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==Sport== In 1608, according to tradition, Blackheath was the place where [[golf]] was introduced to England β the Royal Blackheath Golf Club<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalblackheath.com/index.lasso?pg=ec7e88a710c7a8e9&mp=cbc638823c5eb85e |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715205035/http://www.royalblackheath.com/index.lasso?pg=ec7e88a710c7a8e9&mp=cbc638823c5eb85e |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2011 |title=Our History: Royal Blackheath Golf Club β The Oldest Golf Club in the world |access-date=15 July 2011}}</ref> (based in nearby [[Eltham, London|Eltham]] since 1923) was one of the first golf associations established (1766) outside [[Scotland]]. Blackheath also gave its name to the first [[field hockey|hockey]] club, established during the mid 19th century. [[File:Blackheath War Memorial in London.jpg|thumb|left|The war memorial in Blackheath]] In the 18th century, Blackheath was the home of [[Greenwich Cricket Club]] and a venue for [[cricket]] matches. The earliest known senior match was [[Kent county cricket teams|Kent]] v [[London Cricket Club|London]] in August 1730. A contemporary newspaper report said "the Kentish champions would have lost their honours by being beat at one innings if time had permitted".<ref>Buckley, p. 4.</ref> The last recorded match was Kent v London in August 1769, Kent winning by 47 runs.<ref>Buckley, p. 52.</ref> Cricket continued to be played on the 'Heath' but at a junior level. By 1890, [[London County Council]] was maintaining 36 pitches. Blackheath Cricket Club<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackheathcc.com |title=blackheathcc.com |publisher=blackheathcc.com |access-date=15 August 2013}}</ref> has been part of the sporting fabric of the area, joining forces with Blackheath Rugby Club in 1883 to purchase and develop the [[Rectory Field]] as a home ground in Charlton. Blackheath Cricket Club hosted 84 first-class [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent County]] matches between 1887 and 1971. [[Blackheath Rugby Club]], founded in 1858, is one of the oldest documented [[Rugby football|rugby]] clubs in the world<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Elders β the world's oldest Rugby Clubs β WhereToPlayRugby News|url=https://wheretoplayrugby.com/news/2020/06/03/the-elders-the-worlds-oldest-rugby-clubs/|access-date=2020-12-03|language=en-US}}</ref> and was located until 2016 at [[Rectory Field]] on Charlton Road. The Blackheath club also organised the world's first rugby international (between [[England national rugby union team|England]] and [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] in [[Edinburgh]] on 27 March 1871) and hosted the first international between England and [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] ten years later β the players meeting and getting changed at the Princess of Wales public house. [[Blackheath Rugby Club|Blackheath]] was one of the 12 founding members of [[the Football Association]] in 1863, as well as nearby [[Blackheath Proprietary School]] and [[Perceval House|Percival House (Blackheath)]]. Along with neighbouring [[Greenwich Park]], Blackheath is the start point of the [[London Marathon]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Course History|url=https://www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/en-gb/news-media/media-resources/history-london-marathon/course-history/|access-date=2020-12-03|website=virginmoneylondonmarathon.com}}</ref> This maintains a connection with [[Sport of athletics|athletics]] dating back to the establishment of the Blackheath Harriers (now [[Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Athletic Club]]) in 1869. One of the Marathon start routes runs past the entrance to Blackheath High School for Girls, home of Blackheath Fencing Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blackheathfencing.org.uk |title=blackheathfencing.org.uk |publisher=blackheathfencing.org.uk |access-date=15 August 2013}}</ref> There is also a long history of [[kite flying]] on the heath.
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