1820 English cricket season

Cricket season review August 2026 August 2026 1819 1819 English cricket season 1821 1821 English cricket season The 1820 English cricket season was the 34th since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Fuller Pilch made his first known appearance at Lord's. Details of five 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 According to Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, the original Northamptonshire County Cricket Club was founded in 1820, but was subject to substantial reorganisation and reformation in 1878. 1820 also has the earliest mention of wicket-keeping gloves. William Ward scored 278 for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Norfolk at Lord's in 1820, the first known double-century, and a new world record for the highest individual innings in all forms of cricket, beating James Aylward's score of 167 in 1777.Haygarth 1996 433 Opinion about the match's status is divided, so Aylward can be said to have held the record for important matches until 1826. With cricket still recovering from the effects of the Napoleonic War, only a few important matches were recorded in 1820: 23/25 May — Cambridge Town Club v Cambridge University @ Parker's Piece, Cambridge.https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/0/387.html Cambridge Town Club v Cambridge University CricketArchive 26 August 2026 subscription 30 May — Cambridge Town Club v Cambridge University @ Parker's Piece, Cambridge.https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/0/388.html Cambridge Town Club v Cambridge University CricketArchive 26 August 2026 subscription 19–20 June — Gentlemen v Players @ Lord's.Haygarth 1996 430 3–5 July — England v Hampshire @ Lord's.Haygarth 1996 432 In addition, on 24 July, the MCC v Norfolk match at Lord's,Haygarth 1996 433 which has dubious provenance.Rae 1998 207 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 Rae Simon Simon Rae W. G. Grace: A Life Faber & Faber London 1998 978-05-71178-55-1 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 Warner Pelham Pelham Warner Lords: 1787–1945 1946 Harrap London 877106024 Category:1820s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 19th century Category:1820 in England