1732 English cricket season
- 1732 English cricket season
Infobox cricket season
season = 1732 English cricket season
imagesize =
caption =
cricket formats = first-class and single wicket
tourists =
county champions = London Cricket Club
knockout cup winners =
national league winners =
most runs =
most wickets =
most victims =
most catches = In the 1732 English cricket season, the London Cricket Club continued to predominate and it was said that its team did not lose a game. But, a team called London did lose to Croydon in May, though it might not have been the London Club "per se" but a team of "London gentlemen". The Artillery Ground came into more frequent use and its Master, Mr Jones, got a mention in one report.
Cricket at this time was still played with two stumps and a bat shaped like a hockey stick, which was the ideal implement for dealing with the rolled ball. There was still no sign of the major rule changes that transformed the sport into its modern guise. Presumably the patrons were more than happy with the "status quo".
Honours
* Champion County [An unofficial seasonal title proclaimed by media or historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted] – London Cricket Club [ [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/histories/champions.html Champion counties from 1728] ] ] Matches
Other Events
There is a reference in "The Craftsman" dated Sat 26 February to Mr Christopher Jones, Master of the Artillery Ground, at the "Pied Horse" in Chiswell Street (which abounded the ground) [G B Buckley, "Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket", Cotterell, 1937] .]The "Whitehall Evening Post" reported on Thu 3 August that there was a "great cricket match" at Kew on Thu 27 July where the Prince of Wales was present [G B Buckley, "Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket", Cotterell, 1935] .]References
External sources
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1732_ENG.html CricketArchive match lists]
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/main.html From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300 – 1787]
Further reading
* H S Altham, "A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914)", George Allen & Unwin, 1962
* Derek Birley, "A Social History of English Cricket", Aurum, 1999
* Rowland Bowen, "Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development", Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
* David Underdown, "Start of Play", Allen Lane, 2000
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