1739 English cricket season
- 1739 English cricket season
Infobox cricket season
season = 1739 English cricket season
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cricket formats = first-class and single wicket
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county champions = Kent
knockout cup winners =
national league winners =
most runs =
most wickets =
most victims =
most catches = In the 1739 English cricket season, there were again very few match reports. The first Kent "versus" All-England games are a sign of very important matches to come.
The earliest known cricket picture was first displayed this year. It is an engraving called "The Game of Cricket" by Hubert-François Gravelot (1699 – 1773) and shows two groups of cherubic lads gathered around a batsman and a bowler. The wicket shown is the "low stool" shape, probably convert|2|ft|m|sing=on wide by convert|1|ft|m|sing=on tall, naturally with two stumps and a single bail. Gravelot helped to establish the French Rococo style in English publishing and was one of the most celebrated illustrators of the time. He worked in England 1732 – 1745, opening a drawing school on the Strand which had Thomas Gainsborough (1727 – 1788) among its pupils.
Honours
* Champion County [An unofficial seasonal title proclaimed by media or historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted] – Kent [ [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/histories/champions.html Champion counties from 1728] ] ] Matches
First mentions
* John Bowra
References
External sources
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1739_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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