Orleans Club Ground was a

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). The first recorded match on the ground was in 1878, when the

Orleans Club The Orleans Club was a London-based cricket club that existed from 1878 to 1888 and took part in four first-class matches. It was founded by C. I. Thornton who had organised occasional teams to play on the Orleans Club Ground at Orleans Road, Tw ...

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. The ground held its first first-class match during the same year when the Orleans Club played the touring

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. Between 1878 and 1883, the ground held four first-class matches, the last of which saw the Orleans Club play

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.First-Class Matches played on Orleans Club Ground
/ref> This was the last recorded match held on the ground. Today defunct, the ground would have been located near to Orleans Road in Twickenham.

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