1797 English cricket season

Cricket season review November 2025 November 2025 1796 1796 English cricket season 1798 1798 English cricket season The 1797 English cricket season marked 200 years since the earliest known definite reference to the sport in 1597. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) enjoyed great success on the field, winning nine of their eleven known matches. Details of 21 matches are known, 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 Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) met Middlesex twice in May, both matches being played on Lord's Old Ground (Lord's). MCC won the first by 6 wickets,Haygarth 1996 214 and the second by 288 runs.Haygarth 1996 216 England v Surrey England played Surrey twice at Lord's in June. England won both games, the first by 6 wickets,Haygarth 1996 216 and the second by 23 runs.Haygarth 1996 218 MCC v Hampshire In August, MCC won both of their two games against Hampshire. The first was played on Itchin Stoke Down, and MCC won by 113 runs.Haygarth 1996 224 They went on to win the second at Lord's by 6 wickets.Haygarth 1996 225 England v MCC At the end of August, England and MCC played each other at Moulsey Hurst and at Lord's. MCC won the first match by 6 wickets, and England the second by 8 wickets.Haygarth 1996 226 Other events Woolwich played two matches against Croydon at Barrack Field. Woolwich won by 23 runs in August,Britcher 1797 and by 179 runs in September.Waghorn 2005 Colonel Charles Lennox and the Earl of Winchilsea organised four matches between their selected teams. Lennox's XI won the first game, and Winchilsea's XI won the next three.Haygarth 1996 214–223 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 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 1797 83523010 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 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:1790s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 18th century Category:1797 in England