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Lot 360
17th c Oak Cricket Coffer From Hambledon Cricket Club – The Home of Cricket. Remarkable piece of Cricketing History comprising C.17th oak coffer which originated from The Bat And Ball Inn Hambledon, The Headquarters of the original Hambledon Cricket Club, which prior to 1787 drew up the original laws and rules regulating the game, laying the foundation for cricket as national game. The chest was removed in 1927 from The Bat and Ball Inn and comes with hand written note on linen which was attached to the lid of the coffer and reads as follows "This Jacobean coffer was removed in 1927 from The Bat and Ball Inn, Hambledon, Hampshire. This inn was the Headquarters of the Original Hambledon Cricket Club, which prior to 1787 exercised the functions of the present MCC. In this chest players for many years kept their appurtenances. The chest probably dates from the middle of the 17th century". Hambledon first played an All-England XI in 1778 and a further 29 times over the next 10 years during which time Hambledon beat All England. Further newspaper cuttings and hand written notes accompany the lot
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