1796 English cricket season

Cricket season review November 2025 November 2025 1795 1795 English cricket season 1797 1797 English cricket season Details of 22 matches are known in the 1796 English cricket season, but few were historically important.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. MCC v Middlesex There were three matches in May and June between Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Middlesex, all on Lord's Old Ground (Lord's). Middlesex won the first by 3 wickets,Haygarth 1996 196 and MCC the second by 141 runs.Haygarth 1996 198 The third match, which may have been arranged as a decider, was won by Middlesex, by eight runs.Haygarth 1996 199 Kent matches Kent played three matches at Lord's in May and June. They defeated Middlesex by 51 runs,Haygarth 1996 197 and MCC by 4 runsHaygarth 1996 199 in the first two, but lost the third to Middlesex by 3 wickets.Haygarth 1996 200 Surrey matches Surrey played Middlesex at Lord's in August, and won by 8 wickets.Haygarth 1996 208 They also played three matches against England. The first was on Itchin Stoke Down at the end of June, and England won by 3 wickets.Haygarth 1996 201 The other two matches were played over four consecutive days in August at Dandelion Paddock, which was Sir Horatio Mann's new venue near Margate. Surrey won the first by an innings and 6 runs,Haygarth 1996 208 and England the second by 5 wickets.Haygarth 1996 209 Other events It was in 1796 that Montpelier Cricket Club became prominent in "town club" cricket, and began playing against MCC. Montpelier's home ground was called Aram's New Ground. Located in Montpelier Gardens, it was also known as the "Bee Hive Ground" because of its proximity to a pub called the Bee Hive. The first match on record was against MCC in June. MCC won by 63 runs.Haygarth 1996 201 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 Waghorn H.T. H. T. Waghorn The Dawn of Cricket 2005 J W McKenzie Warner Pelham Pelham Warner Lords: 1787–1945 1946 Harrap London 877106024 none 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 1796 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 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:1796 in England