1779 English cricket season
The 1779 English cricket season was the eighth in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecards of five first-class matches have survived.
Matches
[edit]Five first-class match scorecards survive from 1779, four of them matches between England sides and Hampshire XIs.[1][2]
- 14–15 June – Hampshire XI v England – Itchin Stoke Down[3]
- 23–26 June – England v Hampshire XI – Sevenoaks Vine[4]
- 9–11 August – Surrey XI v Kent XI – Laleham Burway[5]
- 23 August – Hampshire XI v England – Broadhalfpenny Down[6]
- 13–16 September – England v Hampshire XI – Moulsey Hurst[7]
Five other matches are known to have been played during the season, including a match between Kent and Surrey at Bourne Paddock in July which was badly affected by rain.[8] Others include early references to cricket in both Berkshire and Oxfordshire.[9]
First-class debutants
[edit]- Berwick (Surrey and Hampshire)
References
[edit]- ^ Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) (1981) A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
- ^ Results, English Domestic Season 1779, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
- ^ Hampshire XI v England, scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
- ^ England v Hampshire XI, scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
- ^ Surrey XI v Kent XI, scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
- ^ Hampshire XI v England, scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
- ^ England v Hampshire XI, scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
- ^ Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell.
- ^ Other matches in England 1779, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
Further reading
[edit]- Altham, H. S. (1962). A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914). George Allen & Unwin.
- Birley, Derek (1999). A Social History of English Cricket. Aurum.
- Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
- Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.
- Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane.