1791 English cricket season

Cricket season review November 2025 November 2025 1790 1790 English cricket season 1792 1792 English cricket season The emergence of the Brighton club in the 1791 English cricket season heralded a brief revival of Sussex cricket, which had been prominent during the early 18th century. As with Hornchurch Cricket Club and Essex, the Brighton team was a fair representation of Sussex as a county, and the county name is used where the opposition is another county team or England. The club's venue was the Prince of Wales Ground in Brighton, which had its name changed over the years and was known as Box's Ground in the 19th century. Details of 26 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. Brighton Cricket Club Brighton played Middlesex on the Prince of Wales Ground from 19 to 22 September. Middlesex won by 21 runs.Haygarth 1996 125 Although Brighton lost to Middlesex, the club's emergence at this time heralded a brief revival of Sussex cricket which had been prominent during the early 18th century. As with Hornchurch/Essex and others, the Brighton team was a fair representation of Sussex as a county, and the county name is sometimes used in the club's matches.Haygarth 1996 125 Nottingham v MCC Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) ventured north to play Nottingham on King's Meadow. The match took place on 29 and 30 August. MCC won by 10 wickets. The MCC team was good quality, and it is clear that the Nottingham team was representative of its county. The match is historically important, and is also recorded in William North's 1832 book of Nottingham Old Club Match Scores.Haygarth 1996 123 MCC played in several more matches this season, including four against Essex, and two each against Kent and Middlesex.ACS 1981 28 Hampshire Hampshire lost all five of the important matches they played, four against England and one against Surrey.Haygarth 1996 115–122 Other events Lord's was the scene of an Old Etonians v Gentlemen match from 30 May to 2 June. This sort of event recurred frequently at Lord's as it established itself within the social scene. The teams were composed mainly of leading amateurs, but they would tend to include professionals as given men. The Gentlemen won this match by 6 wickets.Haygarth 1996 111 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 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 Britcher Samuel Samuel Britcher A Complete List of all the Grand Matches of Cricket that have been Played (1790–1805; annual series) W. S. Blake London 1791 83523010 Major John John Major More Than A Game 2007 HarperCollins London 978-00-07183-64-7 https://archive.org/details/morethangamestor0000majo_b8t0 Internet Archive Warner Pelham Pelham Warner Lords: 1787–1945 1946 Harrap London 877106024 Wilson Martin An Index to Waghorn Bodyline Books (limited edition, by subscription only) London 2005 Category:1790s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 18th century Category:1791 in England