157 years ago, in the estate grounds of Shillinglee in West Sussex, a weird cricket match took place between the home eleven and the 2nd Royal Surrey Militia. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the day when the scoreboard took a pristine form, with not a ...
Shillinglee Park in Sussex had its own cricket ground where W.G. Grace played alongside Indian nobleman Ranjitsinji. The 4th and 5th Earls of Winterton founded Sussex County Cricket Club, but the family home was gutted by fire when Canadian troops ...