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LODSWORTH CRICKET CLUB
Lodsworth Cricket Club
Lodsworth Cricket Club was founded in 1876 and is affiliated to the Sussex Cricket Association. Today the club is based at the Recreation Ground, Heath End Lane in Lodsworth, West Sussex.
"A real village cricket team who play the game in the right spirit."
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Cricket was invented in the 13th Century in the reign of King Edward I. The first major official match was Kent v Middlesex in 1719 and the earliest known Laws of Cricket, the "Code of 1744", give the length of the pitch as 22 yards (66ft), which is one chain or one tenth of a furlong. It actually approximates to the width of a Saxon field or "strip". Unlike football, cricket was essentially a rural game rather than a city game. The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was formed in May 1787. A year later, the Club laid down a Code of Laws, detailing how players could be given out and these laws were adopted throughout the game.
Lodsworth Cricket Club is believed to have been formed in 1876 though we have no documentary evidence of that. But when Andrew Muir and Patrick Atkins revived the Club in the mid 90s they found, stuffed down the back of a locker in the old pavilion (now demolished,) a club cap bearing the insignia LPCC (Lodsworth Parish Cricket Club) 1876. They subsequently adopted the badge, which featured a tree (thought to be the tree outside the Hollist Arms) as the club's emblem. It might equally well have been the tree that stands just inside the boundary in the western corner of the recreation ground. Later John King, who was the Parish Clerk, took over the reins and has been largely responsible for the momentum of the club since the turn of the century.
Admittedly the evidence for a cricket club in the village 129 years ago is thin but we have incorporated the same logo on the Lodsworth Cricket Club fixture card for 2005. We would be interested to hear any other anecdotes on the history of cricket in Lodsworth. Old maps may reveal where the original cricket pitch was located.
Lodsworth Cricket Club is believed to have been formed in 1876 though we have no documentary evidence of that. But when Andrew Muir and Patrick Atkins revived the Club in the mid 90s they found, stuffed down the back of a locker in the old pavilion (now demolished,) a club cap bearing the insignia LPCC (Lodsworth Parish Cricket Club) 1876. They subsequently adopted the badge, which featured a tree (thought to be the tree outside the Hollist Arms) as the club's emblem. It might equally well have been the tree that stands just inside the boundary in the western corner of the recreation ground. Later John King, who was the Parish Clerk, took over the reins and has been largely responsible for the momentum of the club since the turn of the century.
Admittedly the evidence for a cricket club in the village 129 years ago is thin but we have incorporated the same logo on the Lodsworth Cricket Club fixture card for 2005. We would be interested to hear any other anecdotes on the history of cricket in Lodsworth. Old maps may reveal where the original cricket pitch was located.
