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Woburn Park
LocationBedfordshire
Home clubWoburn Cricket Club
County clubBedfordshire
Establishmentby 1741
Last used1744

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

  1. ^ Waghorn, H. T. (1899). Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730–1773). Blackwood. p.27.
  2. ^ Maun, Ian (2009). From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750. Roger Heavens. ISBN 978 1 900592 52 9. pp.106–107.