1782 English cricket season explained
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The 1782 English cricket season was the 11th in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecards of four first-class matches have survived. The great fast bowler David Harris made his first-class debut and the Hambledon Club moved to Windmill Down as a new home venue.
Matches
Four first-class match scorecards survive from 1782, three of them matches between Kent XIs and Hampshire XIs. The other match was between a Hampshire XI and an England side.[1] [2]
Other events
The Hampshire Chronicle reported in June the first meeting on Windmill Down, referring to the ground as "a field called the New Broad Halfpenny adjoining to the Town of Hambledon".[3]
First mentions
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]
- https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-domestic-season-1782-535307/match-schedule-fixtures-and-results Results
- Buckley GB (1935) Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket, p.94. Cotterell.
