Nottingham Cricket Club was an English

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club which played in

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during the 18th and 19th centuries. Matches have been recorded between 1771 and 1848 and the team played in 15

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between 1826 and 1848. The earliest reference to cricket in the county of

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is a match between Nottingham and

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at the Forest Racecourse in Nottingham in August 1771. In many sources, the Nottingham team is called the "Nottingham Old Club" or as the "town club" to distinguish it from

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, which began playing in the 1840s. Nottinghamshire as a county team played its first inter-county match versus

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at Brown's Ground in

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in August 1835,First-class matches played by Nottinghamshire
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-27. with early matches probably being organised by the town club. There is still a Nottingham Cricket Club, known as Nottinghamians which is part of the

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club of that name.

First-class matches played by Nottingham Cricket Club

Nottingham played 15 first-class matches between July 1826 and August 1848. Their first first-class opponents were a Sheffield and Leicester side. Their opponents were most frequently Sheffield, with 12 of the 15 matches against this side. The team also played two matches against the

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.First-class matches played by Nottingham
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-27.

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First-class matches played by Nottingham Cricket Club

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