1822 English cricket season

Cricket season review March 2015 May 2026 1821 1821 English cricket season 1823 1823 English cricket season The 1822 English cricket season was the 36th since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). John Willes brought the roundarm issue to a head and sacrificed his own career in the process. The outstanding batsman James Saunders made his known debut. Details of nine 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. Events The roundarm issue came to a head in 1822 when, in the match at Lord's, John Willes of Kent opened the bowling and was no-balled for using a roundarm action, a style he had attempted to introduce since 1807. Willes promptly withdrew from the match and refused to play again in any important fixture. Roundarm was a natural reaction to the growing predominance of batsmen over the age-old underarm style of bowling. Its adherents argued that the legalisation of roundarm was essential to restore the balance between batting and bowling. However, high-scoring matches were still comparatively rare owing to vagaries in pitch conditions. Nine matches were recorded in 1822: 20–21 May — Cambridge University v Cambridge Town Club @ University Ground, Cambridge 10–11 June — MCC First XII v MCC Second XII @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.453. 24 June — MCC First XI v MCC Second XI @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.454. 27–28 June — Godalming v Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) @ The Burys, Godalming 1–2 July — Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Godalming @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.455. 8–10 July — Gentlemen v Players @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.456. 15–16 July — Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Kent @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.458. 25–27 July — Kent v Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) @ West Kent CC, ChislehurstHaygarth, p.460. 12–14 August — England v The Bs @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.463. 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 Major John John Major More Than A Game 2007 HarperCollins London 978-00-07183-64-7 https://archive.org/details/morethangamestor0000majo_b8t0 Internet Archive Category:1820s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 19th century Category:1822 in England