Played 18 Won 13 Lost 2 Drawn 3
Leicester Chronicle 9
June Kibworth
CC v Smeeton CC at Smeeton, on
Leicester Chronicle 4 Aug In the
Kibworth column of the paper it states: CRICKET. - The first match on the new
cricket ground was
played on Saturday last, between the KCC and the Harborough Victoria
Club. Note: In the Harborough Adverstiser version of the same game
Victoria batted first.
Market Harborough Advertiser: 21 August - Little Bowden CC vs Kibworth CC, This match was played on Saturday, on the club ground at Little Bowden, ending in a victory on the first innings for Kibworth by one run. The scores were: Little Bowden 31 and 39 (for 5 wickets) and Kibworth 32. Of these scores, there were 11 extras on the Kibworth side and 4 for Little Bowden. For the latter club T. Bird made 11 runs and J. Sulley and Hodgson bowled extremely well.
Leicester Chronicle Cricketers’ Dinner. – The annual dinner of the
Kibworth cricket club took place at the Rose & Crown Hotel last Friday
evening, reported in the paper on
Northampton Mercury 3 Nov The Amateur Dramatic society give entertainment the Village
Hall, on Oct. 25th, under the patronage of Colonel Arthur, Colonel Chaplin,
Captain Whitmore, A. M. Cochrane, Esq., and others. The performances were given
for the benefit of the cricket club, who, having to go to new quarters, had to
incur the expense of levelling piece of ground to play on. The first piece was
a drama, entitled Miriam's Crime, which was cleverly put upon the stage. The
second piece was Borrowed Ptumes, which caused much amusement. The performance
was repeated again on the following night, when the hall was crowded.