This July, Much Wenlock will host the Wenlock Olympian Games, as it has virtually every year since 1850.
On a recent visit, I was shown around the Much Wenlock Museum, newly refurbished in time for London 2012.
In 1864 William Penny Brookes brought the Shropshire Olympian Festival to Shrewsbury from its Much Wenlock home.
Oswestry spread the runs around as they beat Much Wenlock by 66 runs.
Around 1890, he heard about an annual event in the town of Much Wenlock, in Shropshire, called the Wenlock Olympian Games.
Under the proposals, Sunday parking would be free in car parks in Market Drayton, Whitchurch, Ellesmere, Wem, Church Stretton and Much Wenlock.
But the story of the day saw Much Wenlock beat Allscott by 363 runs - the biggest winning margin in the league's history.
Elsewhere, Much Wenlock beat Bomere Heath by six wickets and Reman Services beat Madeley by 24 runs, while Broseley, Albrighton and Allscott all claimed winning draws.
Much Wenlock, widely regarded as the birthplace of the modern Olympics movement, is expecting a large influx of visitors around the 2012 Games.
The Much Wenlock Games was founded in 1850, with the Shropshire town being widely considered to be the birthplace of the modern Olympics.
One shot was fired by officers from West Mercia Police in Much Wenlock during the incident at 16:25 BST on Sunday, a spokesman said.
Albrighton beat Much Wenlock by four wickets, Gareth Hughes hitting 42 after Jason Summers had earlier taken 4-27 in bowling the opposition out for 135.
While the Ludlow seat would lose Bridgnorth, Broseley, Much Wenlock and Worfield, a large part of North Herefordshire would be combined with West Worcestershire around Malvern.
The Much Wenlock Games came to the notice of Pierre de Coubertin, who saw it as a model to revive what has become the modern Olympics.
Broseley (136-8) were beaten by Welshpool (138-2), Shelton (154-7) drew with Much Wenlock (58-9), and rain hit the other games: Albrighton 123-9 against Bomere Heath 35-5, Ludlow 139-8, Quatt 76-5.
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