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North chapel, Thomas Brett of Catherington, 

 Peter Stewart of Hambledon, landlord of the 

 Green Man Inn, John Freeman tie of Alresford, 

 David Harris of Crookham, Edward Aburrow 

 of Hambledon, George Leer, also of Hamble- 

 don, Thomas Lord of Westmeon, John Wells 

 of Wrecclesham, and William Beldham, also of 

 the same place, who died aged ninety-seven. 



The true old Hambledon Club broke up 

 about 1791, though, according to an account 

 of it m " Lilly white's Cricket Scores," vol. i. 

 p. 114, furnished by Mr. Thomas Smith of Fir 

 Hill, Droxford, it would appear that it existed 

 in some form or other until the year 1825. 

 He says: "This club contained on its list of 

 members at one time all the principal players 

 of the kingdom, amongst whom w T ere many 

 titles of distinction, and up to the nineteenth 

 century all the gentlemen in the neighbour- 

 hood belonged to it. Amongst them were 

 some great patrons of the game — Messrs: 

 Bonham, Cole, King, Poulter, Hall, &c. &c. 

 Since that the club was kept up with great 

 spirit, including the names of Messrs. W. 

 Ward, Gage, Shakespeare, Delme, Butler, 

 Smith, Dampier, Lushington, Higgins, Morris, 

 Worsley, Richards, Forster. Amongst the 

 players we find old John Small, Lumpy (the 



