 In 1774, Tankerville sat on the committee that formulated some early laws of cricket.They were settled and revised at the Star and Garter in Pall Mall on Friday 25 February 1774.The meeting was chaired by Sir William Draper and the committee included the Duke of Dorset, Harry Peckham and other "Noblemen and Gentlemen of Kent, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex, and London".