first, reference, team, match, against, west, kent, august, 1705, there, specific, reference, chatham, club, description, single, wicket, match, 1754, team, informationestablished1705, years, 1705,. Chatham Cricket Club was founded by 1705 in Chatham Kent England The first reference to its team is a match against West of Kent in August 1705 1 There is a specific reference to a Chatham Club in a description of a single wicket match in 1754 2 Chatham Cricket ClubTeam informationEstablished1705 319 years ago 1705 Home venueChatham Lines ChathamHistoryNotable playersGeorge Louch Chatham lost by 20 runs to Meopham in June 1772 at George Louch s cricketing field in Chatham 3 and in September 1772 the club played two matches against Dartford the second one on Louch s field Chatham won the first at Dartford by 19 runs and then Dartford won at Chatham also by 19 runs 4 There are records of three matches against Bourne in 1773 The first at Bourne Paddock on Friday 30 July 1773 was abandoned because of bad weather Bourne won the second at Chatham on 30 and 31 August by 7 wickets and the third at Bourne on 6 and 7 September by 1 wicket 5 Louch s field was the club s venue in the early 1770s and there are references in 1785 and 1787 to Chatham Lines as a venue 6 In August 1787 a local match was played at The Star on Chatham Hill and this venue is mentioned several times in reports to 1791 especially for single wicket contests 7 There are few mentions of a Chatham team after 1773 and the last 18th century reference concerns a minor match against local opposition in June 1800 8 CricketArchive lists two odds matches played by Chatham against the All England Eleven in September 1861 and Kent County Cricket Club in August 1862 Both matches were played on Chatham Lines and the local club had 22 players against 11 Chatham also played the touring South Africans in June 1894 This was an eleven a side match which the South Africans won by five runs 9 The Chatham Club ultimately folded and there is no modern equivalent in Kent league cricket References edit Maun p 7 Waghorn Cricket Scores p 53 Waghorn Cricket Scores pp 78 79 Waghorn Cricket Scores p 87 Waghorn Cricket Scores pp 111 114 Waghorn Dawn of Cricket pp 70 71 Waghorn Dawn of Cricket pp 106 114 Waghorn Dawn of Cricket p 164 Matches played by Chatham Cricket Club CricketArchive Archived from the original on 8 October 2017 Retrieved 8 October 2017 Bibliography editMaun Ian 2009 From Commons to Lord s Volume One 1700 to 1750 Roger Heavens ISBN 978 1 900592 52 9 Waghorn H T 1899 Cricket Scores Notes etc 1730 1773 Blackwood Waghorn H T 1906 The Dawn of Cricket Electric Press Wilson Martin 2005 An Index to Waghorn Bodyline Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chatham Cricket Club amp oldid 1201738040, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
