Cornwall County Cricket Club in St Austell. The first recorded mention of cricket in Cornwall is an advertisement in the Sherborne Mercury on 18 June 1781 for the sale of cattle at St Teath, near Camelford. The advertisement was dated 14 June 1781 and signed by Nathaniel Long and finished with a note, viz "The evening of the same day will be circketed for a very handsome silver-laced hat." According to Bowen (1970) a county organisation is known to have existed in 1813 and the first cricket club in Cornwall was known as the Cornish Cricket Club of Truro. The club moved to a
Rugby union in Cornwall Bill Beaumont Cup (County Championship) five times: 1908, 1991, 1999, 2015 & 2016 From 1984 the finals were played at Twickenham: There are currently 38 clubs affiliated with the union, most of which have teams at both senior and junior level. The Cornwall RFU currently runs the following competitions for clubs in Cornwall: [Olympic 'spirit' too much for Cornwall rugby team against Australia in 1908] Rugby union in Cornwall Rugby union in Cornwall is one of the county's most popular sports and has a large following in Cornwall. The followers of the county side are dubbed Trelawny's Army. In 1991