The earliest known match involving a team from Dartford took place in 1722, against London,[1] but the club's own website says it was formally established in 1727.
[2] The club is still in existence and now plays in the Kent Cricket League.
Dartford players were reckoned by Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, writing in his diary in 1723, to "lay claim to the greatest excellence" among English cricketers.
The club originally used Dartford Brent, an area of common land, as its ground.
By the end of the 18th century it had moved to Bowman's Lodge on Dartford Heath before its current ground at Hesketh Park was established in 1905.