Homerton Cricket Club was based in

Homerton Homerton ( ) is an area in London, England, in the London Borough of Hackney. It is bordered to the west by Hackney Central, to the north by Lower Clapton, in the east by Hackney Wick, Leyton and by South Hackney to the south. In 2019, it had ...

, Hackney and held important match status during the first decade of the 19th century. The club had been established in the 18th century and it first came to notice in 1800 when it played the strong Montpelier team. In 1801, Homerton defeated

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(MCC) at

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by 181 runs. Homerton's first important match was in June 1804 when a combined MCC/Homerton XI lost to

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at Lord's by 6 wkts. Homerton's period of renown ended in 1808 when, despite four

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, the team was well-beaten by MCC in its last important match.scorecard
/ref> In the same year, Homerton lost twice to an Essex XI in minor matches. The club disappeared from the sources after 1808 and disbanded at some point. It must have lost personnel to military duties in the

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which had a disastrous impact on cricket at the time. Homerton Cricket Club was reconstituted in 2012 under Gary Horsman, then president of Chats Palace CC. The reconstitution was agreed at an extraordinary AGM and formalised by a unanimous vote carrying the motion forward. The club plays fixtures in and around Hackney and is a founding member of the Victoria Park Community Cricket League.

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