1827 English cricket season

Cricket season review August 2026 August 2026 1826 1826 English cricket season 1828 1828 English cricket season The 1827 English cricket season was the 41st since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club, and it may be considered the first of the roundarm era. Two inter-county fixtures were played among a total of thirteen historically important matches.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. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) played in only one important match, while England teams played in three. Other fixtures included Gentlemen v Players (twice), and the inaugural University Match. Among the season's leading players were William Ashby, Jem Broadbridge, George Knight, William Lillywhite, Tom Marsden, James Saunders, and William Ward. Roundarm trial matches The controversy surrounding roundarm bowling came to a head before the season began, and three trial matches were played between Sussex and England. No firm conclusions were drawn in the immediate aftermath of the trials, and it was many years before roundarm was formally legalised, but in practice roundarm was adopted in 1827 as its practitioners, especially William Lillywhite and Jem Broadbridge of Sussex, continued to use it with little, if any, opposition from umpires.August 2018 Underarm bowling did not cease and continued into the twentieth century with George Simpson-Hayward being the last major exponent. The University match The first University match was held between Cambridge University and Oxford University at Lord's on 2 June. The two-day match was drawn. The match did not become an annual fixture until 1838.August 2018 Other events George Rawlins, playing for Sheffield against Nottingham on 22 August,Nottingham v Sheffield in 1827August 2026 was dismissed after he hit the ball twice.Wynne-Thomas 1983 93 This is believed to be the second time in important English matches that a batsman was dismissed in this way, following the first by Tom Sueter in 1786. The last was in the 1906 season.August 2026 The earliest-known mention of cricket in the former county of Westmorland dates from the 1827 season.Bowen 1970 270 Leading batsmen and bowlers NB: these are the KNOWN scores, runs, and wickets ONLY. Yorkshire's Tom Marsden was the leading runscorer with 308 runs scored at a batting average of 25.66 ahead of Kent's James Saunders who scored 299 at an average of 24.91 including the season's only century. William Ashby of Kent was the leading wicket-taker with 29 wickets, ahead of Sussex's Jem Broadbridge with 27. 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 Bowen Rowland Rowland Bowen Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development 1970 Eyre & Spottiswoode London 978-04-13278-60-9 Wynne-Thomas Peter The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records Rigby Adelaide 1983 978-07-27018-68-7 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 Haygarth Arthur Arthur Haygarth Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827–1840) Frederick Lillywhite Kennington 1997 1862 978-19-00592-23-9 Major John John Major More Than A Game 2007 HarperCollins London 978-00-07183-64-7 https://archive.org/details/morethangamestor0000majo_b8t0 Internet Archive Warner Pelham Pelham Warner Lords: 1787–1945 1946 Harrap London 877106024 Category:1820s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 19th century Category:1827 in England