1778 English cricket season

Cricket season review November 2025 November 2025 1777 1777 English cricket season 1779 1779 English cricket season The 1778 English cricket season saw the last use of the Artillery Ground for senior matches. Details of eight 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. End of the Artillery Ground The Artillery Ground staged its last two matches of any importance in 1878. The venue still exists, and is still used for cricket. On 24 and 25 August, it hosted London v Dartford, historically one of its main fixtures. Pre-match notices billed the event as "Hampshire v England" but that fixture was postponed, and London v Dartford was played instead. The postponement was recorded in the Daily Advertiser on Friday, 21 August. The Morning Chronicle on Tuesday, 25 August reported that London scored over 120 and Dartford 84. Dartford at one point were apparently 0/5. The remainder of the match was to be played out the same day (Tuesday), but no subsequent report was found.Buckley 1935 85 The ground's last big match was England v Chertsey on 15 September. The result is unknown.Buckley 1935 86 England v Hampshire England and Hampshire met twice, winning one match apiece. The first was 29/30 June on Sevenoaks Vine. England scored 88 and 122; Hampshire replied with 71 and 140/7 to win by 3 wickets. Hampshire had William Bedster as a given man. The top-scorer in the match was Hampshire's Richard Aubrey Veck with 53 not out in the second innings.Haygarth 1996 37 The return match was 6/7 July on Itchin Stoke Down. England scored 143 and 130. Hampshire replied with 152 and 76, so England won by 45 runs. Lumpy Stevens took seven wickets (bowled only) in the match for England.Haygarth 1996 37 Chertsey v England The England v Chertsey game on 15 September (see above) was the last-ever "great match" on the Artillery Ground. It was a return to one played 10/11 September on Laleham Burway, which Chertsey won by innings and 24 runs. England scored 65 and 89; Chertsey scored 178 (William Yalden 49). Chertsey were well-served by Lamborn, playing as a given man, who took eight all-bowled wickets in the match, including a 5wI six in the second innings.Buckley 1935 86 Hampshire v Surrey Hampshire played two end-of-season matches against Surrey. The first was played 24/25 September on Broadhalfpenny Down for a stake of £1,100. Surrey scored 115 (William Bedster 63*) & 166 (Joseph Miller 59); Hampshire replied with 135 (Noah Mann 31) & 149/6 (Tom Sueter 49) to win by 4 wickets. The return was played 6/8 October on Laleham Burway, and Surrey won by 138 runs. It was Thomas Brett's final known match.Haygarth 1996 38 Other events According to John Arlott in his Arlott on Cricket: "...in 1778 Hambledon announced home and out matches – on level terms and with no 'given' players – with Alresford for fifty guineas a match." He gives no further details.Arlott 1984 72–73 On 30 May, the Hambledon Club played a team called Hambledon Parish. The match was pre-announced in the Hampshire Chronicle on Monday, 18 May as "Hambledon Club v Hambledon Parish with Noah Mann". The venue was Itchin Stoke Down, which is near Alresford, and often called Stoke Down. The result is unknown.Buckley 1935 84 First mentions Venues Itchin Stoke DownBuckley 1935 84 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 Arlott John John Arlott Arlott on Cricket Harper Collins London 1984 978-00-02180-82-5 Buckley G. B. G. B. Buckley Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket 1935 Cotterell & Co. Birmingham 23450280 Haygarth Arthur Arthur Haygarth Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826) Frederick Lillywhite Kennington 1996 1862 978-19-00592-23-9 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:1770s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 18th century Category:1778 in England