1748 English cricket season

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1748 English cricket season
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The 1748 English cricket season was the fifth season following the earliest known codification of the Laws of Cricket. Details have survived of six significant eleven-a-side and 18 single wicket matches. 1748 was the halcyon season of single wicket, perhaps never so popular before or since.[citation needed]

Matches[]

Six matches between significant teams are known to have taken place.[1][2]

  • 10 June – Kent v England XI – Dartford Brent
  • 13 June – England XI v Kent – Artillery Ground
  • 14 June – v London – Peckham Rye Common
  • 18 July – London v Croydon – Artillery Ground
  • 15 August – London v – Artillery Ground
  • 23 August – Deptford & Greenwich v London –

Single wicket matches[]

A total of 18 significant single wicket matches are known to have taken place during 1748.[3][4]

First mentions[]

Clubs and teams[]

  • The Rest – earliest known use of this name by a team in a single wicket match on 6 June. The team was made up of Stephen Dingate, Little Bennett, Maynard, Collins and Thomas Waymark. The other team involved in the match was Addington.[4]

Players[]

  • John Colchin (Bromley)

References[]

  1. ^ ACS, p.22.
  2. ^ Other matches in England 1748, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  3. ^ Ashley-Cooper, p.53.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Buckley, p.22.

Bibliography[]

  • ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
  • Ashley-Cooper, F. S. (1900). At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742–1751. Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game. London: Cricket Magazine. OCLC 28863559.
  • Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell.

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.
  • Maun, Ian (2009). From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750. Roger Heavens. ISBN 978 1 900592 52 9.
  • Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane.
  • Waghorn, H. T. (1899). Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730–1773). Blackwood.
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