Original sentence: It was used as a venue for 13 first-class cricket matches between 1778 and 1806 and as the home of the Alresford Cricket Club.Itchin Stoke Down is first referenced as the venue for the Hambledon Club v Hambledon Parish match in May 1778.The first first-class match known to have taken place on the Down was between Hampshire and All-England in July of the same year
Edited sentence: All-England won by 45 runs, thanks largely to the bowling of Edward "Lumpy" Stevens.Ashley Mote, John Nyren's "The Cricketers of my Time", Robson, 1998.Ashley Mote, The Glory Days of Cricket, Robson, 1997.David Underdown, Start of Play, Allen Lane, 2000.H T Waghorn, The Dawn of Cricket, Electric Press, 1906.In the contemporary records, the venue's name is often shortened to "Stoke Down", which is incorrect, as is a popular notion that it is near Hambledon like the other two famous Hampshire venues of the time: Broadhalfpenny Down and Windmill Down.It was used as a venue for important matches in the 18th century and as the home of the Alresford Cricket Club.Itchin Stoke Down is first referenced as the venue for the Hambledon Club v Hambledon Parish match on Saturday 30 May 1778.The first important match known to have taken place on the Down is Hampshire versus All-England on 6 & 7 July 1778.The game was pre-announced in the Hampshire Chronicle on Monday 18 May as "Hambledon Club v Hambledon Parish with Noah Mann".The result is unknown.This was more in the way of a local match, possibly a practice match by the Hambledon Club and perhaps even to give the venue a trial