Jasper Vinall

Jasper Vinall

Infobox Early Cricketer
playername = Jasper Vinall


country = England
fullname = Jasper Vinall
partialdates = true
yearofbirth = 1590
countryofbirth = England
yearofdeath = 1624
placeofdeath = Horsted Keynes, East Sussex
countryofdeath = England
role = village cricket player
club1 = West Hoathly
year1 = c.1620-1624
date = 20 June
year = 2008
source = T J McCann

Jasper Vinall (born c. 1590; died 28 August 1624 at Horsted Keynes, East Sussex) was the first cricketer known to have been killed while playing the game.

Incident

The fatality occurred when Vinall, a fielder, was struck on the head by the batsman who was trying to hit the ball a second time to avoid being caught. Mr Vinall is thus the earliest recorded cricketing fatality. The matter was recorded in a coroner’s court, which returned a verdict of misadventure Timothy J McCann, "Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century", Sussex Record Society, 2004] .

An interesting point arising from the court record is that both Jasper Vinall and the batsman Edward Tye came from West Hoathly , another village, which indicates that games involving teams from different parishes were already being played at this early time in the sport's history [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/ladstolords/1601.html#1621 From Lads to Lord's – 1624] ] .

The tragedy was repeated in 1647 when Henry Brand was killed at Selsey, West Sussex .

Laws of Cricket changed

When the first known Laws of cricket were coded in the 1744 season, it was illegal to hit the ball twice. It is not known when the measure was introduced [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/ladstolords/1741.html#1744 From Lads to Lord's – 1744] ] .

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.lords.org/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/laws/ The official laws of cricket]

Bibliography

* 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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