Guildford Bason (or Basin) is a former cricket ground on Merrow Down, on the outskirts of Guildford, Surrey.
[1] Sussex lawyer John Baker, a regular spectator at Georgian matches, described some of the matches held in his diary.
One is the All-England v Hampshire game in July 1772 which Baker attended with his parson friend, John Woodward.
He writes that Hambledon was already batting when they arrived.
It was a cheerful scene and "the Basin on Merrow Down" was ringed by a big crowd of spectators, most of them standing.