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Eton's Upper Club Ground Formally Organised — 1829

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1829-05-12

In May 1829 Eton College formally organised its Upper Club ground — the principal cricket field of the school — with a dedicated committee, paid groundsman and fixed boundary. The reorganisation marked Eton's transition from informal to fully institutional school cricket and is the foundation entry of the modern Upper Club tradition.

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Earliest Documented Cricket at Stonyhurst College — Lancashire, 1821

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1821-06-15

In June 1821 Stonyhurst College in Lancashire — the leading Catholic public school in England — held its earliest documented cricket match, a house fixture between Higher Line and Lower Line. The match marks the arrival of cricket at Stonyhurst and is the earliest documented major-school cricket fixture in northern England.

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