1821 English cricket season
1821 was the 35th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The Gentlemen v Players match was ended in controversial circumstances.
Honours
- Most runs[1] – Thomas Beagley 181 (HS 113*)
- Most wickets[1] – Thomas Howard 13 (BB 7–?)
Events
- In the Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's Cricket Ground, the Gentlemen conceded the game having gone well behind on 1st innings. Derek Birley commented that it was a "Coronation Match" to celebrate the accession of King George IV and was "a suitably murky affair".[2][3]
- With cricket still recovering from the effects of the Napoleonic War, only a few first-class matches were recorded in 1821:
- 24 May — Cambridge University v Cambridge Town Club @ University Ground, Cambridge[4]
- 3 July — MCC v Godalming @ Lord's Cricket Ground[5]
- 9 July — Godalming v MCC @ The Burys, Godalming[6]
- 16–18 July — MCC v Hampshire @ Lord's Cricket Ground[7]
- 23–24 July — Gentlemen v Players @ Lord's Cricket Ground[8]
- The Gentlemen v Players match marked the final first class appearance of Billy Beldham in a career lasting from 1787.
Debutants
1821 debutants included:
- Thomas Flavel (Surrey)
- William Keen (Sussex)
- William Mathews (Surrey)
- Francis Nicholas (Hampshire)
- William Searle (Surrey)
- Will Caldecourt (Cambridgeshire)
- W C Dyer (Hampshire)
- James Townsend (MCC)
References
- Note that scorecards created in the first quarter of the 19th century are not necessarily accurate or complete; therefore any summary of runs, wickets or catches can only represent the known totals and computation of averages is ineffectual.
- Birley, P.67.
- CricketArchive – match scorecard.
- CricketArchive – match scorecard.
- Haygarth, p.439.
- Haygarth, p.441.
- Haygarth, p.443.
- Haygarth, p.444.
Bibliography
- Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Lillywhite.
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 ofl 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.
External links
- Leach, John (2008). "Classification of cricket matches from 1697 to 1825". Stumpsite. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
- Collins, A. R. (2016). "Historical Calendar". Dr A. R. Collins.
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