Cricket in Surrey: National Sporting Heritage Day

National Sporting Heritage Day is celebrated on 30 September each year and provides a focus for championing sporting heritage in the UK.
Surrey has always loved its cricket. Famous residents have contributed to the story: Julius Caesar played cricket for Surrey and England in the mid nineteenth century and J M Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, was a passionate cricketer and had his own team which included celebrities such as PG Woodhouse, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, George Meredith and AA Milne.
To celebrate Surrey’s rich sporting heritage, Robert Simonson, Digital Archivist at Surrey History Centre, and an avid cricket fan, reveals the earliest origins of the game, along with some famous Surrey connections, including Surrey County Cricket Club and the Bedser twins.
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Copies of our booklet Surrey’s Sporting Life (2012), are available free from Surrey History Centre (postage and packaging costs apply) www.surreycc.g....
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Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road,
Woking, Surrey, GU21 6ND
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