1772 English cricket season

The 1772 English cricket season was the 29th season following the earliest known codification of the Laws of Cricket and the first in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. Details have survived of three first-class matches, all featuring Hampshire sides playing England XIs.

1772 English cricket season

Surviving cricket scorecards are more common from 1772 onwards and these form the basis for the classification of matches as first-class.

Matches

Three match scorecards survive from 1772, forming the basis for the awarding of first-class status to the matches involved.[1][2]

Four other matches took place during the season between significant teams, including one between Sheffield and Nottingham. The other all featured Hampshire sides, with Hampshire and Sussex playing Kent twice and Hampshire playing Surrey once.[6] Scorecards do not survive from these matches and they are not classified as first-class.

Other matches are known to have taken place involving Kent sides but these are generally not thought to have been strong sides.[7]

Single wicket matches

A single wicket match between two sides of five representing Kent and Hampshire was played at the Artillery Ground in June.[8][9]

First mentions

References
  1. Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) (1981) A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
  2. Results, English Domestic Season, 1772, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  3. "Hampshire v England at Hambledon, 24–25 June 1772". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  4. "England v Hampshire at Guildford, 23–24 July 1772". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  5. "England v Hampshire at Bishopsbourne, 19–20 August 1772". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  6. Other matches in England 1772, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  7. Buckley, pp.57–58.
  8. Waghorn, pp.77–78.
  9. Haygarth, p.3.

Bibliography
  • Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell.
  • Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Lillywhite.
  • Waghorn, H. T. (1899). Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730–1773). Blackwood.

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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