{"id":488,"date":"2022-11-13T19:28:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T19:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earlycricket.uk\/?page_id=488"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:25:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:25:20","slug":"youth-and-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/youth-and-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth and Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-page pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/youth-and-schools\/#1739_%E2%80%93_Youth_playing_at_Cricket_%E2%80%93_J_Cole_after_Hubert_Gravelot_1730\" >1739 &#8211; Youth playing at Cricket &#8211; J Cole after Hubert Gravelot (? 1730)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/youth-and-schools\/#1742_%E2%80%93_Cricket_at_Eton_%E2%80%93_EF_Burley\" >1742 &#8211; Cricket at Eton &#8211; E.F. Burley<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/youth-and-schools\/#1744_%E2%80%93_A_Little_Pretty_Pocket-Book\" >1744 &#8211; A Little Pretty Pocket-Book<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/youth-and-schools\/#1744_%E2%80%93_His_House_and_School_%E2%80%93_John_Stedman\" >1744 &#8211; His House and School &#8211; John Stedman<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/youth-and-schools\/#1770_%E2%80%93_Cricket_at_the_Free_School_Maidstone_%E2%80%93_William_Jefferys\" >1770 ? &#8211; Cricket at the Free School, Maidstone &#8211; William Jefferys<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/youth-and-schools\/#1771_%E2%80%93_A_Cricket_Scene_at_Harrow_School_%E2%80%93_Henry_Walton\" >1771 &#8211; A Cricket Scene at Harrow School &#8211; Henry Walton<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/youth-and-schools\/#1777_%E2%80%93_Children_Cricketers_Printing_Block_%E2%80%93_J_Marshall_Co\" >1777 &#8211; Children Cricketers Printing Block &#8211; J Marshall &amp; Co<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/youth-and-schools\/#1780_%E2%80%93_Carmalt_School_Putney_%E2%80%93_James_Miller\" >1780 &#8211; Carmalt School, Putney &#8211; James Miller<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/youth-and-schools\/#1780_%E2%80%93_Charterhouse_School\" >1780 &#8211; Charterhouse School<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/youth-and-schools\/#1789_%E2%80%93_The_Darkening_Green_%E2%80%93_William_Blake\" >1789 &#8211; The Darkening Green &#8211; William Blake<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/youth-and-schools\/#c1795_%E2%80%93_Salvadore_House_Tooting\" >c1795 &#8211; Salvadore House, Tooting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/youth-and-schools\/#1810_%E2%80%93_On_the_Playing_Fields_at_Eton\" >1810 ? &#8211; On the Playing Fields at Eton<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1739_%E2%80%93_Youth_playing_at_Cricket_%E2%80%93_J_Cole_after_Hubert_Gravelot_1730\"><\/span>1739 &#8211; Youth playing at Cricket &#8211; J Cole after Hubert Gravelot (? 1730)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Shrewsbury.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1760\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Shrewsbury.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Shrewsbury.jpg 1760w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Shrewsbury-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Shrewsbury-1024x331.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Shrewsbury-768x248.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Shrewsbury-1536x497.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1760px) 100vw, 1760px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Probably the earliest illustration of cricket we have. One of a group of designs used as a decorative border. Also used on dinner services, jugs, etc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:38%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Shrewsbury-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Shrewsbury-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Shrewsbury-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Shrewsbury-1-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:62%\">\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here the image is reversed and used in the Arms of Shrewsbury<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1742_%E2%80%93_Cricket_at_Eton_%E2%80%93_EF_Burley\"><\/span>1742 &#8211; Cricket at Eton &#8211; E.F. Burley<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"998\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Eton-998x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5099\" style=\"width:387px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Eton-998x1024.jpg 998w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Eton-1497x1536.jpg 1497w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Eton-1997x2048.jpg 1997w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Eton-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Eton-768x788.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fragment of an eighteenth-century vignette by E. F. Burney, illustrating Gray&#8217;s Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton. In the full version of the picture, the Thames is shown in the foreground and the College on the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gray&#8217;s poem is a celebration of childhood. There is only a brief mention of cricket, a line about urging the &#8216;flying ball&#8217;, but the association of schoolboy cricket and innocence is clear. The poem&#8217;s closing couplet is the most famous:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">When ignorance is bliss,<br>'Tis folly to be wise.<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1744_%E2%80%93_A_Little_Pretty_Pocket-Book\"><\/span>1744 &#8211; A Little Pretty Pocket-Book <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:39% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Pocketbook-673x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3653 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Pocketbook-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Pocketbook-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Pocketbook.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>From <em>A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, intended for the Amusement of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly with Two Letters from Jack the Giant Killer <\/em>&#8211; a 1744 children&#8217;s book by British publisher John Newbery. The picture is clearly derived from the 1742 Eton one above &#8211; especially the mound in the middle and the mid-wicket fielder in the &#8216;I surrender&#8217; position.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1744_%E2%80%93_His_House_and_School_%E2%80%93_John_Stedman\"><\/span>1744 &#8211; His House and School &#8211; John Stedman <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Steadman-1744.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Steadman-1744-1024x746.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Steadman-1744-1024x746.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Steadman-1744-1536x1119.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Steadman-1744-2048x1492.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Steadman-1744-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Steadman-1744-768x560.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>School boys are playing cricket in a fenced-off yard. School master and the artist are seated in the foreground. Low, wide wicket.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1770_%E2%80%93_Cricket_at_the_Free_School_Maidstone_%E2%80%93_William_Jefferys\"><\/span>1770 ? &#8211; Cricket at the Free School, Maidstone &#8211; William Jefferys<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Maidstone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"617\" src=\"http:\/\/earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Maidstone-1024x617.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Maidstone-1024x617.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Maidstone-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Maidstone-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Maidstone-1536x926.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Maidstone-2048x1235.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maidstone was one of the early centres of cricket and provoked Puritanical outrage in the middle of the Seventeenth Century.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1771_%E2%80%93_A_Cricket_Scene_at_Harrow_School_%E2%80%93_Henry_Walton\"><\/span>1771 &#8211; A Cricket Scene at Harrow School &#8211; Henry Walton<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mason-Brothers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mason-Brothers-1024x808.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mason-Brothers-1024x808.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mason-Brothers-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mason-Brothers-768x606.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mason-Brothers.jpg 1504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>This painting is as much about the game as about the three sitters in the foreground: a professionally made bat of correct proportion, a worn \u2018pitch\u2019, a hat to stop the ball, \u2018suitable\u2019 dress and distant figures describing the act of bowling. The grip of the batter, however, seems to lack commitment, and the keeper is not concentrating on the task at hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three principal sitters are the Mason brothers of Necton Hall, Norfolk, with Ambrose Humphrys, a family friend and patron of the painter. John Mason (aged 14) is batting, and William Mason (aged 10) is behind the stumps; on the right in the background is Harrow-on-the-Hill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1777_%E2%80%93_Children_Cricketers_Printing_Block_%E2%80%93_J_Marshall_Co\"><\/span>1777 &#8211; Children Cricketers Printing Block &#8211; J Marshall &amp; Co<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Printing-block.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Printing-block.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Printing-block.jpg 592w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Printing-block-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black, carved wood printing block. Depicts four children, one holding a hoop, one tossing a ball, one with a shoulderless cricket bat over his shoulder and one holding a ball and a cricket bat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1780_%E2%80%93_Carmalt_School_Putney_%E2%80%93_James_Miller\"><\/span>1780 &#8211; Carmalt School, Putney &#8211; James Miller<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Camalt-School-Putney-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"http:\/\/earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Camalt-School-Putney-1-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Camalt-School-Putney-1-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Camalt-School-Putney-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Camalt-School-Putney-1-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Camalt-School-Putney-1-1536x860.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Camalt-School-Putney-1-2048x1146.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Camalt School, Putney<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1780_%E2%80%93_Charterhouse_School\"><\/span>1780 &#8211; Charterhouse School<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Charterhouse.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Charterhouse.png 593w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Charterhouse-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A general view of the school where boys playing cricket can be seen. Charterhouse of one of the important cricket-playing schools of the Eighteenth Century.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1789_%E2%80%93_The_Darkening_Green_%E2%80%93_William_Blake\"><\/span>1789 &#8211; The Darkening Green &#8211; William Blake<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:48%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Echoing-Green.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Echoing-Green.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Echoing-Green-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:52%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An illustration by Blake for his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/the-echoing-green-by-william-blake\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"373\">The Echoing Green<\/a>. It is time for the boys and girls to end their play.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"c1795_%E2%80%93_Salvadore_House_Tooting\"><\/span>c1795 &#8211; Salvadore House, Tooting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.png 601w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Youths engaged in an informal game in a busy scene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1810_%E2%80%93_On_the_Playing_Fields_at_Eton\"><\/span>1810 ? &#8211; On the Playing Fields at Eton<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"413\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Eton.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Eton.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Eton-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I suspect this is an early nineteenth-century painting, presenting a vivid picture of early public school cricket with the school gathered around a great field, perhaps &#8216;Agar&#8217;s Plough&#8217;, watching an important match.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1739 &#8211; Youth playing at Cricket &#8211; J Cole after Hubert Gravelot (? 1730) Probably the earliest illustration of cricket we have. 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