1780 English cricket season explained
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The 1780 English cricket season was the ninth in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecards of four first-class matches have survived. The first six-seam cricket balls were used during the season.
Matches
Four first-class match scorecards survive from 1780, two of them matches between England sides and Hampshire XIs and two between sides organised by John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset and Horatio Mann.[1] [2]
- 27–28 June – Duke of Dorset's XI v Sir Horatio Mann's XI – Sevenoaks Vine[3]
- 21–23 August – Sir Horatio Mann's XI v Duke of Dorset's XI – Bourne Paddock[4]
- 30 August – 1 September – England v Hampshire XI – Bourne Paddock[5]
- 20–22 September – Hampshire XI v England – Itchin Stoke Down[6]
Four other matches are known to have been played during the season, including one between a Kent XI and a Surrey XI and three involving Berkshire XIs, including one against an Oxfordshire XI.[7]
Other events
Duke & Son of Penshurst made the first six-seam cricket ball during the year. It was presented to the Prince of Wales.[8] [9]
Debutants
Other events
Duke & Son of Penshurst made the first six-seam cricket ball and it was presented to the Prince of Wales.
References
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
- [Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians]
- http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/535171.html Results
- http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17871/game/535222/duke-of-dorsets-xi-vs-sir-h-manns-xi-england-domestic-season-1780 Duke of Dorset's XI v Sir Horatio Mann's XI
- http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17871/game/535234/sir-h-manns-xi-vs-duke-of-dorsets-xi-england-domestic-season-1780 Sir Horatio Mann's XI v Duke of Dorset's XI
- http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17871/game/535236/england-vs-hampshire-xii-england-domestic-season-1780 England v Hampshire XI
- http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17871/game/535237/hampshire-xii-vs-england-england-domestic-season-1780 Hampshire XI v England
- https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/5/Other_matches_in_England_1780.html Other matches in England 1780
- Howard R (2016) The Duke cricket ball, Penshurst Living Archive. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Duke_and_Son Duke and Son
