Caterham Cricket Club is an English cricket club at Caterham in Surrey. The club runs teams in the Surrey County League and plays at Old Cats playing fields in Caterham.[1] The modern club dates from the 1870s.[2]

Historically the club the 18th century and between 1767 and 1770 played matches against prominent teams such as the Hambledon Club and Bourne Cricket Club.[3][4] At this time the club was effectively representative of Surrey as a county. Its home venue was on Caterham Common.[5] The club patron was Henry Rowett, a prominent landowner in the area.

References

  1. ^ Caterham Cricket Club, Cricket World. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  2. ^ Caterham Cricket Club. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  3. ^ ACS, Important Matches, pp. 23–24.
  4. ^ Other matches played by Caterham Archived 20 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  5. ^ Other matches played on Caterham Common, Caterham, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-20.


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