1782 English cricket season

Cricket season review November 2025 November 2025 1781 1781 English cricket season 1783 1783 English cricket season Having abandoned Broadhalfpenny Down, the Hambledon Club moved to Windmill Down as their new home venue ahead of the 1782 English cricket season. The great fast bowler David Harris made his first known appearance in an important match. Details of thirteen historically important eleven-a-side 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. Hampshire matches Hampshire played Alresford & Odiham twice, on 27 May at Odiham Down, and on 25 June at an unknown venue; neither result is known. The team was named in a Hampshire Chronicle notice as 'the County of Southampton'.Buckley 1935 96 On Tuesday, 18 June, the Hampshire Chronicle reported the Hambledon Club's first meeting on Windmill Down, referring to the ground as 'a field called the New Broad Halfpenny adjoining to the Town of Hambledon'.Buckley 1935 94 On Monday, 1 July, the Salisbury Journal recorded Richard Nyren as returning thanks to the public 'for the many favours he has received during the last twenty years'.Buckley 1935 96 Hampshire played Kent twice. The first match was from 3 to 5 July on Sevenoaks Vine. Kent won by 4 wickets. The game saw the first appearances in important matches of David Harris for Hampshire, and "Little" Joey Ring for Kent.Haygarth 1996 52 The return match was played 11 to 13, and 15 July on Itchin Stoke Down, Kent winning by 142 runs. The game was finished on Monday, 15 July, owing to bad weather, as play on the Saturday (13th) had been washed out.Haygarth 1996 53 On 25 and 26 July, Hampshire defeated England by 9 runs at Bishopsbourne Paddock.Haygarth 1996 53 The return, played from 8 to 10 August, was on Windmill Down, the first recorded match which the Hambledon Club had organised at its new venue. England won by 147 runs.Haygarth 1996 54 Hampshire played Sussex on 5 September at Windmill Down, but the result is unknown.McCann 2004 107 This match was pre-announced in the Hampshire Chronicle on Monday, 26 August, with a further notice in the Hambledon Club minutes on the day of the game.McCann 2004 107 Single wicket Six of Hambledon played against Six of Kent between 28 and 30 August on Moulsey Hurst. Hambledon won by 47 runs. Haygarth questioned why the Duke of Dorset played for Hambledon against his own county but, as Dorset was a good player, he may have been a given man. His rival, Sir Horatio Mann, did play for Kent, however, and there may have been an agreement that they should be the team captains.Haygarth 1996 55 White Conduit Club White Conduit Club (WCC) was probably formed in 1782.Warner 1946 17 Its name related to White Conduit House, a leisure retreat in Islington, then remote from London. Part of the surrounding White Conduit Fields had been a cricket venue since the early 18th century. Pelham Warner said WCC was an "offshoot" from a social club called Je ne sais quoi, which was based in the West End of London.Warner 1946 17 Other events Odiham and Farnham played each other twice in August, each team winning once.Waghorn 2005 55 Maidenhead defeated Chertsey by 6 wickets in September.Waghorn 2005 56 Berkshire hosted Odiham at Old Field, Bray on 3 October, but the result is unknown. Four days later, Odiham defeated 'the Berkshire Club' (probably Maidenhead) on Odiham Down.Waghorn 2005 56 The 1781 fall-out between the Leicester and Nottingham clubs had dragged on, and was still unresolved by the end of the 1782 season.Buckley 1935 94–95 First mentions Clubs and teams Alresford & OdihamBuckley 1935 96 Farnham Cricket ClubWaghorn 2005 55 Players David Harris (Hampshire)Haygarth 1996 52 Joey Ring (Kent)Haygarth 1996 52 Venues Windmill DownBuckley 1935 94Haygarth 1996 54 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 Haygarth Arthur Arthur Haygarth Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826) Frederick Lillywhite Kennington 1996 1862 978-19-00592-23-9 McCann Tim Timothy J. McCann Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century 2004 West Sussex Record Office Lewes 978-08-54450-55-8 https://www.sussexrecordsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/Digital_editions/SRS-Vol-88.pdf 88 Waghorn H. T. H. T. Waghorn The Dawn of Cricket J. W. McKenzie London 2005 1906 978-09-47821-17-3 Warner Pelham Pelham Warner Lords: 1787–1945 1946 Harrap London 877106024 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:1782 in England