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1807 English cricket season
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The 1807 English cricket season was the 21st since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). John Willes of Kent first tried to revive the idea of "straight-armed" (i.e., roundarm) bowling, which had originated with Tom Walker in the 1790s. Details of seven 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
John Willes of Kent first tried to revive the idea of "straight-armed" (i.e., roundarm) bowling, which had originated with Tom Walker in the 1790s.Bowen, p.268.
With the Napoleonic War continuing, loss of investment and manpower impacted cricket and only seven matches have been recorded in 1807:
18–19 May: Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Middlesex @ Lord's Old GroundHaygarth, p.333.
25–26 May: England v Hampshire @ Lord's Old Ground
2–3 June: MCC v England @ Lord's Old GroundHaygarth, p.334.
15–16 June: England v Hampshire @ Lord's Old GroundHaygarth, p.335.
22–24 June: Lord F Beauclerk's XI v T Mellish's XI @ Lord's Old Ground
29–30 June: England v Surrey @ Lord's Old GroundHaygarth, p.337.
13 July: England v Surrey @ Lord's Old GroundHaygarth, p.339.
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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
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