Hambledon Cricket Club, Richard Nyren, and Bat and Ball, Hambledon black plaque

Hambledon, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

The Bat & Ball Hambledon is known as the cradle of cricket and was the first headquarters of English Cricket, although cricket had been played on the South Downs for 200 years prior to that. The modern game was formulated on rules drawn up by Hambledon Cricket Club on Broadhalfpenny Down. This formi

dable cricket club led by Richard Nyren, the landlord of the Bat & Ball, played an All England Team on 51 occasions wining no less than 29 times! Artefacts relating to the origins of cricket can be fo

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