Orleans Club Explained

The Orleans Club was a London-based cricket club that was founded in 1878 and played four first-class matches.^[1] Its teams were organised by C. I. Thornton,^[2] who had organised occasional teams to play on the Orleans Club Ground at Orleans Road, Twickenham, both the club and ground taking the name of the address.

Notes and References

1. Web site: First-class matches played by the Orleans Club . CricketArchive . 28 May 2013.
2. A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles, second edition, 1982, p. 26. Nottingham: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online. Retrieved 29 February 2024.)