Guildford Bason (or Basin) is a former cricket ground on Merrow Down, on the outskirts of Guildford, Surrey.
Cricket was played on the ground between 1730 and 1786.Guildford Bason, Merrow Down, CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
Sussex lawyer John Baker, a regular spectator at Georgian matches, described some of the matches held in his diary. One is the England v Hampshire game in July 1772 which Baker attended with his parson friend, John Woodward. He writes that Hambledon was already batting when they arrived. It was a cheerful scene and "the Basin on Merrow Down" was ringed by a big crowd of spectators, most of them standing. p. 111.
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