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Stoneleigh Cricket Club is one of the oldest cricket clubs in Warwickshire and officially the most beautiful ground in England in 2003 as voted by Wisden Cricketer.The club was formed in 1839 by Chandos Leigh 1st Baron Leigh and the ground was established in front of the West Wing of Stoneleigh Abbey for the benefit of his sons William Henry Leigh and Edward Chandos Leigh so that they might continue to play cricket in the summer on returning home from Harrow School.One of the oldest fixtures recorded is a match played between Stoneleigh CC v Harrow School in 1847 at Harrow.