1772 English cricket season

Cricket season review May 2021 May 2021 1771 1771 English cricket season 1773 1773 English cricket season thumb|Broadhalfpenny Down, venue of Hampshire's first match against England in 1772. In the 1772 English cricket season, it became normal practice to complete match scorecards and there are surviving examples from every subsequent season. Scorecards from 1772 have been found for three historically important eleven-a-side matches in which the Hampshire county team played against an England team, and for one single wicket match between Kent and Hampshire. Prior to 1772, only four scorecards have survived, the last from a minor match in 1769.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. Hampshire won two and lost one of their matches against England. Kent won the single wicket match. Hampshire were organised by the Hambledon Club and played their home matches on Broadhalfpenny Down, near the village of Hambledon, Hampshire. While details are scarce, reports exist of four other eleven-a-side matches. Two involved a combined Hampshire & Sussex team playing against Kent and it has been suggested that Hambledon may have been a two counties club. There was a match between Surrey and Hampshire of which only the result is known. In the north of England, the Sheffield and Nottingham clubs met at an unknown venue in Sheffield. Scorecards The earliest known scorecards were created for two matches in 1744https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152818.html Bowen Rowland Rowland Bowen Cricket in the 17th and 18th centuries Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1965 John Wisden & Co. Ltd London 23 February 2022Bowen 1970 263–264 but, before 1772, only two more have been found – one each from minor matches played in 1751 and 1769.ACS 1981 21–24 Three scorecards exist from important matches played in 1772, when completion became normal practice, and there are surviving cards from every subsequent season.ACS 1981 31 Hampshire v England, Broadhalfpenny Down, 24–25 June In the match at Broadhalfpenny Down on 24–25 June,ACS 1981 24 Hampshire won by 53 runs for a stake of 500 guineas.Ashley-Cooper 1924 177 Hampshire were organised by the Hambledon Club and one source for this match has called the team Hambledon while, in other accounts, England has been called "Kent, Middlesex and Surrey".Ashley-Cooper 1924 177 24–25 June 1772 Hampshire England 146 John Small 78Edward Aburrow Jr 27 no bowling data recorded 109 Thomas White 35John Minchin 16 no bowling data recorded 79 John Small 34Peter Stewart 11 no bowling data recorded 63 Tom May 18James Fuggles 12 no bowling data recorded Hampshire won by 53 runs Scorecard Broadhalfpenny Down, Hambledon, Hampshire not known Toss not known The scorecard provides no details other than batsmen's scores and team totals. No extras were recorded.Ashley-Cooper 1924 177 Hampshire had two given men: William Yalden and John Edmeads, both of Surrey.Ashley-Cooper 1924 177 Yalden was a noted wicket-keeper and Hampshire's regular keeper Tom Sueter was also playing, but it is not known which of them kept wicket in this match. On the England team, Edward Gill was a recognised wicket-keeper.Haygarth 1996 2 Hampshire batsman John Small's score of 78 is the highest recorded in the 1772 season and, as such, it established the record for the highest individual score definitely recorded in a senior or important match. According to contemporary newspaper reports, "bets of £500 were laid against John Minshull in favour of John Small".Buckley 1935 57Ashley-Cooper 1924 177 England v Hampshire, Guildford Bason, 23–24 July The match at Guildford Bason on 23–24 JulyACS 1981 24 was also won by Hampshire, this time by 62 runs and again for a stake of 500 guineas. Richard Simmons of Kent was the England wicket-keeper in this match and the next one.Ashley-Cooper 1924 178 23–24 July 1772 Hampshire England 152 William Yalden 68Tom Sueter 21 no bowling data recorded 126 Joseph Miller 30Richard Simmons 27 no bowling data recorded 122 William Yalden 49John Small 30 no bowling data recorded 86 Joseph Miller 26John Minchin 13 no bowling data recorded Hampshire won by 62 runs Scorecard Guildford Bason, Surrey not known Toss not known The scorecard provides no details other than batsmen's scores and team totals, which include the extras.Ashley-Cooper 1924 178 thumb|Bourne Park House at Bishopsbourne in Kent. F. S. Ashley-Cooper calls the teams Hambledon and All England when referring to confusion about the extras: "In the course of the game, the Hambledon Club (sic) got 11 notches in byes and England 21, but they were not entered in the scoresheet". He gave the match scores as 144 and 118 to 117 and 73 with Hampshire winning by 72 runs; however, these totals have Hampshire scoring 12 byes and England scoring 22, which is the same as the scorecard (the margin excluding extras is correct).Ashley-Cooper 1924 178 England v Hampshire, Bishopsbourne Paddock, 19–20 August The third match was played on 19–20 August at Bishopsbourne Paddock, Bishopsbourne, near Canterbury.ACS 1981 24 England won by two wickets and the scorecard shows that Joseph Miller and John Boorman were the not out batsmen when the match ended, while Dick May did not bat. Yalden and Edmeads again played for Hampshire as given men. Hampshire's captain, all-rounder Richard Nyren, missed this match and was replaced by Thomas Ridge.Haygarth 1996 4 19–20 August 1772 Hampshire England 123 George Leer 29Tom Sueter 26 no bowling data recorded 136 William Palmer 30John Minchin 24 no bowling data recorded 113 John Small 48Peter Stewart 12 no bowling data recorded 101/8 John Wood 20Joseph Miller 17 not out no bowling data recorded England won by 2 wickets Scorecard Bishopsbourne Paddock, Bishopsbourne, Kent not known Toss not known The scorecard provides no details other than batsmen's scores and team totals, which include the extras.Haygarth 1996 4 Arthur Haygarth noted that England in this match was called Kent in another account, though he called it England; the team included nine Kent players with Lumpy Stevens and Thomas White from Surrey.Haygarth 1996 4 Single wicket A five-a-side match was played under single wicket rules at the Artillery Ground on Tuesday, 2 June between teams representing Hampshire and Kent. It was a two–innings match. Hampshire scored 11 and 46; Kent scored 35 and 23 for 4 wickets to win by one wicket. The Kent players were John Boorman, John Frame, Dick May, John Minshull, and Joseph Miller. Minshull scored 26 and 11; Frame scored the winning run. The Hampshire players were John Small, Tom Sueter, George Leer, Thomas Brett, and Richard Nyren. Nyren scored 29 out of 46 in the second innings.Haygarth 1996 3Waghorn 1899 77–78 Other events Besides the scorecards of the three matches above, reports have survived of four more eleven-a-side matches in 1772.ACS 1981 24 After their first known meeting in 1771, the Sheffield and Nottingham clubs played a match on Monday, 1 June at an unknown location in Sheffield.ACS 1981 24 Nottingham conceded defeat after being dismissed for 14 and then seeing Sheffield score 70 with wickets still in hand. A pre-match announcement appeared in the (Nottingham) Daily Messenger on Tuesday, 25 May, and the paper followed up with a report on Friday, 12 June.Buckley 1937 6–7Haygarth 1996 2 In August, Kent played two matches against a combined Hampshire & Sussex team.note hambledon The teams raised by the Hambledon Club for the matches on 10–11 and 26–27 August are believed to have been representative of both Hampshire and Sussex; the latter is rarely mentioned as a county team during the "Hambledon Era".Buckley 1937 7 The first, on 10–11 August, was at Broadhalfpenny DownACS 1981 24 and the combined team won by 50 runs. The stake was 500 guineas but, apart from the result, no details of the match are known.Waghorn 2005 36 The second match, on 26–27 August, was played at Guildford BasonACS 1981 24 and Kent won by innings and 29 runs. In his notes about this match, G. B. Buckley says: 'Hampshire & Sussex = Hambledon Club', adding weight to the theory that Hambledon was a two counties club.note hambledon The bets placed seem to have been mainly around how many runs the Duke of Dorset would score compared with one Mr Ellis, a now unknown player. It is possible that this was a "gentlemen only" match and the same may be true of the match on 10 August. The report was in the General Evening Post on Saturday, 29 August.Buckley 1937 7 On Friday, 28 August, there was a Surrey v Hampshire match at Guildford BasonACS 1981 24 which Hampshire won by 45 runs. No details are known except the result.Buckley 1935 59 In June, Chatham lost by 20 runs to Meopham at George Louch's "cricketing field" in Chatham.Waghorn 1899 78–79 Two matches in June involved the Blackheath club against teams designated as counties but, as Buckley says, "the alleged (Kent team) cannot have been representative" and they are minor matches only.Buckley 1935 57 Another Kent match against a team called London and Middlesex apparently took place at the Artillery Ground on Tuesday, 11 August, the same day as the Hampshire & Sussex v Kent match above. It is believed that this was not a representative match, especially given the stakes on offer at Hambledon.Buckley 1935 58 First mentions Clubs and teams Hampshire & SussexWaghorn 2005 36 MeophamWaghorn 1899 78–79 Players Edward Aburrow Jr (Hampshire)Ashley-Cooper 1924 177 Childs (Surrey)Haygarth 1996 2 (Mr) Ellis (Hampshire & Sussex)Buckley 1937 7 William Yalden (Surrey)Haygarth 1996 2Ashley-Cooper 1924 177 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 Buckley G. B. G. B. Buckley Fresh Light on pre-Victorian Cricket 1937 Cotterell & Co. Birmingham 23469107 Haygarth Arthur Arthur Haygarth Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826) Frederick Lillywhite Kennington 1996 1862 978-19-00592-23-9 Waghorn H. T. H. T. Waghorn Cricket Scores, Notes, &c. From 1730–1773 Blackwood Edinburgh 1899 1086375331 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:1772 in England