1803 English cricket season

Cricket season review March 2015 May 2026 1802 1802 English cricket season 1804 1804 English cricket season The 1803 English cricket season was the 17th since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Thomas Howard made his debut in historically important matches. Details of ten 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. Events Prime Minister William Pitt referred to cricket when introducing his Defence Bill.Bowen, p.268. With the Napoleonic War continuing, loss of investment and manpower impacted cricket and only three matches have been recorded in 1803: 21–24 June: England v Surrey at Lord's Old GroundHaygarth, p.305. 4–6 July: Nottinghamshire & Leicestershire v Hampshire at Lord's Old GroundHaygarth, p.307. 11–12 July: England v Surrey at Lord's Old Ground Another match that has sometimes been regarded as important is H. C. Woolridge's XI v W. R. Capel's XI at Clifford's Park, Rickmansworth, on Friday 26 August. 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 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 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 1803 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 Category:1800s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 19th century Category:1803 in England