Sports Archive.
Raby Castle
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14 Sept 2023
Cricket
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1751
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NEHL - In Jack Chapman's book "Cream Teas and Nutty Slack", the first ever recorded cricket match in County Durham took place at Raby Castle in 1751.
An article noted by Chapman which featured in the Newcastle Journal of 10/08/1751 notes "last week a cricket match was played twice over by eleven gentlemen on each side for a considerable wager" with the Duke of Cleveland on one sight and the Earl of Northumberland on another. The first time played at Stanwick in Yorkshire and the second at Raby Castle.
The exact site where the match was played is not known.
Ordnance Survey, 1860
Raby Castle in 1819. Source: Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen by Jones (1819)
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