1786 English cricket season

The 1786 English cricket season saw the famous Walker brothers make their first appearances in major cricket and the rare dismissal of hit the ball twice was first recorded.

Matches

Leading fielders

Note that many scorecards in the 18th century are unknown or have missing details and so the totals are of the "known" catches and stumpings only. Stumpings were not always recorded as such and sometimes the name of the wicket-keeper was not given. Generally, a catch was given the same status as "bowled" with credit being awarded to the fielder only and not the bowler. There is never a record of "caught and bowled" - the bowler would be credited with the catch, not with the wicket.

References

External sources

* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/main.html From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300 – 1787]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1786_ENG.html CricketArchive match lists]

Further reading

* G B Buckley, "Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket", Cotterell, 1935
* G B Buckley, "Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket", Cotterell, 1937
* Arthur Haygarth, "Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826)", Lillywhite, 1862
* Timothy J McCann, "Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century", Sussex Record Society, 2004
* Ashley Mote, "The Glory Days of Cricket", Robson, 1997
* Ashley Mote, "John Nyren's "The Cricketers of my Time", Robson, 1998
* H T Waghorn, "The Dawn of Cricket", Electric Press, 1906
* Martin Wilson, "An Index to Waghorn", Bodyline, 2005