A few years later, a Leicestershire & Rutland Cricket Club was taking part in important matches.
Note that in some contemporary reports the club is called simply Leicester but the personnel involved are the same whichever title is used.
It is evident that by this time these teams were representative of their counties and, in 1791, they were both deemed good enough to play against MCC, but they were both well beaten.
Leicester's game against MCC was played at Burley-on-the-Hill in Rutland, which was the Earl of Winchilsea's country retreat, used as his base for foxhunting parties.
In a further game at Leicester in 1800, Nottingham won by an innings and the old Leicestershire & Rutland club seemed to fade away after that, apart from a couple of mentions in the early 19th century.