1753 English cricket season

The 1753 English cricket season was the tenth season following the earliest known codification of the Laws of Cricket. Details have survived of three eleven-a-side matches between significant teams.

1753 English cricket season

A poem, dedicated to the 1st Duke of Dorset, refers to a crimson cricket ball.[1]

Matches

Three eleven-a-side matches between significant teams are known to have taken place.[2][3]

Other events

Another match on 7 August between Hambledon and a Surrey XI is the first mention of cricket being played on Broadhalfpenny Down.[4]

First mentions

Players
  • William King

Venues

References
  1. Hugh Barty-King, Quilt Winders and Pod Shavers: the history of cricket bat and ball manufacture, Macdonald and Jane's, 1979
  2. ACS, p.22.
  3. Other matches in England 1753, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  4. Maun, p. 38.

Bibliography
  • ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
  • Maun, Ian (2011). From Commons to Lord's, Volume Two: 1751 to 1770. Martin Wilson. ISBN 978-0-9569066-0-1.

Further reading
  • Altham, H. S. (1962). A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914). George Allen & Unwin.
  • Birley, Derek (1999). A Social History of English Cricket. Aurum.
  • Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
  • Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.
  • Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane.
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