Burghley Park Cricket Club is set in the park of

Burghley House Burghley House () is a grand sixteenth-century English country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire. It is a leading example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, built and still lived in by the Cecil family. The exterior largely retains its Elizabet ...

near Stamford, Lincolnshire. Its pavilion dates from 1892. Lincolnshire County Cricket Club played

Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...

matches at Burghley Park from 1928 to 1990.

John Furley Sir John Furley, CH, CB (19 March 1836, in Ashford, Kent – 27 September 1919, in Oxford) was an English humanitarian who worked to improve medical care both in wartime and at home. He was an active member of the Red Cross from its foundation, ...

(1847 – 1909) was a club captain. W. G. Grace played at the club early in his career.

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