1775 English cricket season
- 1775 English cricket season
In the 1775 English cricket season, an incident in a single wicket contest led to demands for the third stump in the wicket.
Matches
Other Events
The earliest known reference to cricket in Huntingdonshire, always a minor county, was in 1775 (see Bowen).
Mon 22 – Tues 23 May. Demands for a third stump were voiced after a single wicket match at the Artillery Ground in which Edward "Lumpy" Stevens beat John Small at least three times only for the ball to pass through the wicket, which at that time still consisted of two uprights and a crosspiece, without disturbing it. Although the petition was granted soon afterwards, research has discovered that the introduction of the third stump in practice was gradual and the two stump wicket did continue for a number of years yet.
Mon 29 May. WDC records a game at Oldfield Bray between the Maidenhead and Risborough clubs with Lumpy assisting the former. This is the first reference found that is specific to the Maidenhead ("aka" Oldfield) Club at Oldfield Bray. This club shortly became synonymous with Berkshire as a county team. As explained earlier (see 1769 English cricket season), Berkshire was a major county in the late 18th century and its strength lay in the Oldfield Club (much as Essex in the Hornchurch Club).
A game on Thurs 20 July called “London v Surrey” was surely a minor affair, especially as it was played for only £10 a side.
There was another Hambledon Parish v Hampshire game on Mon 4 September, this time at Kilmiston Down (see HCC).
First mentions
* Tom Taylor
* Thomas Swayne
* Rev Charles Bartholomew
* Daniel Etheridge (Chertsey)
* Richard Lipscomb (Chertsey)
Leading batsmen
Note that many scorecards in the 18th century are unknown or have missing details and so it is impossible to provide a complete analysis of batting performances: e.g., the missing not outs prevent computation of batting averages. The "runs scored" are in fact the "runs known".
External links
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/main.html From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300 – 1787]
References
* "Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket" by G B Buckley (FL18)
* "Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket" by G B Buckley (FLPV)
* "Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century" by Timothy J McCann (TJM)
* "The Dawn of Cricket" by H T Waghorn (WDC)
* "Scores & Biographies, Volume 1" by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
* "The Glory Days of Cricket" by Ashley Mote
* John Nyren's "The Cricketers of my Time" by Ashley Mote
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