1786 English cricket season

Cricket season review November 2025 November 2025 1785 1785 English cricket season 1787 1787 English cricket season The famous Walker brothers made their first senior appearances in the 1786 English cricket season and the rare dismissal of hit the ball twice was first recorded. Details of fourteen historically 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. White Conduit White Conduit Club (WCC) played Kent twice in 1786. The first match in June was on White Conduit Fields, and WCC won by 5 runs.Haygarth 1996 64 The second match in August was at Bishopsbourne Paddock, and WCC won by 164 runs.Haygarth 1996 68 They batted first and scored 183 all out with Tom Walker on 95 not out. If the batting order in the scorecard is correct, he carried his bat as he opened the innings. Kent replied with 218 to take a first innings lead of 35. In their second innings, WCC scored 296. This time, Walker did make a century, and so he was very close to becoming the first batsman ever to score two centuries in a match. He made 102, and his Hampshire team-mate Tom Taylor scored 117. Kent needed 262 to win, but WCC also had Lumpy Stevens and David Harris in their team. Kent were bowled out for 97.Haygarth 1996 68 The centuries by Taylor and Walker are the first known instance of two players scoring centuries in the same match, let alone the same innings. They were the third and fourth centuries scored in important matches, following the previous hundreds by John Small and James Aylward, who were both playing in this game.Haygarth 1996 68 Arthur Haygarth commented: "There are only a few recorded matches of the White Conduit Club. The Marylebone Club was formed in 1787 from its members".Haygarth 1996 68 Hampshire v Kent Hampshire and Kent met three times. In June, Kent won by 4 wickets on Sevenoaks Vine. This is the first match known to feature the brothers Harry and Tom Walker. In Hampshire's first innings of 143, Tom scored 43, and Harry scored 39. To win the match, Kent made 110/6, of which Joey Ring scored 61 not out.Haygarth 1996 65 There was a return match in July on Windmill Down, and Hampshire won by 1 wicket. Tom Sueter of Hampshire was given out for hitting the ball twice, the first recorded instance of this type of dismissal. There were four half-centuries in the match, scored by Francis Booker (55*), James Aylward (53), Harry Walker (66), and Tom Walker (55).Haygarth 1996 66 A deciding match was played 2 to 5 August on Moulsey Hurst. Hampshire, who were 27 down on first innings, won by 35 runs. Tom Taylor, who was not a wicketkeeper, took six catches in the match.Haygarth 1996 66 Single wicket Six of Hambledon played against Six of Kent between 6 and 9 September on Bishopsbourne Paddock. Kent won by 1 wicket.Haygarth 1996 68–69 Other events In September, Berkshire played a combined Buckinghamshire & Middlesex team at Warfield. Several good players were involved, such as William Bedster, William Fennex, and George Boult Sr. The result is unknown.Waghorn 2005 82 H. T. Waghorn's Dawn of Cricket in 1786 has games involving the Farnham and Warfield teams. It is known that these teams were often augmented by given men like Lumpy Stevens and David Harris, but it has to be assumed that these are parish matches only, the same applying to the Guildford and Godalming teams which also appear in Waghorn's book. While some brief details of the matches are known, the results are usually not. An exception to that is when Farnham and Warfield played each other on Holt Pound in June, as Farnham won by 7 wickets.Waghorn 2005 74–82 First mentions Clubs and teams Buckinghamshire & MiddlesexWaghorn 2005 82 WarfieldWaghorn 2005 74–82 Players Henry Crosoer (Kent)Haygarth 1996 66 Isaac Hatch (Kent)Haygarth 1996 64 Hawkins (Hampshire)Haygarth 1996 65 John Nyren (Hampshire)Haygarth 1996 65 Townsend (Hampshire)Haygarth 1996 56 Tom Walker (Hampshire)Haygarth 1996 64 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 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 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 Wilson Martin An Index to Waghorn Bodyline Books (limited edition, by subscription only) London 2005 Category:1780s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 18th century Category:1786 in England