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1829 English cricket season

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1829 English cricket season

The 1829 English cricket season saw the earliest known reference to cricket in Worcestershire.

First-class matches

1829 match list

First mentions

Counties

Clubs and teams

Players

Venues

Leading batsmen

Leading runscorers with 265 apiece were Jem Broadbridge @ 18.92 and William Searle @ 20.38

Leading bowlers

William Lillywhite was the leading wicket-taker with 42

References

Bibliography

  • Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827–1840). 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.
  • Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.

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