Earliest Cricket
The earliest known reference to cricket in the county is the Nottingham Cricket Club v Sheffield Cricket Club match on the Forest Racecourse at Nottingham on Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 August 1771. The outcome of the game was "not determined on account of a dispute having arisen by one of the Sheffield players being jostled"! The match is the first important inter-county match involving teams from either Nottinghamshire or Yorkshire.
This match involved the old Nottingham town club which continued to play first-class cricket into the 19th century.
For information about first-class cricket in the county before the formation of Notts CCC, see : Nottingham Cricket Club
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