1773 English cricket season
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The 1773 English cricket season was the second in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecards of eight first-class matches have survived.
Matches[]
Eight first-class match scorecards survive from 1773.[1][2]
- 21–22 June - Surrey XI v Kent XI - Laleham Burway[3]
- 28–29 June - England v Hampshire XI - Sevenoaks Vine[4]
- 2–3 July - England v Hampshire - Artillery Ground[5]
- 19–21 July - Kent v Surrey - Bourne Paddock[6]
- 4–5 August - Hampshire v England - Broadhalfpenny Down[7]
- 16–18 August - Kent v Surrey - Sevenoaks Vine[8]
- 16–18 September - Surrey v Hampshire - Laleham Burway[9]
- 27–28 September - Hampshire v Surrey - Broadhalfpenny Down[10]
A number of other matches were played during the season, including matches between county teams. Full scorecards do not survive of these matches.[11]
The scorecard of the England v Hampshire match on 23 June is the first from which some bowling and fielding details are known, although no credit was given to the bowler when a batsman was out other than by being bowled. The card includes the first known instance of hit wicket as a mode of dismissal.
Debutants[]
The following players made their first known appearance during the 1773 season.
- Henry Attfield (Surrey)
- James Aylward (Hampshire)
- William Bartholomew (Surrey)
- James Bayley (Hampshire)
- Blake (Surrey)
- Francis Booker (Kent)
- William Bullen (Kent)
- Samuel Colchin (Kent)
- John Brewer Davis (Kent)
- T. Davis (Hampshire)
- Richard Francis (Hampshire)
- Edward Hussey (Kent)
- M. Lewis (Surrey) (Surrey)
- George Louch (Kent/MCC)
- Richard Newman (MCC/Essex/Kent)
- Constantine Phillips (Surrey)
- Charles Powlett
- Richard Purchase (Hampshire)
- Read (All-England)
- Robert Stone (Surrey/Kent)
- Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville (Surrey)
- John Wheeler (Kent)
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 1773, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
- ^ Surrey v Kent, Scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ England v Hampshire, Scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ England v Hampshire, Scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ Kent v Surrey, Scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ Hampshire v England, Scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ Kent v Surrey, Scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ Surrey v Hampshire, Scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ Hampshire v Surrey, Scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ Other matches in England 1773, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
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.
- 1773 in English cricket
- English cricket seasons from 1764 to 1786