1798 English cricket season

Cricket season review November 2025 November 2025 1797 1797 English cricket season 1799 1799 English cricket season Matches involving town clubs became more commonplace in the 1798 English cricket season, and only a handful of county teams were active. Details of 20 matches are known, but few were 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. Matches The important matches in 1798 involved either or both of England and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). They played each twice on Lord's Old Ground (Lord's), and MCC won both times—by 17 runs in June,Haygarth 1996 235 and by 7 wickets in July.Haygarth 1996 238 England defeated Surrey three times, all of the matches played at Lord's—by 128 runs in June,Haygarth 1996 233 by an innings & 12 runs,Haygarth 1996 243 and by 13 runs, also in August.Haygarth 1996 244 Other events As in 1797, the Montpelier Cricket Club had a fairly strong team, especially with given men. They played two matches against MCC, winning by 55 runs at Lord's,Haygarth 1996 232 but losing by 175 runs in Montpelier Gardens.Haygarth 1996 234 Other town club matches, mostly recorded by Samuel Britcher, involved Croydon Cricket Club and Woolwich Cricket Club.Britcher 1798 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 Britcher Samuel Samuel Britcher A Complete List of all the Grand Matches of Cricket that have been Played (1790–1805; annual series) W. S. Blake London 1798 83523010 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 Wilson Martin An Index to Waghorn Bodyline Books (limited edition, by subscription only) London 2005 Category:1790s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 18th century Category:1798 in England