1818 English cricket season

Cricket season review March 2015 May 2026 1817 1817 English cricket season 1819 1819 English cricket season The 1818 English cricket season was the 32nd since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). George Osbaldeston lost his MCC membership. Details of three 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 William Lambert's patron George Osbaldeston struck his name from the MCC members list in anger in 1818. He later repented and tried to restore himself but his application was blocked by his enemy, Lord Frederick Beauclerk. Osbaldeston could no longer play at Lord's and that effectively ended his career. With cricket still recovering from the effects of the Napoleonic War, a total of only three matches were recorded in 1818: 1–2 June — E H Budd's XI v W Ward's XI @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.407. 22–23 June — Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Hampshire @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.409. 17–19 August — Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Hampshire @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.416. 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:1810s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 19th century Category:1818 in England