1764 English cricket season

Cricket season review November 2025 November 2025 1763 1763 English cricket season 1765 1765 English cricket season The 1764 English cricket season marks the beginning of the 'Hambledon Era' in earnest, and it is believed to be about this time that the Hambledon Club was founded. Chertsey and Hambledon, by now the leading teams in cricket, played each other three times. Details of these and five other 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. Chertsey v Hambledon Chertsey hosted Hambledon 10 and 11 September on Laleham Burway; Hambledon won by 4 wickets. The team scores were: Chertsey 48 and 127; Hambledon 76 and 100–6. The stakes were £20 a side.ACS 1981 23Waghorn 1899 56–57 At the end of the first day's play, Chertsey had scored 115 in their second innings (number of wickets unknown), and so led by 87. They added 12 in the morning, and Hambledon needed exactly 100 to win. Hambledon reached their target with four wickets in hand, after losing their first three for only four runs.Waghorn 1899 56–57 In his book, Ashley Mote speculated about certain Hambledon players who could have taken part in this match. However, there are no contemporary sources which support his conjecture.Mote 1997 164–165 The only Hambledon player who definitely did take part was Peter Stewart, who broke a finger; John Edmeads and Thomas Baldwin played for Chertsey, and shared a partnership of more than 40.Waghorn 1899 56–57 One of the people listed by Mote was Squire Thomas Land, who may or may not have been an actual player. Hambledon was called 'Squire Land's Club' by both the Whitehall Evening Post and the St James Chronicle in September 1764, but it is evident that he 'deserted the Club' sometime between then and 1769.Ashley-Cooper 1924 18–19 On 17 and 18 September, Hambledon played Chertsey on (probably) Broadhalfpenny Down, and Chertsey won by 2 wickets. This was the return match to the above.ACS 1981 23Buckley 1935 42–43 The two clubs apparently agreed to stage a decider on 24 September, but it is not known if it ever took place.ACS 1981 23Buckley 1935 42–43 Other events There were three matches between the county teams of Norfolk and Suffolk. The first was played 23 August at Ampton Racecourse, near Bury St Edmunds. It was reported in the Gazetteer & London Daily Advertiser on Tuesday, 28 August. Norfolk won by an unknown margin.Buckley 1935 42–43 The other two matches were played 10 and 12 September on Scole Common in Suffolk.ACS 1981 23 Suffolk won both, the second one "with the greatest of ease".Waghorn 2005 31 A Romford v Dartford match was announced in the Chelmsford Chronicle on Friday, 24 August. It was due to be played 28 August on the Romford Racecourse.Buckley 1935 42–43 The Sussex Weekly Advertiser reported on Monday, 24 September, that a match between Arundel and East Sussex was played 21 September on Henfield Common. Arundel won by 2 wickets.Buckley 1937 4 First mentions Clubs and teams East SussexBuckley 1937 4 Norfolk (pre-1876)Buckley 1935 42–43 RomfordBuckley 1935 42–43 Suffolk (pre-1864)Buckley 1935 42–43 Players Thomas Baldwin (Chertsey)Waghorn 1899 56–57 Thomas Land (Hambledon/Hampshire)Ashley-Cooper 1924 18–19 Peter Stewart (Hambledon/Hampshire)Waghorn 1899 56–57 Venues Ampton Racecourse, Bury St EdmundsBuckley 1935 42–43 Scole CommonWaghorn 2005 31 Romford Racecourse, RomfordBuckley 1935 42–43 Henfield CommonBuckley 1937 4 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 Ashley-Cooper F. S. F. S. Ashley-Cooper Hambledon Cricket Chronicle: 1772–1796 Jenkins London 1924 38498574 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 Mote Ashley Ashley Mote The Glory Days of Cricket Robson 1997 978-1-8610-5111-0 Waghorn H. T. H. T. Waghorn Cricket Scores, Notes, &c. From 1730–1773 Blackwood Edinburgh 1899 1086375331 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:1760s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 18th century Category:1764 in England