1799 English cricket season

Cricket season review November 2025 November 2025 1798 1798 English cricket season 1800 1800 English cricket season Surrey defeated England three times in the 1799 English cricket season. As in the previous year, the number of matches may have declined due to the impact of the Napoleonic War. Fewer were reported, but there was loose censorship in place. Details of ten 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. The earliest known mention of cricket in Devon has been found. A cricket club was formed at Seringapatam in south India after the successful British siege. England v Surrey England played against Surrey three times in 1799, and all three games ended in convincing wins by Surrey. All the matches were played on Lord's Old Ground between 30 July and 17 August. Surrey's margins of victory were 8 wickets, 143 runs, and an innings & 117 runs. These were the season's only important matches.Haygarth 1996 259, 262–263 Other events Cricket in the county of Devon was first referenced in 1799.Bowen 1970 268 Following the siege of Seringapatam in south India, a cricket club was established there.Bowen 1970 268 There were two matches in June between Montpelier and a combined Brentford/Richmond team. Montpelier won both games, by 91 runs at home, and by 148 runs away.Haygarth 1996 253–254 MCC played two matches in June against its own Thursday Club, many of whose members were Middlesex players. The Thursday Club won the first by 54 runs,Haygarth 1996 252 and MCC the second by 41 runs.Haygarth 1996 254 Middlesex played Waltham & Hertfordshire twice in September. The first match at Waltham Abbey was drawn.Waghorn 2005 Middlesex won the second on Lord's Old Ground by 3 runs.Buckley 1935 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 Bowen Rowland Rowland Bowen Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development 1970 Eyre & Spottiswoode London 978-04-13278-60-9 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 Waghorn H. T. H. T. Waghorn The Dawn of Cricket J. W. McKenzie London 2005 1906 978-09-47821-17-3 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 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 1799 83523010 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:History of Indian cricket Category:1799 in England