1767 English cricket season
The 1767 English cricket season was the 24th season following the earliest known codification of the Laws of Cricket. Details have survived of seven eleven-a-side matches between significant teams.
Matches
Seven eleven-a-side match between significant teams are known to have taken place.[1][2]
- 6 July - Greenwich v London - Blackheath
- 4 August - Hampshire v Sussex - Broadhalfpenny Down
- 5 August - Bourne v Surrey - Bourne Paddock
- 21 September - Caterham v Hambledon - Duppas Hill, Croydon
- 23 September - Richmond v Kingston - Richmond Green
- 28 September - Hambledon v Caterham - Broadhalfpenny Down
- 14 October - Caterham v Hambledon - Caterham Common
The first match between Caterham and Hambledon saw Hambledon win by 262 runs, with featured a partnership of 192 runs for one wicket which was described in a contemporary report as "the greatest thing ever known".[citation needed] This is the earliest known century partnership, with one source suggesting it was between Tom Sueter and Edward Aburrow, although contemporary sources do not name the players.[3]
Other events
A report in the Reading Mercury on 8 June advertised a version go the Laws of Cricket for sale in the town.[4]
A game between two teams of five from Richmond and Brentford on 17 August at Richmond Green was attended by King George III. The King awarded a guinea each to the winners and half a guinea each to the losers.[5]
First mentions
Players
- Edward "Curry" Aburrow (Hampshire)
- Sir Horatio Mann, 2nd Baronet (Kent)
- Henry Rowett (Caterham/Surrey)
- Tom Sueter (Hampshire)
References
Bibliography
- ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
- Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell.
- Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Lillywhite.
- Mote, Ashley (1997). The Glory Days of Cricket. Robson.
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.