1753 English cricket season

Cricket season review November 2025 November 2025 1752 1752 English cricket season 1754 1754 English cricket season The first mentions of Hambledon and Broadhalfpenny Down are found in the 1753 English cricket season. Only five historically important matches, including one significant single wicket event, are on record.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. The season may be said to mark the beginning of the so-called "Hambledon Era". The Hambledon team made its first recorded appearance in a match against Surrey. Hambledon was then probably run by a parish organisation, rather than by the famous club itself, which is believed to have been formed in the 1760s. There was a second nod to the future when London Cricket Club played against Marylebone, a team which had no connection with MCC (founded in 1787). Hambledon v Surrey There was a match on 7 & 8 August in Hambledon hosted Surrey. The Hambledon Club per se probably didn't exist at this time. Its foundation is generally believed to have been in the 1760s, so the team in 1753 must have been either a parish eleven or a Hampshire county team. The latter option arises because the team wasn't limited to local players. John Lucas, of Portsmouth, scored 82 in Hambledon's first innings. Following Richard Newland's 88 in 1745, Lucas' innings is the second-highest known score by any batsman before 1769. Hambledon scored 202 and 105; Surrey scored 131 and 63. Hambledon won by 113 runs. The match was played on Broadhalfpenny Down, its first mention in connection with cricket.Maun 2011 38 Single wicket Monday, 10 September. Two of London were to play Tom Faulkner and Joe Harris for £20 at the Artillery Ground.Buckley 1935 33 Other events On 6 & 7 August, Dover hosted Dartford and won by 7 runs. Dover scored 57 and 83; Dartford scored 95 and 38.ACS 1981 23Buckley 1935 32 A benefit match was staged 15 August on the Artillery GroundACS 1981 23 for a Mr Anderson of the Dial in Long Alley, Moorfields. The teams were unnamed and no result has been recorded. There was a well-known player called William Anderson, first mentioned in 1745, so possibly this was he. The two elevens were made up of various players from the general London area with "the best bowlers to be parted".Buckley 1935 32 On 30 August, London played Marylebone (no connection with Marylebone Cricket Club).ACS 1981 23 This was on the Artillery Ground, but the result is unknown. Marylebone had Tall Bennett and William King as given men.Buckley 1935 33 A poem, dedicated to the 1st Duke of Dorset, refers to a crimson cricket ball.Hugh Barty-King, Quilt Winders and Pod Shavers: the history of cricket bat and ball manufacture, MacDonald and James, 1979 It may have been made by Mr Clout, first noted in 1743, whose firm was in Sevenoaks where the Dukes of Dorset reside at Knole House. Clout was "the first cricket ball maker of any pretension".https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1900/26/ Ashley-Cooper F. S. F. S. Ashley-Cooper At the Sign of the Wicket Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game Merritt & Hatcher Ltd London XIX 531 20–22 22 February 1900 ACS The better-known equipment manufacturing firm of Dukes was founded 1760 in Penshurst.Williams Marcus Phillips Gordon The Wisden Book of Cricket Memorabilia Lennard 1990 238 978-1-85291-054-9 First mentions Clubs and teams DoverBuckley 1935 32 Hambledon (probably not the Hambledon Club per se)Maun 2011 38 Marylebone (not MCC)Buckley 1935 33 Players William King (London)Buckley 1935 33 John Lucas (Hambledon)Maun 2011 38 Venues Broadhalfpenny DownMaun 2011 38 Dover (unspecified)Buckley 1935 32 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 18th Century Cricket 1935 Cotterell & Co. Birmingham 23450280 Maun Ian Ian Maun From Commons to Lord's, Volume Two: 1751 to 1770 2011 Martin Wilson Leicester 978-09-56906-60-1 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:1750s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 18th century Category:1753 in England