 A match, on 13 July 1747, held at the Artillery Ground between a team from Charlton and another from Westdean and Chilgrove in Sussex spilled over into the following day after it was interrupted by crowd trouble.Contemporary records show that women's matches were played on many occasions between villages in Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey.Other matches, often held in front of large crowds with heavy betting on the side, pitted single women against their married counterparts.