Tim Coleman (cricketer)

Infobox Early Cricketer
playername = Tim Coleman


country = England
fullname = Tim Coleman
nickname =
living =
partialdates = true
dayofbirth =
monthofbirth =
yearofbirth = unknown
countryofbirth = England
dayofdeath =
monthofdeath =
yearofdeath = unknown
countryofdeath = England
batting = unknown hand
bowling = underarm: unknown hand and type
role = player
club1 = London Cricket Club
year1 = c.1720-1740
club2 = Surrey
year2 = c.1720-1740
date = 10 August
year = 2008
source = H T Waghorn

Tim Coleman (dates unknown) was an early English cricketer who played for London Cricket Club and Surrey during the 1720s and 1730s.

Career

Coleman is one of the earliest cricketers whose name has survived in contemporary records. In 1731, a newspaper report of a match at Mitcham Cricket Green on Saturday 2 October refers to him as "the famous Tim Coleman".H T Waghorn, "The Dawn of Cricket", Electric Press, 1906]

The full span of his career is unknown but he must have established his reputation during the 1720s when the London club is known to have played several matches. London was the dominant team in English cricket through the 1730s. [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/main.html From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300–1787] ]

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]

Further reading

* G B Buckley, "Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket", Cotterell, 1935
* H T Waghorn, "The Dawn of Cricket", Electric Press, 1906