1755 English cricket season
The 1755 English cricket season was the 12th season following the earliest known codification of the Laws of Cricket. Details have survived of five eleven-a-side matches between significant teams, including the first time in which a Cambridge University side is known to have played.
Matches
Five eleven-a-side matches between significant teams are known to have taken place.[1][2]
- 3 June - Cambridge University v Eton College - Cambridge
- 5 June - Cambridge University v Eton College - Cambridge
- 10 July - Hampton v Kingston - Hampton Court Green
- 21 July - London v Waltham - Artillery Ground
- 8 August - London v Middlesex & Surrey - Artillery Ground
Other events
On 28 August an injury to a player who had his right eye "knocked out by a ball" was reported to have occurred during a game was on Kennington Common.[3]
References
- ^ ACS, p.22.
- ^ Other matches in England 1755, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ Waghorn.
Bibliography
- ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
- Waghorn, H. T. (1906). The Dawn of Cricket. Electric Press.
Further reading
- 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.
- Maun, Ian (2011). From Commons to Lord's, Volume Two: 1751 to 1770. Martin Wilson. ISBN 978-0-9569066-0-1.
- Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane.