Noel Pearman (anjppjpp @t cpinternet.com) wondered why the Bennington pub formerly known as the Cricketers was some was some distance from the modern cricket field.

14th century "cricket" from Benny Green's A History of Cricket

The game of cricket is known to have been played in the days of Elizabeth I, and cricket-like games are older than that, although evidence of how they were played is lacking. The first known "Hertfordshire" cricket team match was when a joint Essex/Hertfordshire side played a game against a London team in 1732.

In fact the 1890 Kelly's directory lists four public houses in Hertfordshire as "Cricketers":

• William Boulter had the Cricketers (Now the Lordship Arms) at Bennington
  • I have no information about the early location of the cricket field but a Benington team played a match against Hertford at Ball's Park in 1846. At that date cricket matches (at least the ones for which records survive) were the provenance of the upper classes (and involved heavy betting) - so the Benington "home ground" may well have been on the Lordship estate during the 19th century.
• Joseph Seabrook had the Cricketers at St Albans
  • This public house was on the edge of Bernards Heath, which was the home ground for the Hertfordshire county team (and the St Albans team) for many years until Clarence Park was opened in 1894. The name continues in use. 
• George Smith had the Cricketers at Hitchin.
  • This was the closest building to the Cricket pitch in 1850 and is still open.
• George Thorogood at the Cricketers at Redbourn.
  • Cricket is known to have been played on Redbourn Common since 1666, and it is not surprising that an adjacent public house is called the Cricketers. (still open).

Additional information comes from Simons Cricket in Hertfordshire, Jolliffe & Jones Hertfordshire Inns & Public Houses and my own Bernard Heath research notes.