Addington Cricket Club [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Addington Cricket Club
Addington Cricket Club fielded one of the strongest cricket teams in England from about the 1743 season to the 1752 season although the village of Addington is a very small place in Surrey about three miles south-east of Croydon. The team was of county strength and featured the noted players Tom Faulkner, Joe Harris, John Harris, George Jackson and Durling. The team immediately accepted the Slindon Challenge, in 1744, to "play against any parish in England". The only other club to accept was Robert
reconstituted itself as MCC and immediately took responsibility for the organisation, administration and development of the sport, including ownership of the "Laws of Cricket".
It is no overstatement to say that the opening of Lord's and the foundation of (or reorganisation of the gentlemen's club as) MCC in 1787 ended what H. T. Waghorn called "The Dawn of Cricket". The small rural clubs like Chertsey, Dartford, Addington, Slindon and Hambledon were forced to stand aside as progress swept the game beyond their horizons.