One of eighteen first-class county cricket clubs in England and Wales. It represents the county of Surrey and also south London. Since its foundation, its home has been The Oval, (currently, 2017, known as the 'Kia Oval', following a sponsorship deal with the Kia Motors company) in Kennington.
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Surrey County Cricket Club
Apart from the lovely Wall of Heroes plaques, this is the only plaque we know...
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Surrey County Cricket Club
The "D.R. London S.E.5" is puzzling. The Oval is in the SE11 post code, not S...
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
Often referred to as 'Gooners', being a play on the team's nickname of the 'Gunners'.
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Writer on games. Wrote his first book, "A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist" in 1742. Died in London.
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