Cobham Park (cricket ground)

Cobham Park
Location Cobham, Kent
Coordinates 51°23′38″N 0°25′05″E / 51.394°N 0.418°E / 51.394; 0.418Coordinates: 51°23′38″N 0°25′05″E / 51.394°N 0.418°E / 51.394; 0.418
Establishment 1792
Last used 1879

Cobham Park near Cobham, Kent and located within the grounds of the Cobham Hall estate, was used a cricket ground. It was used as the venue for a single first-class cricket match between a team representing Kent and a Hampshire side.[1]

The ground was used for cricket matches by Cobham Cricket Club between the 1850s and 1870s, including a number of matches against the Royal Engineers Cricket Club.[2] The Hall was owned by the Earls of Darnley and a number of the family were keen cricketers. Ivo Bligh, who became the 8th Earl in 1900, captained the first English tour of Australia in 1882–83, recapturing The Ashes.[3]

The hall was last used for cricket in 1951.[2]

References

  1. ↑ First-Class Matches played on Cobham Park, Cobham, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  2. 1 2 Other matches played on Cobham Park, Cobham, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  3. ↑ Tennant I (2017) Ivo on Ivo, The Cricketer, vol 15, no.2, November 2017, pp.59–61.
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