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"A to C" was in fact a Kent Eleven and it was a curiosity that they selected only players whose names began with A, B or C while their D to Z opponents, who were in fact a Hampshire team with given men, selected only players whose names did not begin A, B or C. Haygarth in S&B calls it "Hambledon Club with Lumpy versus Kent".
They were both played at Lord's by teams of MCC members supplemented by a few leading professionals including Jem Broadbridge, William Lillywhite, Fuller Pilch and Ned Wenman.
This refers to two matches organised by the Duke of Dorset and the Earl of Tankerville in May 1775, the first one played at the Artillery Ground and the return at Moulsey Hurst two days later.
A team with this name took part in the world's earliest known organised match at Chevening, Kent against opponents called Weald and Upland.
[17] There are some 19th century references but the Chatham club ultimately folded and there is no real modern equivalent, not even in Kent league cricket.
On Tuesday, 26 June 1733, Fulham again hosted Chelsea at Parsons Green, this time for 30 guineas, but the result of this match is unknown.
Lord Chief Justice Pratt presided over the ensuing court case and ordered the teams, as in the London v Rochester match in 1718, to play it out so that all wagers could be fulfilled.
Chingford's involvement is the earliest known reference to Essex cricket but the 1724 venue is uncertain and so not definitely the first match played in the county.
D to Z played against A to C, which was in fact a Kent Eleven and it was a curiosity that they selected only players whose names began with A, B or C while their D to Z opponents, who were in fact a Hampshire team with given men, selected only players whose names did not begin A, B or C. Haygarth in S&B calls it "Hambledon Club with Lumpy versus Kent".
Although sometimes correctly named "East Kent", some of the teams should more properly be called Sir Horatio Mann's XI.
All seven of the matches were against the West Kent equivalent managed by either John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset or Stephen Amherst.
Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet was a noted patron of cricket in Sussex and ran his own team for many years.
Possibly organised by Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet, the team played against Edwin Stead's XI.
The original London club faded in the 1760s and 1770s when it was superseded by Hambledon as the focal point of the sport; its last known important match was against its old rivals Dartford in 1778.
From 1788, there was another London team, possibly unconnected with the original club, which competed against MCC and Middlesex in several matches to 1798.
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, is believed to have been active in cricket patronage for several years but the only match in which he is definitely known to have been involved was one against Arundel in 1702, which his team apparently won.
A team with this name took part in the world's earliest known organised match at Chevening, Kent against opponents called Chalkhill.
Yorkshire was first used as a team name when Sheffield Cricket Club organised a match against Norfolk at Hyde Park from 2 to 5 September 1833.
Most of Sheffield's matches were against other town clubs, notably Manchester and Nottingham, but they called themselves Yorkshire when facing county opposition.
The match arose from a challenge made by William Woolhouse on behalf of the northern counties to the rest of England.