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This is a season about which little is known. A match in June between Sussex and Hampshire is the earliest reference to Hampshire as an individual county team. Whether the Hambledon Club was involved is unrecorded but presumably it was. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The Stamp Act was repealed but, at the same time, the Marquess Of Rockingham passed the Declaratory Act which was a firm statement of imperial intent and asserted the complete authority of Parliament to make binding laws on the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever". Internal dissension within the government caused Rockingham to resign from office in July. Rockingham became an opposition leader for the next 16 years, strenuously objecting to Britain’s North American policies. The new prime minister (till 1768) was William Pitt (the Elder), 1st Earl Of Chatham . MATCHES No details are known of the game at Bourne apart from a mention in the ''Kentish Weekly Post''. The choice of Dartford Brent as the venue for the Chertsey v Hambledon match seems strange as it was neutral. ARTICLE AND MATCH SOURCES The above information is essentially driven out of various historical notes that have been accumulated over many years and so sources used originally may have been overlooked for the moment. But the sources certainly include:
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