1775 English cricket season

Cricket season review November 2025 November 2025 1774 1774 English cricket season 1776 1776 English cricket season In the 1775 English cricket season, John Small scored the sport's earliest-known century in a historically important eleven-a-side match, and his Hambledon colleague Thomas Brett achieved the earliest-known ten-wicket haul. Small also featured in the famous single wicket contest which precipitated the addition of the third stump to the wickets. Details of sixteen important 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. Single wicket and the third stump Demands for the third stump were voiced after a single wicket match at the Artillery Ground in May. The match was five-a-side between Kent and Hampshire on 22 & 23 May, and Hampshire won by 1 wicket.Haygarth 1996 22–23 Lumpy Stevens played as a given man for Kent. While he was bowling to John Small, he beat the bat at least three times only for the ball to pass between the stumps without disturbing the wicket, which at that time still consisted of two uprights and a crosspiece.Haygarth 1996 22–23 Although the petition was granted soon afterwards, research has discovered that the introduction of the third stump was gradual in practice, and the two-stump wicket continued to be used for a number of years yet in many matches.Bowen 1970 62 Hampshire v Kent Besides their single wicket encounter, Hampshire and Kent met in three eleven-a-side games. The first of these was 14 and 15 June on Sevenoaks Vine, where Kent won by 110 runs despite having been 53 behind after the first innings. Lumpy Stevens, again playing as a given man for Kent, took eight all-bowled wickets (including five in the second innings); and Thomas Pattenden scored 72. William Hogsflesh made his last known appearance for Hampshire, and Tom Taylor made his known debut. Taylor became one of the most outstanding all-rounders of the late 18th century, and played until 1798.Haygarth 1996 22 The teams met again 29 and 30 June on Broadhalfpenny Down, where Hampshire won by 9 wickets. Kent scored 84 and 147 (Joseph Miller 71); Hampshire scored 219 (George Leer 79) & 18/1. Arthur Haygarth says he obtained the details from the Hampshire Chronicle. No bowling or fielding details are known. The margin between the teams' final totals is 6, so Hampshire added six after the scores were level, but it was not necessarily done in one hit as they would normally play out the over even after victory was achieved; Richard Francis scored 10 out of the 18/1, but it is not known if he made the winning hit.Haygarth 1996 23 Little is known about the third match, played 31 July at Guildford Bason, except that Kent won with the help of Lumpy and Thomas White as given men. There was a brief report in the Reading Mercury on Saturday, 5 August.Waghorn 2005 44 Hampshire v Surrey section May 2026 The first 10wM Hampshire v Surrey 6 and 8 July on Laleham Burway. Surrey won by 69 runs. Thomas Brett achieved the earliest known ten-wicket haul by taking eleven all-bowled wickets in the match. He took seven in the first innings and four in the second, also holding a catch. His first innings haul is also the first recorded instance of a bowler taking seven in an innings. Despite his efforts, Hampshire lost by 69 runs. Surrey scored 76 and 163 (John Minshull 45, Joseph Miller 42); Hampshire scored 51 and 119 (James Aylward 38). Haygarth says he got the details from "the old printed scorebook" but acknowledges that another account differs in some of the details.Haygarth 1996 24 The first top-class century Hampshire v Surrey 13 to 15 July on Broadhalfpenny Down. Hampshire won by 296 runs. John Small scored 136 for Hampshire, a new record for the highest individual innings, and the first century to be definitely recorded in a senior match, though Small himself may well have achieved the feat seven years earlier when he scored 140-plus as a match total. Hampshire scored 168 (Francis 45, Small 38) and 357 (Small 136, Nyren 98, Brett 68); Surrey scored 151 (Henry Attfield 49) and 78/3 innings forfeited.Haygarth 1996 25 Chertsey matches section May 2026 Kent, London & Surrey v Chertsey 28 to 30 August on the Artillery Ground. Chertsey won by 157 runs. Chertsey scored 107 & 153; the combined team replied with 55 & 48.Buckley 1935 73 Chertsey v Coulsdon 7 to 9 September on Laleham Burway. Chertsey won by 172 runs. Chertsey scored 152 (William Yalden 77) and 148 (Yalden 71); Coulsdon replied with 43 (Lumpy 3w) and 85 (Constantine Phillips 31; William Bartholomew 4w, Lumpy 3w).Buckley 1935 73 There were two Bartholomews of Chertsey who, in other scorecards, are named as Rev. Bartholomew Sr and Mr Bartholomew Jr. It is believed (and has been assumed) that the junior was William Bartholomew, who also played for Surrey at the time, and that it was he who shared the bowling with Lumpy. The senior is believed to be the Reverend Charles Bartholomew, a Chertsey Club stalwart who played occasionally in the 1770s, but may have been a regular in times past.Buckley 1935 74–76 Chertsey v Dartford 21 and 22 September on Laleham Burway. Chertsey won by 1 wicket. Dartford scored 57 (W. Bartholomew 6w, Lumpy 3w) and 97 (Goulson 24*; W. Bartholomew 3w); Chertsey made 74 (William Bullen 4w, John Frame 2w) and 81/9 (W. Yalden 18).Buckley 1935 73 Chertsey v London 25 to 27 September on Laleham Burway. Chertsey won by 44 runs. Chertsey scored 106 (W. Yalden 27; John Wood 3w) and 122 (J. Minshull 54, John Wood 5w); London made 101 (William Brazier 31; W. Bartholomew 4w, Lumpy 3w) and 83 (C. Phillips 32*, W. Brazier 27; Lumpy 7w). Lumpy achieved the second known instance of both 7 wickets in an innings, and 10wM. Again, the figures are bowled dismissals only. John Wood became the fourth player known to have achieved 5wI.Buckley 1935 73 Other events Two "alphabetical matches" were organised by the Duke of Dorset, but no post-match reports have been found. The first was on the Artillery Ground on 29 May, the second two days later on Moulsey Hurst.Buckley 1935 70 On Monday, 29 May, there was a game at the Old Field ground in Bray, Berkshire, between the Maidenhead and Risborough clubs with Lumpy Stevens assisting the former, while a player called Briggs was a given man for Risborough. This is the first reference found that is specific to the Maidenhead club at Old Field. This club shortly became synonymous with Berkshire as a county team.Waghorn 2005 43 On 10 and 11 July, a combined Kent & London team played Coulsdon on the Artillery Ground. The result is unknown.Buckley 1935 72 Coulsdon then played Sussex on 19 and 26 July at Smitham Bottom and Henfield Common respectively. Coulsdon won the first match; the result of the second is unknown. Both matches were advertised in the Sussex Weekly Advertiser.McCann 2004 99 A game on Thursday, 20 July was called "London v Surrey" but the stake was only £10 a side.Buckley 1935 72 On 4 September, there was another Hambledon Parish versus Hampshire match, this one played on Kilmiston Down; Hampshire won by an unknown margin.Ashley-Cooper 1924 99 First mentions Clubs and teams Kent & LondonBuckley 1935 72 Kent, London & SurreyBuckley 1935 73 MaidenheadWaghorn 2005 43 RisboroughWaghorn 2005 43 Players Rev. Charles Bartholomew (Chertsey)Buckley 1935 74–76 Daniel Etheridge (Chertsey)Buckley 1935 74 Richard Lipscomb (Chertsey)Buckley 1935 74 Thomas Swayne (Chertsey)Buckley 1935 74 Tom Taylor (Hampshire)Haygarth 1996 22 Venues Kilmiston DownAshley-Cooper 1924 99 Old Field, BrayWaghorn 2005 43 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 Ashley-Cooper F. S. F. S. Ashley-Cooper Hambledon Cricket Chronicle: 1772–1796 Jenkins London 1924 38498574 Bowen Rowland Rowland Bowen Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development 1970 Eyre & Spottiswoode London 978-04-13278-60-9 Buckley G. B. G. B. Buckley Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket 1935 Cotterell & Co. Birmingham 23450280 Haygarth Arthur Arthur Haygarth Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826) Frederick Lillywhite Kennington 1996 1862 978-19-00592-23-9 McCann Tim Timothy J. McCann Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century 2004 West Sussex Record Office Lewes 978-08-54450-55-8 https://www.sussexrecordsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/Digital_editions/SRS-Vol-88.pdf 88 Waghorn H. T. H. T. Waghorn The Dawn of Cricket J. W. McKenzie London 2005 1906 978-09-47821-17-3 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 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:1770s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 18th century Category:1775 in England