Godalming Cricket Club is based at Godalming in Surrey, and was briefly a senior cricket team, playing 12 known

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matches between 1821 and 1825. Its home ground then was

The Burys The Burys at Godalming, Surrey was used as the venue for nine first-class cricket matches between 1821 and 1830.

but is now Holloway Hill recreation ground.

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began his career at Godalming where he attracted local press attention at age 16, in the ''Surrey Gazette''. He helped Godalming beat a Surrey XI at

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in 1849, aged 18, by making scores of 67 and 46.

Recent history

The club now plays home matches at

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's recreation ground in Godalming with clubhouse facilities in the pavilion. It is a CASC registered club with

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. In August 2004 the club played an Old England XI including John Lever,

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and

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in a charity event to raise funds for Chace Children's Hospice. In February 2006, an arson attack destroyed the pavilion at nearby Thursley Cricket Club. Within hours, Godalming had offered the use of its facilities to Thursley. Surrey Advertiser report
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Arthur Haygarth Arthur Haygarth (4 August 1825 – 1 May 1903) was a noted amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians. He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club and Sussex between 1844 and 1861, as well as num ...

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