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Folder of notes on 18th century cricket, possibly compiled by Cecil Spiegelhalter and compiled by F S Ashley-Cooper. Includes handwritten lyrics from 'The Kentish Songster' in 1784, scores from the following matches: 1785 Berkshire vs. Hornchurch, Kent vs. White Conduit Club, Dandelion vs. Margate, Buckinghamshire vs. Hertfordshire, Faversham vs. Aldington, Faversham and Sittingbourne vs. Aldington, Maidstone vs. Chatham 1786 Aldington vs. Romney Marsh, All England vs. Kent, Hampshire vs. Kent 1787 Middlesex vs. Essex (first match at Lord's Ground), All England vs. White Conduit, All England vs. Hambledon 1788 Surrey vs. Windsor Forest, Kent and Hampshire vs. All England, Surrey vs. Kent, Kent vs. All England, Surrey vs. Kent, Ipswich vs. Hadleigh, All England vs. Hampshire, Hampshire vs. Kent, All England vs. Middlesex, Surrey vs. Kent 1789 All England vs. Hambledon, East Kent vs. West Kent, Kent vs. Hampshire, West Kent vs. East Kent, Kent vs. Surrey, Hampshire vs. England, Boorman's Side vs. Clifford's Side, Isle of Thanet vs. East Kent, Peckham vs. East Malling 1790 Duke of Dorset's Side vs. Lord Winchelsea's Side (played at Lord's), Kent and Surrey vs. Hampshire, West Kent vs. East Kent 1791 All England vs. Hampshire, Marylebone vs. Kent, Surrey vs. Hampshire, Marylebone vs. Brighton, Sussex vs. Hambledon 1792 Hampshire vs. All England, Marylebone vs. Notts, Kent vs. Essex, Castle Donnington vs. Derby 1793 Eton vs. Westminster, Marylebone vs. Middlesex (played at Lord's), Hornchurch vs. MCC (played at Lord's), Weald vs. Broadwater, England vs. Surrey (played at Lord's), MCC vs. Essex (played at Lord's), Kent vs. MCC (played at Lord's), Maidenhead vs. Marylebone (played at Lord's), MCC vs. Kent, Earl of Winchelsea vs. G. Louch's XI (played at Lord's; Thomas Lord played for G Louch's XI), Henfield vs. Horsham, 22 of Essex and Hertfordshire vs. 11 of Hampshire and Surrey, Eton vs. Old Field Club, Sandwich vs. Broadstairs, Northiam vs. Sandhurst, England vs. Middlesex, Right Wing Encampment vs. Left Wing Encampment (played at Prince of Wales's ground, Brighton), MCC vs. Glebe Club (played at Lord's) 1794 MCC vs. London County (played at Lord's), MCC vs. Middlesex (played at Lord's), Highgate vs. Kentish Town, 11 of England vs. 22 of Middlesex (played at Lord's), MCC vs. Kennington. The folder also contains handwritten notes advising whether or not MCC should purchase the freehold of Grove End Road, circa 1930.

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