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Hambledon Club

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The Hambledon Club was a social club that is famous for its organisation of 18th century cricket matches. [1]

47 relations: Artillery Ground, Ashley Mote, Bat & Ball Inn, Clanfield, Billy Beldham, Broadhalfpenny Down, Charles Powell Hamilton, Clanfield, Hampshire, Cricket, Dartford Cricket Club, David Harris (English cricketer), David Rayvern Allen, England, Erasmus Gower, Francis Grose, Gentleman, Guildford Bason, Hambledon, Hampshire, Hampshire, Hampshire county cricket teams, Hyde Parker (Royal Navy officer, born 1739), John Arlott, John Bayton, John Nyren, John Small (cricketer), Kent, London, Lord Hugh Seymour, Lord's, Marylebone Cricket Club, Noah Mann, Paris, Richard Nyren, Robert Calder, Robert Linzee, Rowland Bowen, Slang dictionary, Sussex, Sussex county cricket teams, The Cricketers of My Time, Thomas Brett (cricketer), Thomas Land (cricketer), Thomas Paine, Thomas Taylor (cricketer), Tom Walker (cricketer), Vagina, William Barber (Hambledon cricketer), Windmill Down.

Artillery Ground

The Artillery Ground in Finsbury is an open space originally set aside for archery and later known also as a cricket venue.

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Ashley Mote

Ashley Mote (born 25 January 1936) is a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 2004 to 2009.

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Bat & Ball Inn, Clanfield

The Bat & Ball Inn near Clanfield, Hampshire, England, is an historic eighteenth century pub situated opposite the Broadhalfpenny Down cricket ground, the original home of the Hambledon Club.

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Billy Beldham

William "Silver Billy" Beldham (5 February 1766 – 20 February 1862) was an English professional cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of the sport's underarm era.

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Broadhalfpenny Down

Broadhalfpenny Down is a historic cricket ground in Hambledon, Hampshire.

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Charles Powell Hamilton

Charles Powell Hamilton (26 December 1747 – 12 March 1825) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral.

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Clanfield, Hampshire

Clanfield is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Dartford Cricket Club

Dartford Cricket Club is one of the oldest cricket clubs in England with origins which date from the early 18th century, perhaps earlier.

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David Harris (English cricketer)

David Harris (c. 1755 – 19 May 1803) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1782 to 1798.

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David Rayvern Allen

David Rayvern Allen (5 February 1938 – 9 October 2014) was a cricket writer and historian, as well as a radio producer and presenter, and a speaker.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Erasmus Gower

Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower (3 December 1742 – 21 June 1814) was a naval officer and colonial governor.

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Francis Grose

Francis Grose (b. before 11 June 1731 – 12 June 1791) was an English antiquary, draughtsman, and lexicographer.

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Gentleman

In modern parlance, a gentleman (from gentle + man, translating the Old French gentilz hom) is any man of good, courteous conduct.

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Guildford Bason

Guildford Bason (or Basin) is an English former cricket ground on Merrow Down, on the outskirts of Guildford, Surrey.

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Hambledon, Hampshire

Hambledon is a small village and civil parish in the county of Hampshire in England, situated about north of Portsmouth.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated Hants) is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom.

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Hampshire county cricket teams

Hampshire county cricket teams have been traced back to the 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that.

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Hyde Parker (Royal Navy officer, born 1739)

Sir Hyde Parker (1739 – 16 March 1807) was an admiral of the British Royal Navy.

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John Arlott

Leslie Thomas John Arlott, OBE (25 February 1914 – 14 December 1991) was an English journalist, author and cricket commentator for the BBC's Test Match Special.

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John Bayton

John Bayton (date of birth unknown; died 1797 at West Dean, Chichester, Sussex) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket during the 1760s and 1770s.

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John Nyren

John Nyren (15 December 1764, Hambledon, Hampshire – 30 June 1837, Bromley-by-Bow, London) was an English cricketer and author.

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John Small (cricketer)

John Small (19 April 1737 – 31 December 1826) was an English professional cricketer who played in important matches from c.1756 to 1798, one of the longest careers on record.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Lord Hugh Seymour

Vice-Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour (29 April 1759 – 11 September 1801) was a senior British Royal Navy officer of the late 18th century who was the fifth son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford and became known for being both a prominent society figure and a highly competent naval officer.

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Lord's

Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known simply as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London.

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Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club, generally known as the MCC, is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's cricket ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England.

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Noah Mann

Noah Mann (15 November 1756 at Northchapel, Sussex – December 1789 at Northchapel) was a famous English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Richard Nyren

Richard "Dick" Nyren (c. 1734–1797) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket during the 1760s and 1770s in the heyday of the Hambledon Club.

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Robert Calder

Admiral Sir Robert Calder, 1st Baronet, (2 July 17451 September 1818) was a British naval officer who served in the Seven Years' War, the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

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Robert Linzee

Robert Linzee (1739 – 4 October 1804) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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Rowland Bowen

Major Rowland Francis Bowen (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978 at Buckfastleigh, Devon) was a cricket researcher, historian and writer.

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Slang dictionary

A slang dictionary is a reference book containing an alphabetical list of slang, which is vernacular vocabulary not generally acceptable in formal usage, usually including information given for each word, including meaning, pronunciation, and etymology.

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Sussex

Sussex, from the Old English Sūþsēaxe (South Saxons), is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.

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Sussex county cricket teams

Sussex county cricket teams have been traced back to the early 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket dates from much earlier times as it is widely believed, jointly with Kent and Surrey, to be the sport's birthplace.

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The Cricketers of My Time

The Cricketers of My Time is a memoir of cricket, nominally written by the former Hambledon cricketer John Nyren about the players of the late 18th century, most of whom he knew personally.

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Thomas Brett (cricketer)

Thomas Brett (1747 – 31 December 1809) was one of cricket's earliest well-known fast bowlers and a leading player for Hampshire when its team was organised by the Hambledon Club in the 1770s.

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Thomas Land (cricketer)

Squire Thomas Land (1714–1791) was a patron of English cricket and an occasional player.

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Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; – In the contemporary record as noted by Conway, Paine's birth date is given as January 29, 1736–37. Common practice was to use a dash or a slash to separate the old-style year from the new-style year. In the old calendar, the new year began on March 25, not January 1. Paine's birth date, therefore, would have been before New Year, 1737. In the new style, his birth date advances by eleven days and his year increases by one to February 9, 1737. The O.S. link gives more detail if needed. – June 8, 1809) was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist and revolutionary.

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Thomas Taylor (cricketer)

Thomas (Tom) Taylor (18 October 1753 at Ropley, Hampshire – April 1806 at Alresford, Hampshire) was a famous English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club.

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Tom Walker (cricketer)

Thomas Walker (16 November 1762 – 1 March 1831) was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire in the days of the Hambledon Club and later for Surrey.

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Vagina

In mammals, the vagina is the elastic, muscular part of the female genital tract.

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William Barber (Hambledon cricketer)

William Barber (1734–1805) was an English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club in its great days during the 1760s and 1770s.

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Windmill Down

Windmill Down is a rural location near the town of Hambledon in Hampshire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hambledon_Club

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