Category Archives: Events

Book signing at the Cricket Pavilion on 22 September

We’re really delighted to be able to announce that there will be a book signing at our London Open House event at the Cricket Pavilion on 22 September.

Surrey and England cricket scorer Keith Booth will be signing copies of his latest book “Lives In Cricket: Tom Richardson – A Bowler Pure and Simple” between 10 am and 12 noon at the pavilion on Cricket Green.

Although there have been a number of profiles and copious mentions of Richardson in cricket literature and his statistical achievements have been well documented, there has not until now been a full-scale biography.  Keith Booth has written a detailed and lively account of Tom Richardson’s life which should appeal to local people because of his long association with Mitcham Cricket Club.

Keith Booth said “I have played on the Cricket Green a few years ago, but that was before I knew very much about Tom Richardson. It is a pleasure to be returning now to where he played his early cricket. It should be a great day.”

Mitcham Cricket Club is the ground where cricket has been played longer continuously than anywhere else in the world – over 300 years.

The pavilion is opening free of charge to the public as part of London Open House weekend between 10am and 5pm.

The London Open House event is being hosted jointly by Mitcham Cricket Club and Mitcham Cricket Green Community and Heritage.

Looking forward to London Open House on 22 September

London Open House is an annual event which takes place every September. Over a set weekend hundreds of locations in London open to the public free of charge, allowing people to see places that in many cases they would not normally have access to.

For the second year we are working with Mitcham Cricket Club to open the pavilion on Cricket Green. It is a fantastic building, stuffed with historic photographs and cricketing paraphanalia. It is unique in being the only cricket pavilion separated from its ground by a main road – the A239, and it is a common sight to see players crossing the road during matches.

The cricket pavilion is open to all from 10.00am till 5.00pm on Saturday 22 September.

The pavilion is one of several Mitcham locations opening to the public and there are many more throughout the borough. More details from Merton Council’s web site.

If you would like to know more about Open House venues throughout London then visit the London Open House web site.

Games on the Cricket Green

A summer evening of games on the Cricket Green has become something of a tradition for Mitcham Cricket Green Community and Heritage members and their friends.

This year’s event looked like it might be a washout. It rained for much of the day. Then, as our start time of 6.30 approached, the rain cleared, and the evening was dry, bright and quite warm.

The most popular game of the evening was undoubtedly croquet, with singles and doubles matches completed. People also played boules and quoites. We threw a boomerang and flew a kite. Oh, and there was a spot of juggling too.

The Cricket Pavilion was opened and serving refreshments througout. Around 40 members and their guests enjoyed a pleasant sociable evening. There are a couple of photos of a croquet game on our Flickr site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcgcandh

Beating the Bounds of Cricket Green Ward 23 June

The Beating the Bounds of Cricket Green Ward took place on 23 June. The 6.5 mile walk around the boundary of the Ward took in both the urban centre of Mitcham and the wonderful expanse of Mitcham Common. The weather was fine, with just one short sharp shower along the way.

Ward Councillors Judy Saunders and Russell Makin were among the party and ably assisted the official walk guide with the provision of useful snippets of information at various stopping points.