Cobham Park (cricket ground)

Former cricket venue

Cobham ParkLocation| Cobham, Kent

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Coordinates| 51°23′38″N 0°25′05″E﻿ / ﻿51.394°N 0.418°E﻿ / 51.394; 0.418
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 a single first-class cricket match between a team representing Kent and a Hampshire side.[1]

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.[2] 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 first English tour of Australia in 1882–83, recapturing The Ashes.[3]

The hall was last used for cricket in 1951.[2]

## References

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1. ^ First-Class Matches played on Cobham Park, Cobham Archived 27 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
2. ^ a b Other matches played on Cobham Park, Cobham Archived 31 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
3. ^ Tennant I (2017) Ivo on Ivo, The Cricketer, vol 15, no.2, November 2017, pp.59–61.

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English cricket venues (1771–1825)

* Aram's New Ground
* Bowman's Lodge
* Burley-on-the-Hill
* Cheden Holt
* Cobham Park
* Dandelion Paddock
* Darnall New Ground
* Darnall Old Ground
* Epsom Down
* Forest New Ground
* Holt Pound
* Itchin Stoke Down
* Langton Park
* Lord's
* Lord's Middle Ground
* Lord's Old Ground
* Napps
* Old Field, Bray
* Perriam Down
* Petworth Park
* Prince of Wales Ground
* Racecourse Ground
* The Burys
* Vine Cricket Ground
* Windmill Down

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