1750 English cricket season explained

The 1750 English cricket season was the seventh season following the earliest known codification of the Laws of Cricket. Details have survived of six eleven-a-side matches between significant teams, including three inter-county matches played between Kent and Surrey.

Matches

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

• 18 June – Two Elevens – Artillery Ground
• 6 July – Kent v Surrey – Dartford Brent
• 9 July – Kent v Surrey – Artillery Ground
• 17 July – Dartford v Addington – Dartford Brent
• 9 July – Kent v Surrey – Artillery Ground
• 8 August – London v Hampton – Artillery Ground

Single wicket matches

A series of three single wicket cricket matches were played during September between teams led by Stephen Dingate and Tom Faulkner at the Artillery Ground in London. Faulkner's side won two of the matches with the other match ending in a tie.^[3]

Other events

A military match at Perth is the first known reference to cricket being played in Scotland.

Leading player Robert Colchin died at Deptford in April, probably of smallpox^[4] and in August Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond died at Godalming. Lennox was one of the leading patrons of cricket at the time, in particular of Slindon Cricket Club and Sussex teams.^[5]

First mentions

Players

• Thomas Brandon (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: Maun, Ian . Ian Maun . From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750 . 2009 . Roger Heavens . 978-1-900592-52-9.

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_1750.html Other matches in England 1750
3. Ashley-Cooper, p.68.
4. Maun, p.203.
5. Maun, p.206.