1821 English cricket season

Cricket season review March 2015 October 2020 1820 1820 English cricket season 1822 1822 English cricket season The 1821 English cricket season was the 35th since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The Gentlemen v Players match was ended in controversial circumstances. Details of five 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 In the Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's Cricket Ground, the Gentlemen conceded the game having gone well behind on 1st innings. Derek Birley commented that it was a "Coronation Match" to celebrate the accession of King George IV and was "a suitably murky affair".Birley, p. 67. With cricket still recovering from the effects of the Napoleonic War, only a few matches were recorded in 1821: 24 May – Cambridge University v Cambridge Town Club @ University Ground, Cambridge 3 July – Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Godalming @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.439. 9 July – Godalming v MCC @ The Burys, GodalmingHaygarth, p.441. 16–18 July – MCC v Hampshire @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.443. 23–24 July – Gentlemen v Players @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.444. The Gentlemen v Players match marked the final first class appearance of Billy Beldham in a career lasting from 1787. 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:1821 in England