Complex sentence: Cricket, and hence English amateur cricket, probably began in England during the medieval period but the earliest known reference concerns the game being played c.1550 by children on a plot of land at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, Surrey.
Split into simpler sentences: Cricket, and hence the history of English amateur cricket, probably began in England during the medieval period but there is no definite reference to the game until the 16th century. The earliest known reference concerns the game being played c.1550 by children on a plot of land at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, Surrey.