Original sentence: In the years around the turn of the century, club cricket became fashionable in London and matches between the town clubs were popular.It was formed sometime in the first half of the 18th century, or earlier, and its earliest known record is in 1754 when its team played two matches against the prominent Dartford Cricket Club.Woolwich played three more games against MCC at Lord's Old Ground between 1802 and 1804, winning in 1802 and 1803 but losing by 7 wickets in 1806
Edited sentence: In the years around the turn of the century, club cricket was very fashionable in London and matches between the town clubs were very popular.It was formed sometime in the first half of the 18th century, or earlier, and its earliest known record is in 1754 when its team played two major matches against the prominent Dartford Cricket Club.The Napoleonic Wars were by now under way and, as in the Seven Years' War, cricket suffered a loss of investment and manpower that severely reduced the number of matches played.The Woolwich club's ability to successfully challenge Dartford at this time clearly infers that it was a leading club in the 1750s but its new found prominence was short-lived, probably because of the outbreak of the Seven Years' War, during which cricket was impacted with few matches recorded.They generally held important match status, depending on the quality of the teams.Woolwich played three more games against MCC at Lord's Old Ground, winning in 1802 and 1803 but losing by 7 wickets in 1806