1753 English cricket season
The 1753 English cricket season was the tenth season following the earliest known codification of the Laws of Cricket. Details have survived of three eleven-a-side matches between significant teams.
A poem, dedicated to the 1st Duke of Dorset, refers to a crimson cricket ball.[1]
Matches
Three eleven-a-side matches between significant teams are known to have taken place.[2][3]
- 6 August - Dover v Dartford - Dover
- 15 August - Two Elevens - Artillery Ground
- 30 August - London v Marylebone - Artillery Ground
Other events
Another match on 7 August between Hambledon and a Surrey XI is the first mention of cricket being played on Broadhalfpenny Down.[4]
First mentions
Players
Venues
References
- ^ Hugh Barty-King, Quilt Winders and Pod Shavers: the history of cricket bat and ball manufacture, Macdonald and Jane's, 1979
- ^ ACS, p.22.
- ^ Other matches in England 1753, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
- ^ Maun, p. 38.
Bibliography
- ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
- Maun, Ian (2011). From Commons to Lord's, Volume Two: 1751 to 1770. Martin Wilson. ISBN 978-0-9569066-0-1.
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.
- Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane.