1761 English cricket season
- 1761 English cricket season
The famous Chertsey Cricket Club was active in the 1761 English cricket season but overall there was again a scarcity of games due mainly to the war situation.
Honours
* Champion County [An unofficial seasonal title proclaimed by media or historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted] – inconclusive due to lack of matches during the Seven Years War [ [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/histories/champions.html Champion counties from 1728] ] ] Matches
Other events
Thurs 2 July. The "Whitehall Evening Post" reported the death of Mr George Smith on Mon 29 June at "The Castle" in Marlborough [. He was formerly the keeper of the Artillery Ground and the landlord of the adjoining "Pyed Horse" in Chiswell Street.]Tues 7 July. The "Leeds Intelligencer" (now the "Yorkshire Post") announced a game to be played at Chapeltown the following Thursday (9 July) and this is the first game known of in the Leeds area. Sheffield had been a known centre of Yorkshire cricket since 1751.
Sat 18 July. The "General Evening Post" reported that part of the walls of Bunhill Fields Burial Ground and the Artillery Ground will shortly be taken down to widen that part of the City Road [. See also 28 August 1776.]Thurs 3 September. The "General Evening Post" announced an odds game in Essex with 22 of the county to play the Dartford XI. This is the first known instance of 22 playing against 11. Dartford were to have Tom Faulkner and Durling as given men [G B Buckley, "Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket", Cotterell, 1937] .]First mentions
* Shock White
* Charles Sears (Chertsey)
References
External sources
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1761_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
* Ashley Mote, "The Glory Days of Cricket", Robson, 1997
* David Underdown, "Start of Play", Allen Lane, 2000
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