1755 English cricket season
- 1755 English cricket season
In the 1755 English cricket season, a Cambridge University team played matches against Eton College.
Honours
* Champion County [An unofficial seasonal title proclaimed by media or historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted] – London [ [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/histories/champions.html Champion counties from 1728] ] ] Matches
Other events
The "Daily Advertiser" announced on Thurs 12 June that on Monday next, 16 June, the Duke of Cumberland ("aka" the Butcher) would review Lt Gen. Cholmondeley’s Regiment of Dragoons upon Datchet Common, Bucks. After the review a cricket match was to be played for a considerable sum of money [G B Buckley, "Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket", Cotterell, 1937] .]"Thurs 26 June". A "fives" match on Kennington Common in which the London Cricket Club defeated Windsor & Eton by 8 runs. London scored 13 and 22; Windsor & Eton scored 11 and 16. London’s team was Perry, the two Bennetts, Capon and Clowder [.]"Mon 28 July". Joe Harris and another London player against two Surrey players at the Artillery Ground. Result unknown [G B Buckley, "Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket", Cotterell, 1935] .]"Thurs 28 August". An horrific injury to a player who had his right eye "knocked out by a ball". The game was on Kennington Common but no other information was reported [H T Waghorn, "The Dawn of Cricket", Electric Press, 1906] .]References
External sources
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1755_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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