"The earliest recorded game of cricket was played at Croxheath, Kent in 1646. " https://en.wikipedia.org. However there are references to cricket dating back as far as 1300. There are mentions of cricket through the 1500's and 1600's where people were prosecuted or fined for playing on a Sunday.
The first recorded women's game of cricket was played in Surrey in 1745.
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