Southwell CC the early days
Cricket has been played at 'top ground' Southwell since the 18th Century. The earliest reference to the Club, which was then known as the Southwell Cricket Society, appeared in the local Nottingham paper and records an encounter between one 'Humphries of Thurgarton
1787
Thurs., Sept. 6, a match of cricket was played between Humphries of Thurgarton, a member of Southwell Cricket Society, and Hawkins of Newark, which was won by the latter :-
Hawkins 4 Humphries 0
11
15
when the Southwell gentlemen imagining they must lose, a dispute arose; but to the credit of Hawkins he generously played it over again at Newark on Sat. last (8th), a single innings, when again it was decided in his favour.
Hawkins 10 Humphries 0
So certain was the Southwell Society of winning that 6 to 1 was laid on Humphries who they deemed was the best player in England.
During the next fifty years, the importance of Southwell Cricket Club was illustrated by the number of references chronicled in the weekly Nottingham newspaper.
1787
Thurs., Sept. 6, a match of cricket was played between Humphries of Thurgarton, a member of Southwell Cricket Society, and Hawkins of Newark, which was won by the latter :-
Hawkins 4 Humphries 0
11
15
when the Southwell gentlemen imagining they must lose, a dispute arose; but to the credit of Hawkins he generously played it over again at Newark on Sat. last (8th), a single innings, when again it was decided in his favour.
Hawkins 10 Humphries 0
So certain was the Southwell Society of winning that 6 to 1 was laid on Humphries who they deemed was the best player in England.
During the next fifty years, the importance of Southwell Cricket Club was illustrated by the number of references chronicled in the weekly Nottingham newspaper.
