The beautiful village of Firle, near Lewes, is hoping to find a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
Residents believe the cricket club, first mentioned in 1725, could be the oldest in the world.
But is it the oldest if there are many other claimants? So far, the Guinness Book of Records could be stumped.
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