‘The noble game of cricket’
Margaret Brecknell wishes Dorset County Cricket Club a happy 125th birthday
Published in July ’21
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Until 2015, Dorset CCC played regularly at Bournemouth’s Dean Park, shown in this painting by former Gloucestershire and England wicketkeeper Jack Russell
WELVE pairs of gloves valued at a shilling a pair were the stake when in 1738 twelve Dorchester men advertised in the Sherborne Mercury for twelve men from elsewhere to take them on in a challenge match at cricket; whether any opposition was forthcoming is not recorded. By the start of the 19th century, cricket was already well-established in Dorset. In May 1829, the Sherborne …
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