1740 English cricket season

Cricket season review November 2025 November 2025 1739 1739 English cricket season 1741 1741 English cricket season The 1740 English cricket season was beset by rain, especially in July. The season is notable in one way for the earliest known mention of the famous Newland brothers. London Cricket Club feature in all the surviving match reports, including two against Kent. Details of eight historically important 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. Kent v London Kent and London arranged matches for 28 July and 4 August,ACS 1981 20 but they fell foul of the bad weather that summer. The first match on Sevenoaks Vine ended in a draw, after "rain halted play for some time". Kent, batting first, scored 71, to which London replied with 98. Kent made 130 in their second innings, setting London a target of 104 to win. They had made 30/3 when time ran out. The newspaper report mentioned the return match to be played on the Artillery Ground, but no result has been found.Maun 2009 99–100 Chislehurst v London As in previous seasons, London arranged matches against Chislehurst.ACS 1981 20 The first, played 27 June on Chislehurst Common was won by London. The return match, scheduled for 2 July on the Artillery Ground, is result unknown. A pre-match announcement for the second match said: "All persons are desir'd to come in by the Iron Gates at the Pyed Horse-yard". The Pyed Horse was a pub adjoining the ground, and its landlord (George Smith at the time) was usually the groundkeeper.Maun 2009 98 London v Moulsey & Richmond London also played two matches against the combined Moulsey & Richmond team.ACS 1981 20 The first was 8 July on Moulsey Hurst, but "rain delayed the start till between three and four o’clock".Maun 2009 98 In the limited time available, London batted first and scored 100. Moulsey & Richmond made 86. Batting again, London had reached 70/8 when time ran out, so the result was a draw. It was decided to try again the next week on the Artillery Ground.Maun 2009 98 In the return, London won by 73 runs.Buckley 1935 16Maun 2009 99 London v Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Hertfordshire On 8 September, London met a combined Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Hertfordshire team at the New Ground, Uxbridge Moor. London won "with great difficulty". The report in the London Evening Post mentions arrangements for a return fixture at the Artillery Ground on 15 September. This is the earliest mention of Uxbridge Moor as a venue, and the first time that Berkshire and Buckinghamshire are mentioned in terms of county cricket, albeit parts of a combined team here. The first mention of Hertfordshire as a team was in 1732, albeit in combination with Essex. There are no reports of the return match having been played.Maun 2009 100 Other events Thomas Waymark, who had been employed by the 2nd Duke of Richmond as a groom, relocated to Bray, Berkshire, where he was employed by cricket enthusiast Mr Darville. Waymark took part in matches organised by Darville.Maun 2009 100–101 In a letter from Goodwood House, dated Wednesday, 30 July, to his friend Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, the 2nd Duke of Richmond mentioned several local people including "John Newland, that you must remember". This is the first mention in the sources of the Newland brothers who became famous as members of Slindon Cricket Club.Maun 2009 99 First mentions Clubs and teams Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Hertfordshire (combined)Maun 2009 100 Moulsey & Richmond (combined)Maun 2009 98 Slindon Cricket ClubMaun 2009 99 Venues New Ground, Uxbridge MoorMaun 2009 100 Players name club/county notes Mr Darville Berkshire Apparently Thomas Waymark's employer at Bray Mills in Berkshire. A patron who is recorded playing in three single wicket matches in 1748.https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1900/41/ Ashley-Cooper F. S. F. S. Ashley-Cooper At the Sign of the Wicket Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game Merritt & Hatcher Ltd London XIX 532 35–37 29 March 1900 ACSMaun 2009 101 John Newland Slindon Brother of Richard Newland. First mentioned in correspondence to Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle by the 2nd Duke of Richmond as someone "that you must remember".Maun 2009 99 George Smith London A publican who was also the groundskeeper of the Artillery Ground. Although he was an occasional player in matches, he was better known for his financial problems, and his battles against bankruptcy.McCann 2004 26Maun 2009 98 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 Buckley G. B. G. B. Buckley Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket 1935 Cotterell & Co. Birmingham 23450280 Maun Ian Ian Maun From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750 2009 Roger Heavens Cambridge 978-19-00592-52-9 McCann Tim Timothy J. McCann Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century 2004 West Sussex Record Office Lewes 978-08-54450-55-8 https://www.sussexrecordsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/Digital_editions/SRS-Vol-88.pdf 88 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:1740s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 18th century Category:1740 in England