Sir HDG “Shrimp” Leveson Gower, the seventh of 12 brothers, born at nearby Titsey Place founded the Leveson Gower XI that played its first match in 1894 in nearby Westerham and in 1938 defeated the visiting Australian team - Bradman and all !

Known universally as “Shrimp”, he played 3 tests for England in 1910 before going on to become a leading administrator and Test Selector. In the latter role, he is understood to have regaled the Club Xmas dinner in 1932 with the latest news from the “Bodyline” Ashes series taking place over that Winter.

For several years "Shrimp" brought teams of famous cricketers to play at Limpsfield, including W.G. Grace, who played in 1905, aged 57, scoring only 21 runs but taking 7 Limpsfield wickets.

Other players from that era recorded as playing on the green at Limpsfield include Bobby "The Guv'nor" Abel and BJT Bosanquet - best known for inventing the googly - and on another occasion, Jack Hobbs scored 88 runs after “ ...[i]being missed several times by the Limpsfield fielders” (Hobbs was known to "give" his wicket away , particularly in friendly matches, after having amassed the usual large score.

In the attaching image, "Shrimp" is pictured on the occasion of his Birthday celebration at the Bull Inn, Limpsfield, alongside other former England Captains "Plum" Warner, FE Mann and Johnny Douglas.