Wednesday 30 July 1735
Kent v London
Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent

Kent by 10 wickets
Scores: London 73 & 32; Kent 97 & 9-0.

Wednesday 6 July 1737
Kent v London & Surrey
Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent

Kent won by an innings
Kent “maintained their honour, and beat their adversaries at one hands.” The match was completed in a day.

Monday 9 July 1739
Kent v All-England
Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent

Kent won.
This is the first known instance of a team representing All-England. The match was billed as between “eleven gentlemen of that county (i.e., Kent) and eleven gentlemen from any part of England, exclusive of Kent”. Kent, described as “the Unconquerable County” won by a very few “notches (runs)”.

Monday 16 May 1743
Kent v London, Middlesex & Surrey
Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent

LM&S won (Kent forfeited)
Scores at eight o'clock pm: LM&S 97 & 112-3; Kent 69. Play was due to continue next day but Kent “gave it up”. The LM&S team was also described as Lord Montford's XI. Lord Montford was a noted patron of the game. The Kent side was organised by Lord John Philip Sackville.

Friday 24 June 1743
Chislehurst & Bromley v London
Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent

C&B won “with difficulty”.
It was specified beforehand that the game is to be played out, presumably to emphasise a main clause in the articles which were drawn up to define the terms of the wager. In any case, it was completed on the first day of play.

Friday 24 May 1745
Bromley v London
Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent
Bromley won

Friday 12 July 1745
Kent v All-England
Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent
Kent won
Played for a thousand guineas.

Monday 12 May 1746
Bromley v Addington
Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent
Addington won

Saturday 2 August 1746
Kent v All-England
Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent
result unknown
Originally scheduled for the previous day but postponed because “it was impossible for the noblemen and gentlemen to be present on the Friday”.

Wednesday 2 September 1747
Kent v All-England
Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent
result unknown

Thursday 1 August 1751
Bromley v Dartford
Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent
result unknown

Tuesday 30 June 1752
Bromley v London
Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent
match drawn
London scored 52 and 92; Bromley replied with 60 and were 52 for 5 when play ended, presumably because of rain.
The precise venue was the “White Hart” field on Bromley Common. Stakes were £50 a side. Bromley had J Mansfield (Sevenoaks) and Howard (Kent) as given men.

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