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Richmond upon Thames' location within Greater London This is a list of sports clubs in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Bowling Barnes Bowling Club, established in 1725 Cambridge Park Bowling and Sports Club, a lawn and indoor bowls club in East Twickenham Mid-Surrey Bowling Club, founded in 1922 North Sheen Bowling Club in Kew Priory Park Club in Kew, which was founded in 1905 ...
Hampton Wick Royal Cricket Club, founded in 1863, [21] is a cricket club at the Royal Cricket Grand Pavilion in Bushy Park. The team currently plays in division three of the Surrey Championship League. The club's first eleven finished the 2006 season as unbeaten champions of the Fullers League Division 2 1st-XI league and gained promotion to ...
The club is unrecorded after 1771. It may have disbanded in the later part of the 18th century and there is no definite modern equivalent. The nearest club to Hampton is Hampton Wick Royal Cricket Club in Bushy Park. This club was established in 1863 and is a member of the Surrey Championship. [4]
Bushy Park in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is the second largest of London's Royal Parks, at 445 hectares (1,100 acres) in area, after Richmond Park. [1] The park, most of which is open to the public, is immediately north of Hampton Court Palace and Hampton Court Park and is a few minutes' walk from the west side of Kingston Bridge.
East Sheen Common covers 18.60 hectares (45.96 acres), consisting of woodland, a cricket field, tennis courts and a bowling green, and is a surviving, small, part of the local common land that pre-existed the creation of Richmond Park. [1] Sheen Park Cricket Club play matches on East Sheen Common's cricket field, [2] which is also a venue for ...
Although Richmond was historically part of Surrey, the club is a member of the Middlesex County Cricket League.When league cricket for clubs around London came into existence, most of Richmond's regular opponents were from North / West London and they therefore joined them in the creation of the Middlesex League, rather than play teams from South London in the Surrey Championship.
The Green is presently home to two village cricket teams each affiliated to two of Richmond's pubs, The Prince's Head and The Cricketers.Midweek matches are contested in the modern limited overs format of Twenty20 usually on a Tuesday or Thursdays, where surrounding village teams compete for the Len Smith Charity Shield.
Kingston Cricket Club is unrecorded after 1767. It may have disbanded in the later part of the 18th century and there is no modern equivalent. The nearest club to Kingston is Hampton Wick Royal Cricket Club in Bushy Park. This club was established in 1863 and is currently a member of the Surrey Championship in the ECB Premier Leagues. [3]