1749 English cricket season explained

The 1749 English cricket season was the sixth season following the earliest known codification of the Laws of Cricket.

Matches

Seven eleven-a-side matches between significant teams are known to have taken place.^{[1] [2]}

• 26 May – London & Bromley & Chislehurst v Addington – Artillery Ground
• June – Hastings v Pevensey – not known^[3]
• 2 June – England XI v Surrey – Dartford Brent
• 5 June – England XI v Surrey – Artillery Ground
• 21 June – London v Richmond & Ripley – Artillery Ground
• 26 June – Long Robin's XI v Stephen Dingate's XI – Artillery Ground
• 14 August – London v Bearsted – Artillery Ground

Single wicket matches

A series of three single wicket cricket matches took place between teams of five playing for England against Addington. The matches resulted from a challenge by the Addington players to meet any other five in England, with Addington considered the favourites to win. Addington won only one of the matches.^[4]

First mentions

Players

• John Frame (Surrey/Dartford/Kent)

Bibliography

• Book: ACS . Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians . A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863 . 1981 . ACS . Nottingham .
• Ashley-Cooper . F. S. . F. S. Ashley-Cooper . At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742–1751 . 1900 . Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game . Cricket Magazine . London . 28863559.
• Book: McCann, Tim . Timothy J. McCann . Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century . 2004 . Sussex Record Society .

Further reading

• Book: Altham, H. S. . Harry Altham . A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914) . 1962 . George Allen & Unwin .
• Book: Birley, Derek . Derek Birley . A Social History of English Cricket . 1999 . Aurum .
• Book: Bowen, Rowland . Rowland Bowen . Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development . 1970 . Eyre & Spottiswoode .
• Book: Major, John . John Major . More Than A Game . 2007 . HarperCollins .
• Book: Underdown, David . David Underdown . Start of Play . 2000 . Allen Lane .

Notes and References

1. ACS, p.22.
2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/5/Other_matches_in_England_1749.html Other matches in England 1749
3. McCann, p.44.
4. Ashley-Cooper p.53.