1819 English cricket season

Cricket season review March 2015 December 2020 1818 1818 English cricket season 1820 1820 English cricket season The 1819 English cricket season was the 33rd since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The Gentlemen v Players match, previously played in 1806 only, was resurrected. Details of six 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 7 September – death of Lumpy Stevens, arguably the greatest bowler of the 18th century According to James Pycroft in The Cricket Field, the size of the wickets was increased in 1817 to 27 in mm by 8 in mm, but it seems more likely that the rule was introduced in 1819. With cricket still recovering from the effects of the Napoleonic War, a total of only six matches were recorded in 1819: 24 May – Cambridge Town Club v Cambridge University @ Parker's Piece, Cambridge 7–9 June – EnglandI v HampshireI @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.420.This match is an exception to the normal rule of eleven-a-side in cricket. 21 June – Cambridge Town Club v Cambridge University @ Parker's Piece, Cambridge 29–30 June – England v Hampshire @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.423. 7–9 July – Gentlemen v Players @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.425. 25–26 August – Epsom v Hampshire @ Epsom DownsHaygarth, p.427. 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 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 Category:1810s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 19th century Category:1819 in England