Chislehurst Cricket Club is based in Chislehurst,

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. Historically the club played several top-class matches in the 18th century. Its home venue was at

Chislehurst Common Chislehurst Common is an open space in Chislehurst in the London Borough of Bromley in south-east London. It is jointly managed with St Paul's Cray Common. The common was used for cricket matches in the 18th century. It was the home venue of Ch ...

History

Chislehurst is first recorded in July 1738 when it played

London Cricket Club The original London Cricket Club was formed in 1722 and was one of the foremost clubs in English cricket over the next four decades, holding important match status. It is closely associated with the Artillery Ground, where it played most of i ...

on Chislehurst Common. A rematch was quickly arranged and took place at the

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a week later, with a third match at the same venue played in September.Miscellaneous matches played by Chislehurst
CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 December 2020. Chislehurst played London each season from 1738 to 1741. In 1743, a combined Chislehurst and Bromley XI played London in two matches and, in 1746, a combined Chislehurst and London team played Addington.

Today

Cricket is still played on Chislehurst Common as the

Chislehurst and West Kent Cricket Club Chislehurst Cricket Club is based in Chislehurst, Kent. Historically the club played several top-class matches in the 18th century. Its home venue was at Chislehurst Common. History Chislehurst is first recorded in July 1738 when it played London ...

has its ground there on the appropriately named Cricket Ground Road. The club is an amalgamation of two 19th-century clubs. The

West Kent Cricket Club West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some R ...

was originally based in

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but lost its ground in 1821 due to the enclosure of Bromley Common. The club was rescued by an offer from the Chislehurst authorities to let them establish a new ground on Chislehurst Common. In 1876, three small local clubs amalgamated and called themselves the Chislehurst Cricket Club and agreement was reached so that the two clubs shared Cricket Ground Road for the next 100 years. West Kent CC was dissolved in 1980 and the Chislehurst club, now known as the Chislehurst and West Kent Cricket Club, has sole use of the ground.CWKCC website
. Retrieved on 28 June 2009.

References

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