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Exploring how one man’s love for the game shaped local and international cricket history.Explore the story of Henry North Holroyd, the 3rd Earl of Sheffield, and his enduring love and patronage of cricket. From childhood cricket games and playing in local matches, to creating a world class cricket pitch and hosting the Australian Cricket Team in 1896 in a match attended by 25,000 people including the Prince of Wales.
Discover his pivotal influence over the railway being constructed in the local area, and his extravagant hosting. Explore his enduring legacy to Cricket locally in Sussex through his patronage of the Sussex Cricket Club, as well as his legacy international through funding and accompanying the England team to Australia in 1891-92 for the Ashes and donating money for the iconic Sheffield Shield which is still competed for today by the Australian states.
This is a joint exhibition between Sheffield Park and Garden, the Sussex Cricket Museum, and the Bluebell Railway Museum.
This exhibition will be running from Saturday 27th September to Sunday 23rd November at Sheffield Park and Garden, in Peacock Place, adjacent to the Coach House Café.
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Sheffield Park, TN22 3QX Uckfield, United Kingdom, Uckfield, United Kingdom
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