Canterbury Cricket Week ceremonies. As of 2017, there have been 166 Canterbury Cricket Weeks held. The week continued through the Second World War with cricket being held on the ground each season. The politician and journalist Bill Deedes wrote in 2000: "while the Second World War was on, I consoled myself by thinking that Canterbury Cricket Week, founded in 1842 with its tents and famous lime tree, unchanging in a changing world, was the sort of thing I was in business to preserve." Traditionally Canterbury Cricket Week has included a Ladies day with prizes being awarded for the best hat on the day.
Canterbury Cricket Week Canterbury Cricket Week Canterbury Cricket Week was founded in 1842, although a similar festival week was first held in 1839 by the Beverley Cricket Club, the club which was the foundation for Kent County Cricket Club. It is the oldest cricket festival week in England and involves a series of consecutive Kent home matches, traditionally held in the first week in August. Since 1847 it has taken place at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, before that it was held at the Beverley Ground in the same city. In addition to hosting cricket matches, it also includes several other events and