Cobham Park (cricket ground)
Interactive map of Cobham Park | |
| Location | Cobham, Kent |
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| Coordinates | 51°23′38″N 0°25′05″E / 51.394°N 0.418°E |
| Establishment | 1792 |
| Last used | 1879 |
Cobham Park near Cobham, Kent and located within the grounds of the Cobham Hall estate, was used a cricket ground. It was used as the venue for an inter-county match between Kent and Hampshire.
The ground was used for cricket matches by Cobham Cricket Club between the 1850s and 1870s, including a number of matches against the Royal Engineers Cricket Club. The Hall was owned by the Earls of Darnley and a number of the family were keen cricketers. Ivo Bligh, who became the 8th Earl in 1900, captained the English tour of Australia in 1882–83, recapturing The Ashes.[1]
The hall was last used for cricket in 1951.
References
- ↑ Tennant, Ivo (2017) Ivo on Ivo, The Cricketer, vol 15, no.2, November 2017, pp. 59–61.
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