1794 English cricket season explained
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The 1794 English cricket season was the 23rd in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status and the eighth after the foundation of the Marylebone Cricket Club. The season saw 16 top-class matches played in the country.
Matches
A total of 16 top-class matches were played during the season.[1] [2] [3] These included matches played by teams from Kent, Middlesex and Surrey as well as Oldfield Cricket Club from Berkshire which played in five first-class matches, four of them against MCC.[2] [3]
First mentions
Cricket is first known to have been played in Shropshire in 1794. A number of players made first-class debuts, including:
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 .
Notes and References
- [Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians]
- https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/index.html?season=1794;view=season England Domestic Season 1794
- https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/First-Class_matches_in_England_1794.html First-class matches in England, 1794
