How about a relaxing cricket match?

Written by Scott Ross in Bygones and Essex Tales👁 741

Tuesday 24 December 2024, 3.00pm

For this week’s historical feature, Margaret Mills, took us back to watch a cricket match of old.

The match was between THE MEN OF ESSEX and THE MEN OF KENT and took place in two halves.

The first half was staged at THE CROWN INN in Billericay in 1761 with the return match staged two years later at Tilbury Fort.

It seems that this was not a particularly friendly event so perhaps the teams did not buy drinks for one another after the first get together at The Crown Inn.

Certainly the return match turned into a real horror story after one of the team members from Kent was disqualified.

When we talk about a horror story, we’re not joking as the this second half ended with a number of deaths including that of an Essex player and the commander of Tilbury Fort!

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I very much hope you will be able to join me once again next week but in the meantime may I wish you a very Merry Christmas and hope you will enjoy your holiday break and that it will not turn into any kind of horror story!
Scott

How about a relaxing cricket match?

Written by Scott Ross in Bygones and Essex Tales👁 742

Tuesday 24 December 2024, 3.00pm

For this week’s historical feature, Margaret Mills, took us back to watch a cricket match of old.

The match was between THE MEN OF ESSEX and THE MEN OF KENT and took place in two halves.

The first half was staged at THE CROWN INN in Billericay in 1761 with the return match staged two years later at Tilbury Fort.

It seems that this was not a particularly friendly event so perhaps the teams did not buy drinks for one another after the first get together at The Crown Inn.

Certainly the return match turned into a real horror story after one of the team members from Kent was disqualified.

When we talk about a horror story, we’re not joking as the this second half ended with a number of deaths including that of an Essex player and the commander of Tilbury Fort!

If you missed this story you can listen to it again here:-

How about a relaxing cricket match?

Written by Scott Ross in Bygones and Essex Tales👁 743

Tuesday 24 December 2024, 3.00pm

For this week’s historical feature, Margaret Mills, took us back to watch a cricket match of old.

The match was between THE MEN OF ESSEX and THE MEN OF KENT and took place in two halves.

The first half was staged at THE CROWN INN in Billericay in 1761 with the return match staged two years later at Tilbury Fort.

It seems that this was not a particularly friendly event so perhaps the teams did not buy drinks for one another after the first get together at The Crown Inn.

Certainly the return match turned into a real horror story after one of the team members from Kent was disqualified.

When we talk about a horror story, we’re not joking as the this second half ended with a number of deaths including that of an Essex player and the commander of Tilbury Fort!

If you missed this story you can listen to it again here:-

How about a relaxing cricket match?

Written by Scott Ross in Bygones and Essex Tales👁 744

Tuesday 24 December 2024, 3.00pm

For this week’s historical feature, Margaret Mills, took us back to watch a cricket match of old.

The match was between THE MEN OF ESSEX and THE MEN OF KENT and took place in two halves.

The first half was staged at THE CROWN INN in Billericay in 1761 with the return match staged two years later at Tilbury Fort.

It seems that this was not a particularly friendly event so perhaps the teams did not buy drinks for one another after the first get together at The Crown Inn.

Certainly the return match turned into a real horror story after one of the team members from Kent was disqualified.

When we talk about a horror story, we’re not joking as the this second half ended with a number of deaths including that of an Essex player and the commander of Tilbury Fort!

If you missed this story you can listen to it again here:-