1753 English cricket season

1753 English cricket season

1753 was the 57th English cricket season since the earliest known important match was played. Details have survived of three important eleven-a-side and one single wicket matches.

A poem, dedicated to the 1st Duke of Dorset, refers to a crimson cricket ball.[1] It may have been made by Mr Clout, whose firm was in Sevenoaks where the Dukes of Dorset reside at Knole House.

Important matches

The following matches are classified as important:[note 1]

date match title venue result source
6 & 7 August (M-Tu) Dover v Dartford [2] Dover Dover won by 7 runs [3]
notes

Dover scored 57 and 83; Dartford scored 95 and 38. This is the first significant mention of Dover in cricket history. Dartford remained a premier club through the 1750s so presumably this was a shock result.

7 & 8 August (Tu-W) Hambledon v Surrey Broadhalfpenny Down Hambledon won by 113 runs [4]
notes

Hambledon scored 202 and 105; Surrey scored 131 and 63. This is the first mention of cricket being played on Broadhalfpenny (discovered in the Salisbury Journal in 2011). John Lucas, of Portsmouth, scored 82 in Hambledon's first innings.

15 August (W) Two Elevens [2] Artillery Ground result unknown [3]
notes

This was a benefit match for Mr Anderson of the Dial in Long Alley, Moorfields. There was a well-known player called William Anderson, first mentioned in 1745, so possibly this was he. The two elevens were made up of various players from the general London area with "the best bowlers to be parted".

30 August (Th) London v Marylebone [2] Artillery Ground result unknown [3]
notes

Marylebone (no connection with MCC) had Tall Bennett and William King as given men.

Single wicket

Monday, 10 September. Two of London were to play Tom Faulkner and Joe Harris for £20 at the Artillery Ground.[2]

Other events

    First mentions

    Counties

      Clubs and teams

        Players

        Venues

          Notes

          1. ↑ First-class cricket was officially defined in May 1894 by a meeting at Lord's of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the county clubs which were then competing in the County Championship. The ruling was effective from the beginning of the 1895 season. Pre-1895 matches of the same standard have no official definition of status because the ruling is not retrospective and the important matches designation, as applied to a given match, is based on the views of one or more substantial historical sources. For further information, see First-class cricket, Forms of cricket and History of cricket.

          References

          1. ↑ Hugh Barty-King, Quilt Winders and Pod Shavers: the history of cricket bat and ball manufacture, MacDonald and James, 1979
          2. 1 2 3 4 G B Buckley, Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket, Cotterell, 1935
          3. 1 2 3 ACS, Important Matches, p. 23.
          4. ↑ Maun, p. 38.

          Bibliography

          • Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell.
          • McCann, Tim (2004). Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century. Sussex Record Society.
          • Maun, Ian (2011). From Commons to Lord's, Volume Two: 1751 to 1770. Martin Wilson. ISBN 978-0-9569066-0-1.
          • Waghorn, H. T. (1899). Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730–1773). Blackwood.
          • Waghorn, H. T. (1906). The Dawn of Cricket. Electric Press.
          • Wilson, Martin (2005). An Index to Waghorn. Bodyline.

          Further 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.
          • Buckley, G. B. (1937). Fresh Light on pre-Victorian Cricket. Cotterell.
          • Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.
          • Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane.
          • Leach, John (2008). "Classification of cricket matches from 1697 to 1825". Stumpsite. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
          • Leach, John (2007). "From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300 – 1787". Stumpsite. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
          • Collins, A. R. (2016). "Historical Calendar". Dr A. R. Collins.
          This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.