1759 English cricket season

Cricket season review November 2025 November 2025 1758 1758 English cricket season 1760 1760 English cricket season Three Dartford v England matches were played in the 1759 English cricket season, but there were no notable single wicket matches.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. Dartford v England Three matches between Dartford and England were played in September from the 5th to the 12th. The first two were on Dartford Brent, the third on Laleham Burway.ACS 1981 23 In all three matches, Dartford had Tom Faulkner and Gascoigne of London as given men. Dartford won the first match, and England the second, both by unknown margins. The deciding match was scheduled for Wednesday, 12 September, according to an announcement in the Whitehall Evening Post the previous day. Dartford won that by 3 wickets.Buckley 1935 38 Arthur Haygarth refers to this "tri-series" on page 2 of Scores & Biographies, but only to the two games won by Dartford. He appears to believe that only those two games were played. He found the names of the players in Bell's Life, dated 23 November 1845, but no scores.Haygarth 1996 2 Bell's Life stated that the matches took place in 1765, and Haygarth says another account has 1762, but it is evident that G. B. Buckley has got the dates (and the sequence) right as above.Buckley 1935 38Maun 2011 98 Dartford's team, evidently unchanged in all three games, was: Tom Faulkner, Gascoigne (both London, and given men), John Frame, John Bell (wicket-keeper), Potter (long stop), Thomas Brandon, Thomas Bell, Goldstone, Killick, Stephens/Stevens, and Wakelin. There were several players called Stephens or Stevens during this period, including Lumpy.Haygarth 1996 2 The England team, also apparently unchanged, was: Burchwood (Kent), John Edmeads (Surrey), Edward Gill (Buckinghamshire, wicket-keeper), Thomas Woods (Surrey, long stop), Stephen Harding (Surrey), John Haynes (Surrey), William Durling (Kent), Saunders (Berkshire), Allen (Middlesex), Nyland (Sussex), and Cheeseman (Sussex).Haygarth 1996 2 The main bowlers were stated to be Faulkner and Frame for Dartford; and Burchwood and Edmeads for England. Edmeads was still playing for Chertsey and Surrey in the 1770s. Edward Gill of Buckinghamshire is the wicket-keeper in the scorecarded Hampshire v England match of June 1772.Haygarth 1996 2 First mentions There were no new counties, teams, or venues in 1759 but, of the 22 players in the Dartford v England matches, the names of fourteen occur for the first time:Haygarth 1996 2Buckley 1935 38Maun 2011 98 99% 20% Burchwood (Kent) Cheeseman (Sussex) John Edmeads (Surrey) Gascoigne (London) Edward Gill (Bucks) 20% Goldstone (Dartford/Kent) John Haynes (Surrey) Killick (Dartford/Kent) Nyland (Sussex) Potter (Dartford/Kent) 20% Saunders (Berkshire) Stephens (Dartford/Kent) Wakelin (Dartford/Kent) Thomas Woods (Chertsey/Surrey) 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 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 Maun Ian Ian Maun From Commons to Lord's, Volume Two: 1751 to 1770 2011 Martin Wilson Leicester 978-09-56906-60-1 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:1750s in cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 18th century Category:1759 in England