Career
He was a keen cricketer who was closely connected with the sport in Kent. On 20 August 1735, Sackville again captained Kent to victory against Sir William Gage"s Sussex at Sevenoaks Vine. Shortly afterwards, the London Evening Post speculated that "the Conqueror" (ie, a decider) between the Kent and Sussex teams would be played in a few days, but there is no record of a further match.
Sackville became the main patron of the Kent team and captained the side in many matches until 1745 at least, but he is not mentioned in the sources after that.
In 1739, Sackville played for London Cricket Club which was having selection problems at the time. The match details were recorded and preserved in what is now cricket"s second oldest known scorecard.
In 1745, Sackville wrote a letter to the Duke of Richmond after Sussex had lost to Surrey and said: "I wish you had let Ridgeway play instead of your stopper behind it might have turned the match in our favour".