Hambledon Club: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

Article Images

Content deleted Content added

Revision as of 17:30, 9 September 2021 edit

Jhall1

(talk | contribs)

Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers

13,388 edits

← Previous edit

Revision as of 14:46, 29 September 2021 edit undo

Qwerfjkl (bot)

(talk | contribs)

Bots, Mass message senders

3,947,885 edits

Next edit →

Line 19:

===Thomas Land===

Thomas Land (1714–18 June 1791)<ref>Death date given in this newspaper: {{cite news| title = Home News | newspaper = Hampshire Chronicle/British Newspaper Archive | page = 3 | location = Winchester | date = 27 June 1791}}</ref> seems to have withdrawn from the scene in about 1764. It is believed the [[Hambledon Club]] proper was formed not long afterwards.<ref name=GDC/> Land was interested in hunting and maintained a pack of hounds that earned him recognition as "one of the most celebrated fox-hunters in Great-Britain".<ref>{{cite news| title = Died | newspaper = Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette/British Newspaper Archive | page = 4 | location = Bath | date = 30 June 1791}}</ref>

Land is mentioned in the ''Hambledon Club Song'' written by Reverend [[Reynell Cotton]] in 1767.<ref>{{cite news |last1=F. S. |first1=Ashley-Cooper |title=The Hambledon Cricket Chronicle |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001578/19230908/093/0020 |access-date=7 April 2021 |work=Illustrated London News |date=8 September 1923 |page=20 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Apparently, Cotton was not too concerned about Land having left the club: