1797 English cricket season
The1797 English cricket seasonwas the 26th in which matches have been awarded retrospectivefirst-class cricketstatus and the 11th after the foundation of theMarylebone Cricket Club.The season saw 13 top-class matches played in the country.
Richard Nyren,who was a pioneer of the game with theHambledon Clubdied in April.[1]
Matches
[edit]A total of 13 top-class matches were played during the season,[2][3][4]including matches featuring MCC as well asHampshireandSurreysides.[3]
Four matches saw theGeorge Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea's XI play a side organised byCharles Lennox.[3]In one of these Winchelsea is reported to have attempted to introduce a fourth stump and to increase the height of the stumps by two inches. The following year saw a new version of theLaws of Cricketintroduced which raised the height of the stumps but did not introduce a fourth stump.[5][6]
First mentions
[edit]Players who made their first-class cricket debuts in 1797 included:
References
[edit]- ^Mitchell A (2017)Signed and delivered: the high cost of 18th century cricket,Scottish Sport History, 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians(ACS) (1981)A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863.Nottingham: ACS.
- ^abcEngland Domestic Season 1797,CricInfo.Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^First-class matches in England, 1797,CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-29.(subscription required)
- ^C Lennox's XI v Earl of Winchilsea's XI,CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-12-07.(subscription required)
- ^C Lennox's XI v Earl of Winchilsea's XI,CricInfo.Retrieved 2020-12-07.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.