1766 English cricket season

Cricket season review January 2017 January 2017 1765 1765 English cricket season 1767 1767 English cricket season Details of only three historically important eleven-a-side matches have survived the 1766 English cricket season.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. Matches Sussex met Hampshire at a place called the Race Down, in the county of Hampshire.ACS 1981 23 The London Evening Post on 8 May 1766 said: 'On Thursday the 19th, will be played a Grand Subscription Cricket Match, play'd on the Race Down, between the Counties of Hampshire and Sussex. The Wickets to be pitched by Ten o'Clock'. It is known that the odds were 40 to 1 against Hampshire after the first innings. The match is the earliest reference to Hampshire, who won it by an unknown margin, as an individual county team.Waghorn 1899 59–60 On 29 September, Bourne Cricket Club, long associated with Sir Horatio Mann, played Dartford on Bishopsbourne Paddock. No details are known of the game apart from a brief mention in the Kentish Weekly Post.Cricket Quarterly edited by Rowland Bowen.Maun 2011 163 As late as 8 October, Chertsey met Hambledon on Dartford Brent, a neutral venue. The result is unknown.ACS 1981 23 Demise of the Artillery Ground Perhaps another nail in the coffin of the Artillery Ground when its latest keeper, Mr Read, died on Thursday, 25 September. Like George Smith before him, he was also the landlord of the Pyed Horse Inn.Buckley 1937 4 The Bartholomews On Thursday, 6 February, Robert Bartholomew died. He had played for Surrey in the 1750s, and may have been related to the Bartholomews who played for Chertsey in the 1770s. He was the master of the Angel Inn at Islington, and also of White Conduit House.Buckley 1937 4 First mentions Clubs and teams BourneMaun 2011 163 Hampshire (pre-1864)Waghorn 1899 59–60 Players Sir Horatio MannMaun 2011 163 Venues Bishopsbourne PaddockMaun 2011 163 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 pre-Victorian Cricket 1937 Cotterell & Co. Birmingham 23469107 Maun Ian Ian Maun From Commons to Lord's, Volume Two: 1751 to 1770 2011 Martin Wilson Leicester 978-09-56906-60-1 Waghorn H. T. H. T. Waghorn Cricket Scores, Notes, &c. From 1730–1773 Blackwood Edinburgh 1899 1086375331 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 Wilson Martin An Index to Waghorn Bodyline Books (limited edition, by subscription only) London 2005 Category:1760s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 18th century Category:1766 in England