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Early Cricket
Cricket before 1800
Introduction
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History
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Prehistory – up to 1600
The very early days – 1600s
Cricket spreads to London – 1700 – 1770
The Hambledon years – 1770 – 1785
Emergence of MCC – 1786 – 1800
Women’s Cricket
Cricket outside England
Clubs
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Star and Garter
Marylebone Cricket Club
The London Cricket Club
White Conduit Club
Players
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Players – prior to 1772
Players – 1772 – 1786
Players – 1787 – 1825
Grounds
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White Conduit Fields Ground
The Artillery Ground
Broadhalfpenny Down
Windmill Down Cricket Ground
Dorset Square- the first Lord’s Ground
Playing the game
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Evolution of bowling, bat and stumps
The Laws of Cricket
Bats and other equipment
The Field of Play
Techniques
The Spectator Experience
Gambling
Recollections of an old cricketer
Film of a mock-Eighteenth Century Game
Matches
Pictures
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Very early images
The Cricket Field
Youth and Schools
Portraits
Writings
Early Cricket
Cricket before 1800
Main Menu
Introduction
Menu Toggle
Sitemap and objectives
History
Menu Toggle
Prehistory – up to 1600
The very early days – 1600s
Cricket spreads to London – 1700 – 1770
The Hambledon years – 1770 – 1785
Emergence of MCC – 1786 – 1800
Women’s Cricket
Cricket outside England
Clubs
Menu Toggle
Star and Garter
Marylebone Cricket Club
The London Cricket Club
White Conduit Club
Players
Menu Toggle
Players – prior to 1772
Players – 1772 – 1786
Players – 1787 – 1825
Grounds
Menu Toggle
White Conduit Fields Ground
The Artillery Ground
Broadhalfpenny Down
Windmill Down Cricket Ground
Dorset Square- the first Lord’s Ground
Playing the game
Menu Toggle
Evolution of bowling, bat and stumps
The Laws of Cricket
Bats and other equipment
The Field of Play
Techniques
The Spectator Experience
Gambling
Recollections of an old cricketer
Film of a mock-Eighteenth Century Game
Matches
Pictures
Menu Toggle
Very early images
The Cricket Field
Youth and Schools
Portraits
Writings
Ferdinando Fungus – The Cryketeers – 1790
