There are regular football matches played at the Hockerill Anglo-European School ’ s all weather pitches on Mondays at 7. 45pm pitch side ready for an 8pm kick-off.

Bishop's Stortford has six outer suburbs: Thorley, Thorley Park, Havers, Bishops Park, St Michael's Mead and Hockerill.

Secondary schools include St Mary's Roman Catholic School, Birchwood High School, Hockerill Anglo-European College, The Bishop's Stortford High School ( commonly referred to as the ' Boys High ') and The Hertfordshire and Essex High School.

* All Saint's Church Hockerill, Bishop's Stortford

Hockerill is, however, a separate ecclesiastical parish comprised originally of the area east of the River Stort, centred around the old coaching inns and All Saints ' Church in Stansted Road and including Bishops ' Stortford Railway Station.

In 1935 the parish church of All Saints ' Hockerill was destroyed by fire and in 1937 a new church, to a spacious, light and airy design by the architect Stephen Dykes Bower, was erected in its place.

The main retail streets are South, Potter, North and Hockerill Streets.

* Russell Brand ( actor )-went to Hockerill Boarding School.

Whichever side holds the Ashes, the urn normally remains in the Marylebone Cricket Club Museum at Lord's since being presented to the MCC by Bligh's widow upon his death.

When Darnley died in 1927 his widow presented the urn to the Marylebone Cricket Club and that was the key event in establishing the urn as the physical embodiment of the legendary ashes.

Abergavenny Cricket Club play at Pen-y-Pound, Avenue Road, and Glamorgan CCC also play some of their games here.

Abergavenny Cricket Club is one of the oldest in the country and celebrated the 175th anniversary of its foundation in 2009.

He nevertheless affirmed his commitment to returning to Twenty20 cricket, and on 27 June 2010 appeared for the Marylebone Cricket Club match against a touring Pakistan team, scoring 37 from 32 balls.

Lara has dated former Durham County Cricket Club receptionist and British lingerie model Lynnsey Ward.

Cheddar Cricket Club was formed in the late 19th century and moved to Sharpham Road Playing Fields in 1964.

* Compton Cricket Club, a California, USA exhibition cricket club

The annual egg jarping world championship is held every year over Easter in Peterlee Cricket Club.

The renamed Emsworth Recreation Ground dates from 1909 and is the current home of Emsworth Cricket Club, which was founded in 1811 and celebrated its Bicentennial in 2011.

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Prior to 1947, the only definition of first-class cricket had been one in Great Britain that dated from a meeting at Lord's in May 1894 between the Marylebone Cricket Club ( MCC ) committee and the secretaries of the clubs involved in the official County Championship, which had begun in 1890.

** Marylebone Cricket Club versus a first-class county

Significant post-retirement activities of earlier Governors-General have included: Lord Tennyson was appointed Deputy Governor of the Isle of Wight ; Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson ( by now Lord Novar ) became Secretary of State for Scotland ; and Lord Gowrie became Chairman of the Marylebone Cricket Club ( Lord Forster had also held this post, before his appointment as Governor-General ).

; Harwich & Dovercourt Sailing Club ; Harwich, Dovercourt & Parkeston Swimming Club ; Harwich & Dovercourt Rugby Union Football Club ; Harwich & Dovercourt Cricket Club ; and Harwich Runners who with support from Harwich Swimming Club host the annual Harwich Triathlons.

* Harwich & Dovercourt Cricket Club

He left Bucklers Mead Comprehensive School at the age of 15 without completing his GCSEs, intent on playing cricket for the Somerset County Cricket Club, although he also had an offer to play football for Crystal Palace F. C.

Only months before announcing his presence on the international scene, Botham played Grade cricket for the University of Melbourne Cricket Club during the 1976 / 77 Australian Domestic Season.

Associate and Affiliate members must play between two and five stages in the ICC World Cricket League to qualify for the World Cup finals, depending on the Division in which they start the qualifying process.

Known as the " Dreadnoughts ", the team continued to play at the Essendon Cricket Ground until the expansion of the Jolimont Railway Yards into the East Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1922 meant that the " Same Olds " were looking for a new home.

At the end of the fourth day's play the Australian Board of Control for Cricket sent the following cable to the MCC in London:

To replace the disgruntled Tasmanians the Melbourne Cricket Club issued a challenge to play any team in the colonies for £ 1000.

The association between the St Mary's Church of England Cricket Club and the establishment of the North Melbourne Football Club is believed not to be formal, rather a general gathering to play some competitive sport.

The Swans play most home games at the Sydney Cricket Ground, while local derbies and larger games against teams such as are played at ANZ Stadium.

Waterlooville Cricket Club play their home games at Jubilee Park, they run 3 Saturday sides and have a youth team.

In other matches that season, Gloucestershire made its first visit to Old Trafford Cricket Ground in July to play Lancashire and this was the match immortalised by Francis Thompson in his idyllic poem At Lord's.

Grace himself had much to say about how to play cricket in his two books Cricket ( 1891 ) and Reminiscences ( 1899 ), which were both ghost-written.

* Stockport Lacrosse Club is founded at Cale Green Cricket Club Davenport, Greater Manchester where they still play to this day.

Cricket saw an increase in defensive play during the 1950s.

Cockfosters Cricket Club and Southgate Compton Cricket Club play at Chalk Lane on fields adjacent to Christ Church.

Orpington Football Club, Orpington Cricket Club and Orpington Lawn Tennis Club play here.

Harefield is home to Harefield Cricket Club, whose first and second teams play their matches at the Woods Cricket Ground on Breakspear Road North.

In 1886, Essex County Cricket Club purchased Leyton Cricket Ground in the High Road, which became their headquarters until 1933, however they continued to play at Leyton until 1977.

The town's oldest sports club is Sudbury Cricket Club, founded in 1787, who currently play in the East Anglian Premier League.

Buxton has a football club Buxton F. C., who play at the Silverlands ; a cricket club, Buxton Cricket Club ; a Buxton Rugby Union club ; and a hockey club, Buxton Hockey Club.

In June 1975 the town was hit by a freak snowstorm stopping play during a game of Cricket.