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Gore Court

Cricket grounds in KentEnglish cricket ground stubsSport in SittingbourneSports venues completed in 1860
Gore Court Cricket Club geograph.org.uk 676238
Gore Court Cricket Club geograph.org.uk 676238

The Grove, Gore Court is a sports ground in Sittingbourne in Kent. It is used for cricket and hockey by Gore Court. The ground is to the west of the centre of Sittingbourne, along the main A2 London road. The first recorded cricket match on the ground was in 1860, when the Gentlemen of Kent played the Gentlemen of Berkshire. The Kent County Cricket Club Second XI first used the ground in the 1930 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. From 1930 to 1997, the ground held a combined total of 38 Second XI fixtures for the Kent Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship, Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy.In the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup, the ground held a single match between Young England women and Jamaica women.The ground is the home venue of Gore Court Cricket Club who play in the Kent Cricket League and have used the ground since 1929. The club's previous ground was on Bell Road in the centre of the town. Gore Court Hockey Club has shared the ground since 1930 and formally merged with the cricket club after the Second World War. The ground was used for Hockey County Championship matches between 1967 and the early 1980s. Jason Lee, who went on to coach the England and Great Britain men's teams and the England women's team, played for the club and represented Great Britain at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games.

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Gore Court
Lownds Court, London Plaistow (London Borough of Bromley)

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BR1 3EA London, Plaistow (London Borough of Bromley)
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White Hart Field

White Hart Field was a cricket ground in Bromley in south-east London. The ground, which was in the county of Kent until 1965, was on an area of open space and farm land which stretched from Bromley Palace to Widmore Green. The area was used regularly for cricket in the 18th century and the cricket field was at the back of the White Hart Inn which it was named after, although the only recorded matches on the ground took place in the 1840s.Teams representing Kent played two matches on the ground in 1841 and 1842 against an England team. The second match, which took place in August 1842, marks the first match which Kent County Cricket Club played after the official formation of the club during the 1842 Canterbury Cricket Week. These two matches were retrospectively awarded first-class cricket status. The final recorded match on the ground took place in 1847 when the Gentlemen of Kent played the Gentlemen of Surrey. The ground was the home ground of Bromley Cricket Club between 1856 and 1886.The field where the ground was located was in private ownership until 1897 when it was donated to the town of Bromley to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria with part of the field becoming an ornamental park. Originally named Victoria Gardens, the site of the ground is now part of Queens Gardens managed by Bromley Borough Council alongside The Glades shopping centre. The area is no longer used for cricket and the ground itself is no longer physically in existence although a plaque marks the former use of the gardens.