Westerham Common

Westerham Common aka Westerham Heath, near Westerham in west Kent, was a venue for senior cricket matches in the 18th century. On Thursday, 28 May 1730, a single wicket match between four men of Kent, captained by Edwin Stead, and four of Brentford was played for £50. This was the first game in what became a tri-series.^[1] On Friday, 10 June 1768, Westerham and Caterham, captained by Henry Rowett, played Bourne, captained by Sir Horatio Mann, in a first-class match which the home team won by 14 runs.^[2] There are no records of matches on the common after 1768.

References

1. Buckley, p. 4.
2. Buckley, p. 56.

Bibliography

• Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell.
• Maun, Ian (2009). From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750. Roger Heavens. ISBN 978-1-900592-52-9.

External links

• Leach, John (2008). "Classification of cricket matches from 1697 to 1825". Stumpsite. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.