1805 English cricket season
In the 1805 English cricket season, Lord Frederick Beauclerk became the first batsman known to have scored two first-class centuries in the same season.
Honours
- Most runs[1] – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 468 (HS 129*)
- Most wickets[1] – William Lambert 20
Events
- Lord Frederick Beauclerk became the first batsman known to have scored two first-class centuries in a season when he made 129* for Hampshire v All-England in July and 102 for All-England v Surrey in August.
- In what was the first definitely recorded Eton v Harrow match at Lord's Old Ground, the future poet Lord Byron played for Harrow.[2]
- With the Napoleonic War continuing, loss of investment and manpower impacted cricket and only 6 first-class matches have been recorded in 1805:
- 24 June — All-England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground[3]
- 1–3 July — All-England v Hampshire @ Lord's Old Ground[4]
- 8–10 July — All-England v The Bs @ Lord's Old Ground[4]
- 15–16 July — All-England v Hampshire @ Lord's Old Ground[5]
- 5–7 August — All-England XII v Surrey XII @ Lord's Old Ground[6]
- 13–14 August — All-England XII v Surrey XII @ Lord's Old Ground[7]
Debutants
1805 debutants included:
- Windebank (Hampshire)
References
- ^ a b Note that scorecards created in the first quarter of the 19th century are not necessarily accurate or complete; therefore any summary of runs, wickets or catches can only represent the known totals and computation of averages is ineffectual.
- ^ Haygarth, p.319.
- ^ Haygarth, p.315.
- ^ a b Haygarth, p.316.
- ^ Haygarth, p.317.
- ^ Haygarth, p.320.
- ^ Haygarth, p.321.
Bibliography
- Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Lillywhite.
Additional reading
- ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
- 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.
- Britcher, Samuel, A list of all the principal Matches of Cricket that have been played (1790 to 1805), annual series
- Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.
External links
- Classification of cricket matches from 1697 to 1825
- CricketArchive – 1805 first-class matches list
- CricketArchive – 1805 other matches list
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