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    The White Conduit Club (WCC) was a cricket club based on the northern fringes of London that existed from about 1782 until 1788. Although short-lived...
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    original home of the White Conduit Club, forerunner of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Later it was used by The Islington Albion Cricket Club, who played their...
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  • to the London area where the White Conduit Club had begun in Islington. It is not known for certain when the White Conduit was founded but it seems to...
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  • Edward Hussey (cricketer) (category White Conduit Club cricketers)
    teams and ones organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He was a member of the White Conduit Club before it effectively became the MCC in 1787 and...
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  • Richard Wyatt (cricketer) (category White Conduit Club cricketers)
    Richard B Wyatt (birth and death details unknown) was a noted amateur cricketer in the late 18th century. His career spanned the 1789 to 1797 seasons,...
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  • Harry Walker (cricketer) (category White Conduit Club cricketers)
    Harry Walker (1760 – July 1805) was a noted English cricketer who played mainly for Surrey sides. He was a left-handed batsman who played first-class cricket...
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    a nearby field, White Conduit Fields; a club was formed here, the White Conduit Club, that eventually became Marylebone Cricket Club. The house was rebuilt...
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    Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond (category White Conduit Club cricketers)
    wicket-keeper. An amateur, he was a founder member of the Marylebone Cricket Club. In 1786, together with the Earl of Winchilsea, Richmond offered Thomas Lord...
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  • Richard Newman (English cricketer) (category White Conduit Club cricketers)
    matches for the White Conduit Club and then for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) following its foundation in 1787, and for Hornchurch Cricket Club and early Essex...
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  • Lumpy Stevens (category White Conduit Club cricketers)
    describes an incident where an Ensign Hamilton, a member of the Sevenoaks Vine Club, had a cannonball deflected away from his head by a Sergeant. The magazine...
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