Woburn Park
Appearance
Location | Bedfordshire |
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Home club | Woburn Cricket Club |
County club | Bedfordshire |
Establishment | by 1741 |
Last used | 1744 |
Woburn Park was an 18th-century cricket venue used for important matches, commencing with Bedfordshire v Northamptonshire & Huntingdonshire in August 1741. It is the earliest known cricket match in the county of Bedfordshire.[1][2]
References
- ^ Waghorn, H. T. (1899). Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730–1773). Blackwood. p.27.
- ^ Maun, Ian (2009). From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750. Roger Heavens. ISBN 978 1 900592 52 9. pp.106–107.
Categories:
- 1741 establishments in England
- Cricket grounds in Bedfordshire
- Cricket in Bedfordshire
- Defunct cricket grounds in England
- Defunct sports venues in Bedfordshire
- English cricket venues in the 18th century
- Bedfordshire
- History of Bedfordshire
- Sport in Bedfordshire
- Sports venues completed in 1741
- Sports venues in Bedfordshire
- Bedfordshire building and structure stubs
- English cricket ground stubs