1780 English cricket season
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
- 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
- John Freemantle (Hampshire)
- Gibson(Kent)
- Richard Hosmer (Kent)
- Richard Stanford(Kent)
- William Pattenden (Kent)
Other events
Duke & Son of Penshurst made the first six-seam cricket ball and it was presented to the Prince of Wales.
References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians(ACS) (1981) A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
- ^ Results, English Domestic Season 1780, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ Other matches in England 1780, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ Howard R (2016) The Duke cricket ball, Penshurst Living Archive. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ Duke and Son, Grace's Guide. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
Further reading
- Altham, H. S. (1962). A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914). George Allen & Unwin.
- Birley, Derek (1999). A Social History of English Cricket. Aurum.
- Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
- Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.
- Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane.