Corporate Social ResponsibilitySevenoaks Vine is one of the oldest cricket grounds in the world and some people believe it may even be the home of cricket. The club can trace its roots back to the 1730s based on a report of a match in the London Evening Post between gentlemen of Kent and Sussex which took place on 6th September 1734. On that occasion it was Lord John Philip Sackville who pitted his team and his purse against the gentlemen of Sussex! The Sackvilles of Knole were among the many aristocracy of the day who matched their XI’s against neighbouring estates for high stakes, as much as 1000 guineas! So much for Sir Allen Stanford.
So it was, that, in 1773, John Frederick Sackville, the 3rd Duke of Dorset and a great patron of the game presented the Vine Ground out of the Knole Estate to the town of Sevenoaks to be a cricket ground forever.
Burden Dare actively support Sevenoaks Vine CC Old Oaks (the Over 40s side) who play Twenty/20 cricket every Friday evening at 6.00 on the Vine throughout the summer. In 2008 Old Oaks opened cricket week with a game against principal sponsors Savills.
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Sevenoaks Vine CC Old Oaks team tour the Isle of Wight 2007
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