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The history of women's cricket can be traced back to a report in The Reading Mercury on 26 July 1745 and a match that took place between the villages of Bramley and Hambledon near Guildford in Surrey.[1]
The Mercury reported:
- "The greatest cricket match that was played in this part of England was on Friday, the 26th of last month, on Gosden Common, near Guildford, between eleven maids of Bramley and eleven maids of Hambledon, all dressed in white. The Bramley maids had blue ribbons and the Hambledon maids red ribbons on their heads. The Bramley girls got 119 notches and the Hambledon girls 127. There was of bothe sexes the greatest number that ever was seen on such an occasion. The girls bowled, batted, ran and catches as well as most men could do in that game."[2]
- ^ Judy Threlfall-Sykes (October 2015). A History of English Women's Cricket, 1880–1939 (PDF) (Thesis). pp. 55–56. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Recorded by G B Buckley in Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. See also: History of Women's Cricket