1764 English cricket season

The 1764 English cricket season was the 21st season following the earliest known codification of the Laws of Cricket. Details have survived of seven eleven-a-side matches between significant teams.

1764 English cricket season

The 1764 season marks the beginning of the "Hambledon Era" in earnest and it is believed to be about this time that the Hambledon Club was founded. A number of notable players are mentioned in sources for the first time, including three of the greatest 18th century players: Richard Nyren, John Small and Lumpy Stevens.

Matches

Seven eleven-a-side match between significant teams are known to have taken place.[1][2] Chertsey and Hambledon, by now the leading teams in cricket, played each other three times as did Norfolk and Suffolk.

  • 23 August - Norfolk v Suffolk - Bury St Edmunds Race Course
  • 28 August - Romford v Dartford - Romford Race Course
  • 10 September - Chertsey v Hambledon - Laleham Burway
  • 10 September - Norfolk v Suffolk - Scole Common
  • 12 September - Norfolk v Suffolk - Scole Common
  • 17 September - Hambledon v Chertsey - Broadhalfpenny Down
  • 21 September - Arundel v East Sussex - Henfield Common
  • 24 September - Chertsey v Hambledon - venue unknown

First mentions

Players

References
  1. ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS. p. 23.
  2. Other matches in England 1764, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-10.

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.
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