#hove

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Royal Brunswick Ground Opens at Hove — Sussex's New Headquarters, 1827

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1827-06-04

In June 1827 the Royal Brunswick Ground opened at Hove — Sussex cricket's new principal venue, replacing the open Steine at Brighton as the county's main fixture ground. The Brunswick was used until 1872 and was the home of Sussex cricket through the great roundarm decades. Its opening confirmed Hove's emergence as a cricket centre and prepared the ground for the 1872 move to the present County Ground.

#roundarm-era#royal-brunswick-ground#hove

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First Documented Cricket at Hove — Sussex Club Match, July 1808

Brighton vs Hove

1808-07-19

On 19 July 1808 a Brighton club side played a Hove village side on a strip laid out behind the church at Hove — the earliest documented cricket match at Hove, and the founding entry of a venue that would, by the late nineteenth century, become the headquarters of Sussex County Cricket Club.

#regency-cricket#underarm#hove