Bishopsbourne Paddock

Bishopsbourne Paddock was a cricket ground at Bourne House, seat of Sir Horatio Mann, near Canterbury in Kent. It was a popular venue for first-class matches from 1766 to 1790.

Matches

Bishopsbourne Paddock is first mentioned in an item in the "Kentish Weekly Post" about a recent match involving Sir Horatio's own Bourne club versus Dartford Cricket Club on Monday 29 September 1766. The result of the game is unknown G B Buckley, "Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket", Cotterell, 1935] .

It was last used for a game involving Sir Horatio Mann's XI versus Mr Stephen Amherst's XI on 7 - 11 September 1790. Amherst's XI won by 130 runs Arthur Haygarth, "Scores & Biographies", Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862] . Sir Horatio moved out of Bourne soon afterwards.

References

External links

* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/main.html From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300 – 1787]

Bibliography

* G B Buckley, "Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket", Cotterell, 1935
* H T Waghorn, "Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730-1773)", Blackwood, 1899
* H T Waghorn, "The Dawn of Cricket", Electric Press, 1906