1755 English cricket season

Cricket season review November 2025 November 2025 1754 1754 English cricket season 1756 1756 English cricket season Details have survived of five eleven-a-side matches in the 1755 English cricket season, and two notable single wicket matches. They are all 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. The season's biggest match was London against the Middlesex & Surrey combine on the Artillery Ground. A Cambridge University team played two matches against an Eton College XI. It is unlikely that the modern Cambridge University Cricket Club had been founded at this early stage. Eleven-a-side matches On 3 and 5 June, a team from the University of Cambridge played an Eton College XI in two matches at an unknown venue in Cambridge.ACS 1981 23 Cambridge University won both times.Buckley 1935 34–35 Cricket at the University of Cambridge had first been mentioned in 1710, and it was not until the early 19th century that Cambridge University Cricket Club was founded. These two matches are the earliest known to have been played by a team representing the university. It is not clear if the Eton team was past or present pupils or both. From a comment made by the Public Advertiser, it is possible that the teams had previously met in 1754, and that Eton won.Buckley 1935 34–35 On 10 July, Hampton played against Kingston on Hampton Court Green, and Hampton won by 3 wickets. Kingston scored 95 and 50; Hampton scored 72 and 65/7. Play was delayed for an hour by rain after Hampton's first innings ended. Odds were "a guinea to a crown on the Kingston team and at last as much on the Court team".Waghorn 2005 29–30 London played against Waltham, 21 July, on the Artillery Ground.ACS 1981 23 The game was pre-announced by the Daily Advertiser on Saturday, 19 July, but the result is unknown.Buckley 1935 34–35 London met the Middlesex & Surrey combine, 8 August, on the Artillery Ground.ACS 1981 23 The match was described as "so long depending", which suggests it may have been postponed. Tom Faulkner, Joe Harris, and John Frame all played for London as given men. London won by 20 runs.Waghorn 2005 29–30Buckley 1935 35Maun 2011 58 Single wicket Two single wicket matches were recorded. The first, on Thursday, 26 June, was a "fives" match on Kennington Common in which London defeated Eton & Windsor by 8 runs. London scored 13 and 22; Eton & Windsor scored 11 and 16. London's team was Perry, Little and Tall Bennett, John Capon, and Clowder.Waghorn 2005 29–30 This is the only known mention of Clowder in sources. On Monday, 28 July, Joe Harris and another London player were matched against two Surrey players at the Artillery Ground. The result is unknown.Buckley 1935 34–35 Other events The Daily Advertiser announced on Thursday, 12 June that on Monday next, 16 June, a match would be played on Datchet Common for a considerable sum of money.Buckley 1937 2 On Thursday, 28 August, there was an horrific incident in which a player had his right eye "knocked out by a ball". The game was on Kennington Common, but no other information was reported.Waghorn 2005 29–30 First mentions Clubs and teams Eton & WindsorWaghorn 2005 29–30 WalthamBuckley 1935 34–35 Players Clowder (London)Waghorn 2005 29–30 Venues Cambridge (unspecified)Buckley 1935 34–35 Hampton Court GreenWaghorn 2005 29–30 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 Buckley G. B. G. B. Buckley Fresh Light on pre-Victorian Cricket 1937 Cotterell & Co. Birmingham 23469107 Maun Ian Ian Maun From Commons to Lord's, Volume Two: 1751 to 1770 2011 Martin Wilson Leicester 978-09-56906-60-1 Waghorn H. T. H. T. Waghorn The Dawn of Cricket J. W. McKenzie London 2005 1906 978-09-47821-17-3 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:1750s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 18th century Category:1755 in England