Explore more than 170 years of cricket and sporting life in Eastham through the events, matches, people and records that have shaped its history.
The Timeline
1850s
1854 — Cricket begins at Carlett Park
A cricket wicket was laid on John Torr’s Carlett Park estate, beginning the documented story of cricket in Eastham.
1856 — A cricket match and remarkable surviving menu
A surviving handwritten menu records the food provided for a cricket match on 21 June 1856 — one of the earliest surviving documents in the Cricket Eastham archive.
1910s
1919 — Eastham defeat Ince in the season opener
A contemporary newspaper report records Eastham Cricket Club defeating Ince by ten runs after Eastham made 54 and dismissed the visitors for 44.
1920s
1924 — Eastham v Eastham House
The annual fixture produced a high-scoring match, with Eastham making 162 before Eastham House reached 197 for five, led by F. G. Frost’s unbeaten 101.
1929 — Eastham Cricket Club 1st XI
A team photograph published in the Evening Express on 18 May 1929 provides a remarkable record of Eastham’s players and officials at the end of the decade.