1792 English cricket season

Cricket season review November 2025 November 2025 1791 1791 English cricket season 1793 1793 English cricket season In the 1792 English cricket season, Kent played Hampshire at Cobham Park, which was Lord Darnley's estate and the home of the Bligh family. Ninety years later, it became the home of The Ashes in the shape of the urn brought back from Australia by the Hon. Ivo Bligh. Details of 24 historically important eleven-a-side matches are known.note status Any match listed in the ACS' Important Match Guide (1981) is historically important, and therefore of the highest standard, whether or not a scorecard might exist. The same applies to numerous matches discovered by researchers since 1981.ACS 1981 1–40 For further information, see First-class cricket. A match in Sheffield provides the earliest known instance of the rare dismissal of obstructing the field. Elsewhere, the earliest known cricket club in India was formed in Calcutta. Matches Among the higher quality matches this year, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) played Sussex twice. Sussex won the first match at Lord's Old Ground (Lord's) by 9 wickets.Haygarth 1996 130 The return was played on the Prince of Wales Ground, in Brighton, where Sussex won by 3 wickets. This venue had its name changed over the years and was known as Box's Ground in the 19th century.Haygarth 1996 140 In June, England (i.e., the "rest" of England) played Kent at Lord's and won by 10 runs.Haygarth 1996 133 Hampshire had two matches against Kent, one against Surrey, and one against England. They lost to Surrey by 109 runs,Haygarth 1996 137 but won the other three. They won by 127 runs against England on Windmill Down,Haygarth 1996 136 and twice defeated Kent away from home. On 2–4 August, Berkshire defeated MCC by 10 runs. Thomas Lord played for MCC, and was involved in at least nine Berkshire dismissals.Haygarth 1996 138 Also in August, Hampshire won by 8 wickets at Cobham Park, near Gravesend. Cobham Park was Lord Darnley's estate and the home of the Bligh family. Ninety years later, it became the home of The Ashes, in the shape of the urn brought back from Australia by the Hon. Ivo Bligh.Haygarth 1996 140 In September, Hampshire defeated Kent by an innings and 23 runs on Dartford Brent.Haygarth 1996 143 Other events In May, MCC played two matches against Middlesex, both on Lord's Old Ground. MCC won the first by 274 runs,Haygarth 1996 128 and Middlesex the second by 5 runs.Haygarth 1996 129 Notes note References Bibliography ACS Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709–1863 1981 ACS Nottingham https://archive.acscricket.com/online_library/match_guides/bi_imp_match_guide/index.html 85045528 Haygarth Arthur Arthur Haygarth Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826) Frederick Lillywhite Kennington 1996 1862 978-19-00592-23-9 Warner Pelham Pelham Warner Lords: 1787–1945 1946 Harrap London 877106024 Further reading Altham H. S. Harry Altham E. W. Swanton E. W. Swanton A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914) 5th 1962 George Allen & Unwin London 894274808 Birley Derek Derek Birley A Social History of English Cricket 1999 Aurum Press London 978-18-54107-10-7 https://archive.org/details/socialhistoryofe0000birl_d1n5 Internet Archive Bowen Rowland Rowland Bowen Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development 1970 Eyre & Spottiswoode London 978-04-13278-60-9 Britcher Samuel Samuel Britcher A Complete List of all the Grand Matches of Cricket that have been Played (1790–1805; annual series) W. S. Blake London 1792 83523010 Major John John Major More Than A Game 2007 HarperCollins London 978-00-07183-64-7 https://archive.org/details/morethangamestor0000majo_b8t0 Internet Archive Wilson Martin An Index to Waghorn Bodyline Books (limited edition, by subscription only) London 2005 Category:1790s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 18th century Category:History of Indian cricket Category:1792 in England