48 Mote Road

Maidstone

https://whatpub.com/cricketers

Above photo, date unknown, kindly sent by Tina Fisher.

Above photo date unknown.

Above photo circa 1980s. From Stephanie Cole.

Above image from Google maps August 2012.

Above aluminium card issued May 1949. Sign series 1 number 22.

Above sign left, 1978, sign right, September 2005. With thanks from Brian Curtis www.innsignsociety.com.

Above photo, 1966, off to see a world cup game.

Above photo, 1994, showing the dart team after a 24 hour marathon to raise funds for a kids charity. Showing Bud Flanagan, Dennis Beaton, Steve Cook, Misky Malcolm Plant. Not sure who is who though and one missing name.

In 1869-70 the pub was part of a consortium who were advertising their goods of selling tea in response to grocers' selling beer and wine. (Click for further details.) In the above advert this pub was identified as the "Three Cricketer's".

A the end it was a Punch Tavern owned premises who sold it on 16 May 2007.

By 2019 the pub had closed and a change of use had been implemented to a residential hostel run by Homeless Care Ltd.

Looks like it sold for £550,000 on 26 August 2021. Going to be converted into flats, so another one lost forever.

Above photo 2022.

LICENSEE LIST

MILTON W 1869-70+

PUNNETT George T 1871+ (also plumber & glazier master age 37 in 1871)

ROUS C 1882+

DITCHER George Thomas ????

WALKER James Albert 1903+

THORNE Augustus 1911-13+ (age 24 in 1911)

THOR|NE Florence Mrs 1918+

THORNE A 1922+

BILLS William Thomas 1930+

BRITTAIN George Charles 1938+

https://pubwiki.co.uk/Cricketers.shtml

http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/cricketers.html