Duppas Hill is at Croydon in Surrey. It was a cricket venue in the 18th Century and is believed to have been used for major matches by the Croydon club as early as 1707 when the Croydon club played the London Club. Croydon is a major suburban town and commercial centre situated 9. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, one of the Home Counties. ... Cricket is a team sport played between two groups of eleven players each. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Events January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal March 26 - The Act of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain. ...

It was certainly in use in 1731 when it is mentioned in H T Waghorn's Cricket Scores 1730-1773 and in two subsequent matches between Croydon and London. The last mention is in 1747. Henry Thomas Waghorn (born 11 April 1842 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 30 January 1930 in Walmer, Kent) was a cricket statistician and historian. ... // Events January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 14 - First battle of Cape...

A public park since 1863, the area contains a recreation ground and cricket is still played there. Indeed, it has a long history of sport and recreation. It is said that jousting took place there in medieval times and the story goes that Lord William de Warenne was treacherously slain there during a joust in 1286. 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Events Margaret I of Scotland became queen of Scotland, end of Canmore dynasty. ...