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===Cricket=== Reigate Priory Cricket Club was founded in 1852, but it is believed that the sport has been played in the town since the 1770s.<ref name=RPCC>{{cite web |url= https://www.reigatepriorycc.co.uk/a/club-history-36078.html |title= Club History |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Reigate Priory Cricket Club |access-date= 13 April 2022 |archive-date= 8 July 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190708093154/http://www.reigatepriorycc.co.uk/a/club-history-36078.html |url-status= live }}</ref>{{refn|[[Thomas White (cricketer, born c. 1740)|Thomas White]], the batsman responsible for the so-called [[History of cricket (1726β1771)#The Laws of Cricket|"wide bat controversy"]] at a 1771 match between [[Chertsey Cricket Club|Chertsey]] and the [[Hambledon Club]], is thought to have lived in Reigate for much of his life.<ref name=RPCC/>|group=note}} The first recorded match at the [[Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground|club ground]] took place in 1853 between teams from East Surrey and West Sussex.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/707_misc.html |title= Other matches played on Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground |publisher= Cricket Archive |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131015010816/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/707_misc.html |archive-date= 15 October 2013}}</ref>
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