List of English cricketers (1851–1860)
This is a list of cricketers who played first-class cricket in England in matches between the 1851 and 1860 seasons. The sport of cricket had acquired most of its modern features by this time and roundarm bowling was firmly established, although overarm bowling was not accepted until 1863.
The players included are those known to have played in matches which were given retrospective first-class status between 1851 and 1860 inclusive.[A]
A[]
- Richard Adams
- Tom Adams
- Henry Aitken
- Russell Aldridge
- Josiah Alexander
- Henry Alington
- George Anderson
- Henry Andrews
- Audley Archdall
- Henry Arkwright
- William Armitstead
- Robert Armstrong
- Selby Ash
- Charles Asprey
- John Athawes
- George Atkinson
- George Attfield
- Arthur Austen-Leigh
- Spencer Austen-Leigh
B[]
- Thomas Bagge
- Alfred Baillie
- George Baker
- William Baker
- William Baker
- William de Chair Baker
- Samuel Baldwinson
- Edward Balfour
- Thomas Balston
- George Banbury
- Delamark Banks
- Joseph Barber[a]
- Charles Barclay
- George Barker
- Robert Barlow
- Christopher Barnes
- William Barnett
- Amos Bartholomew
- E. R. Bartlett[b]
- George Barton
- Howard Barton
- Chappell Batchelor
- Augustus Bateman
- Edward Bateman
- Frederick Bathurst
- Robert Bayford
- Thomas Beard
- John Beauchamp
- William Beecham
- Frederick Bell
- Richard Bellhouse
- Thomas Bellhouse
- George Bennett
- George Bennett
- Robert Bennett
- William Benthall
- Charles Bere
- John Berry
- John Bickley
- Denis Bingham
- Scholes Birch
- William Birkett
- Joseph Birley
- Henry Biron
- Richard Blackstock
- Thomas Blain
- Blanchard[c]
- David Bleakley
- Edward Vesey Bligh
- Henry Bligh
- Edward Blore
- Walter Boden
- Henry Boldero
- Edwin Bousfield
- Thomas Box
- Charles Brampton
- Henry Brand
- Francis Brandt
- Henry Brandt
- Henry Brenchley
- Thomas Brenchley
- Charles Brereton
- James Broad
- George Brockwell
- Robert Broughton
- Charles Brown
- George Brown
- James Bryant
- David Buchanan
- Alfred Buckley
- Duncombe Buckley
- William Bullock
- James Burbeary
- Arthur Burbidge
- Frederick Burbidge
- William Burden[d]
- Lord Burghley
- Thomas Bury
- William Bury
- Edward Bushby
- Robert Bushell
- George Butler
- John Buttery
- William Buttress
C[]
- Frederick Caesar
- Julius Caesar
- William Caffyn
- Edmund Calverley
- Dudley Campbell
- Amos Carpenter
- Charles Carpenter
- Robert Carpenter
- John Carpenter-Garnier
- Ernest Cassan
- Henry Casson
- William Cator
- George Cayley
- Arthur Cazenove
- Arthur Ceely
- James Challen
- Frederick Champion de Crespigny
- Arthur Chapman
- T. H. Chapman[e]
- George Chatterton
- James Chatterton
- R. Cheesman[f]
- Thomas Cheesman
- James Chester
- Joseph William Chitty
- Alfred Christy
- Alfred Clarke
- William Clarke
- H. Clarkson[g]
- William Clayton
- James Clegg
- Richard Clement
- Reynold Clement
- Francis Clifford
- George Coates
- John Coates
- Wenman Coke
- Charles Coleridge
- Richard Colley
- Benjamin Collins
- Charles Coltson
- Robert Comber
- Francis Compton
- Charles Cooke
- George Cooke
- John Copleston
- Septimus Coppinger
- George Cotterill
- Louis Courtould
- Thomas Craven
- Richard Crawley
- Andrew Crossland
- Charles Currer
- Herbert Mascall Curteis
D[]
- Richard Daft
- Samuel Dakin
- Thomas Dakin
- Thomas Darnton
- Edmund Daubeny
- Thomas Davis
- John Davison
- G. A. Dawson[h]
- Daniel Day
- J. Dean[i]
- Jemmy Dean
- Augustus de Bourbel
- William Deedes
- Robert de Lasaux
- Lambert Denne
- James Dewar
- George Dickins
- Kenelm Digby
- Alfred Diver
- John Dolphin
- Stephen Dowell
- Edward Dowson
- Edward Drake
- Burrell Driver
- Alfred du Cane
- Charles du Cane
- George Du Pré Porcher
- John Duke
- Viscount Dupplin
- George Dupuis
- Frederick Dyer
E[]
- J. E. Eadon[j]
- W. Eager[k]
- John Earl
- Richard Earle
- Charles Ormston Eaton
- Frederick Eden
- Charles Ellis
- Thomas Ellis
- Michael Ellison
- Edward Elmhirst
- George Estridge
- George Ewbank
F[]
- Arthur Faber
- Frederick Fagge
- Edward Fawcett
- Nicholas Felix
- Harvey Fellows
- Walter Fellows
- William Fenn
- Francis Fenner
- George Field
- Cecil Fiennes
- Wingfield Fiennes
- Robert Fitzgerald
- James Ford
- Ralph Forster
- Henry Frere
- Cornelius Fryer
- Harry Fryer
- John Fuller
G[]
- Roger Gadsden
- W. Galloway[l]
- Edward Garland
- Lord Garlies
- Charles Garnett
- Charles Gausden
- John Gibson
- Robert Gibson
- David Gilbert
- George Gilbert
- Hugh Gillett
- Billy Goodhew
- Thomas Goodrich
- Charles Gordon
- John Gosling
- William Goulding
- Francis Grant[m]
- J. Green[n]
- William Green
- George Griffith
- Francis Grimston
- Robert Grimston
- James Grundy
- Lord Guernsey
- Pearkes Gundry
- Joe Guy
H[]
- John Hale
- Thomas Hale
- John Hales
- William Halton
- William Hammersley
- Charles Hammond
- Octavius Hammond
- William Hammond
- George Hampshire
- Frederick Hankey
- Reginald Hankey
- Archibald Harenc
- James Harris
- Edward Hartnell
- Edward Hartopp
- William Hartopp
- Charles Harvey
- Frederick Harwood
- John Hatfield
- Hayes[o]
- Arthur Haygarth
- Daniel Hayward
- Thomas Hayward
- Thomas Hearne
- James Heartfield
- John Heath
- Thomas Heighes
- George Helm
- FH Hervey-Bathurst, 3rd Bt.
- FTA Hervey-Bathurst, 4th Bt.
- F. J. Heseltine[p]
- William Heysham
- William Hillyer
- Edmund Hinkly
- Charles Hoare
- Hamilton Hoare
- George Hodgkinson
- George Hodgson
- Isaac Hodgson
- James Hodson
- William Hodson
- John Hogg
- Henry Holden
- Frederick Hollands
- George Hooker
- Alfred Hoppe
- Thomas Hopper
- Alexander Hore
- Henry Hornby
- Thomas Hornby
- Edward Horne
- William Horner
- William Humphry
- Thomas Hunt
- Benjamin Huntsman
- A. Hutton[q]
- John Hyde
I[]
- Roger Iddison
- William Inge
- Charles Ingram
- John Isted
J[]
- John Jackson
- C. Jeffcock[r]
- William Jervis
- George Randall Johnson
- Jonathan Joy
K[]
- E. B. Kaye[s]
- Robert Keate
- George Kelson
- Matthews Kempson
- William Kempson
- George Kettle
- Charles King
- George King
- Robert King
- Arthur Kingscote
- William Kington
- George Kirwan
- Richard Kirwan
- William Knatchbull-Hugessen
- George Knight
- Philip Knight
- Roger Kynaston
L[]
- Gilbert Lacy
- Charlton Lane
- George Lang
- Alexander Law
- Charles Lawrence
- William Leake
- Frederick Lee
- George Lee
- Richard Lee
- John Lefeaver
- Earl of Leicester
- Edward Leigh
- George Liddell
- James Lillywhite
- John Lillywhite
- William Lillywhite
- Henry Linton
- Francis Lipscomb
- J. Lisney[t]
- W. Little[u]
- William Lockhart
- Tom Lockyer
- Francis Longe
- Nevile Lubbock
M[]
- Alexander MacDougall
- Henry Majendie
- Joseph Makinson
- Herbert Malkin
- James Marchanton
- William Marillier
- Alexander Marshall
- Frederick Marshall
- Henry Marshall
- John Marshall
- Joseph Marshall
- Cloudesley Marsham
- Charles Marsham
- Robert Marsham
- Edward Martin
- George Martin
- William Martingell
- Ward Maule
- E. G. Maxwell[v]
- Joseph McCormick
- Edward McNiven
- James Mewett
- Livingston Middlemost
- Frederick Miller
- William Miller
- Viscount Milton
- Thomas Moncrieffe
- Robert Munro
- Harry Moody
- John Morley
- Elliot Morres
- Charles Morse
- George Mortimer
- William Mortimer
- Will Mortlock
- Arthur Morton
- George Morton
- Thomas Mostyn
- William Mudie
- Pierrepont Mundy
- Henry Munster
- Herbert Murray
- Alfred Mynn
- Walter Mynn
N[]
- Edwin Napper
- William Napper
- Jones Nash
- Joseph Need
- Henry Nethercote
- William Newby
- William Newman
- Henry Nicholson
- William Nicholson
- Thomas Nixon
- Charles Norman
- Frederick Norman
- William Norris
- George Northey
- Bradbury Norton
- William Norton
- William South Norton
- Frederick Nunn
O[]
- Charles Oakeley
- Frederick Oliver
- Denzil Onslow
- Henry Osborn
- Charles Oxenden
P[]
- James Pagden
- J. Paget[w]
- John Paine
- Henry Parker
- John Parker
- William Parker
- William Parnell
- Butler Parr
- George Parr
- Henry Parr
- Samuel Parr
- Alfred Payne
- Arthur Payne
- Charles Payne
- John Payne
- Richard Payne
- Herbert Peel
- John Penikett
- John Pepys
- Frederico Perera
- Pedro Perera
- Henry Perkins
- William Perry
- Viscount Pevensey
- Henry Philpott
- Henry Pickard
- Henry Pickford
- George Picknell
- Fuller Pilch
- William Pilch
- Charles Pilkington
- Henry Plowden
- Charles Plumer
- James Pollitt
- Frederick Ponsonby
- Spencer Ponsonby
- Charles Pontifex
- G. Powell[x]
- Edward Prest
- John Prest
- William Prest
- William Pitt Prest
- J. E. Price[y]
- Charles Pryor
R[]
- Bernard Randolph
- John Randolph
- Robert Ranken
- William Rashleigh
- Thomas Raynes
- Henry Reade
- Richard Reade
- Thomas Reay
- Walter Reed
- Edmund Reeves
- Edward Reynolds
- Frederick Reynolds
- Charles Ridding
- William Ridding
- Thomas Robinson
- Charles Rogers
- George Rogers
- Henry Rogers
- Thomas Rolph
- Joseph Rowbotham
- Alfred Rowe
- Alexander Rowley
- Edmund Rowley
- James Rowley
- Henry Royston
- Viscount Royston
- Lord Charles Russell
S[]
- James Sadler
- Henry Sampson
- John Sams
- Ernest Sandford
- John Sandford
- Philip Sankey
- Tom Sewell Sr.
- Tom Sewell Jr.
- G. Shaw[z]
- John Sherman
- Tom Sherman
- Richard Skelton
- Henry Slater
- William Slinn
- Thomas Smelt
- Alfred Smith
- Edward Smith
- Stephen Smith
- William Smith
- Benjamin Smyth
- Raymond Smythies
- Stephen Soames
- James Southerton
- T. A. Spencer[aa]
- Francis Stacey
- Earl of Stamford
- Lord Stanhope
- Edwin Stephenson
- H. H. Stephenson
- Randolph Stewart
- John Story
- Lord Strathmore
- Richard Streatfeild
- Henry Stubberfield
- Richard Sutton
T[]
- Walter Talbot
- George Tarrant
- Edward Taswell
- Henry Taswell
- Charles Taylor
- S. Taylor[ab]
- Thomas Taylor
- William Taylor
- Robert Terry
- Frederick Thackeray
- Freeman Thomas
- Edward Thornewill
- Cris Tinley
- Francis Tinley
- Vincent Tinley
- Arthur Tomblin
- Henry Tomkinson
- Alfred Torrens
- William Traill
- Edward Tredcroft
- Thomas Tremlett
- Walter Trevelyan
- John Trodd
- Arthur Trollope
- Quintin Twiss
V[]
- Henry Veitch
- Henry Vernon
- Edmund Vyse
W[]
- William Wadsworth
- Bernard Wake
- James Walford
- Alfred Walker
- Arthur Walker
- Frederic Walker
- John Walker
- Vyell Walker
- Alexander Wallace
- Charles Waller
- John Waller
- Clarence Walter
- Arthur Ward
- Charles Ward
- George Warner
- Thomas Warner
- James Watney
- Arthur Watson
- S. Watson[ac]
- James Watts
- Brian Waud
- George Wells
- Ned Wenman
- George Wescoe
- John Weston
- David Whigham
- Herbert White
- Edward Whitlow
- John Whittington
- Frederick Whymper
- Thomas Wickham
- George Wigzell
- Wilde[ad]
- Edward Wilkins
- Edmund Willes
- Tom Wills
- Edgar Willsher
- Alfred Wilson
- Fuller Wilson
- William Wingfield
- Earl of Winterton
- John Wisden
- J. Womack[ae]
- J. Wood[af]
- C. Wright[ag]
- Henry Wright
- Halifax Wyatt
- Charles Wynch
- John Wynne
Y[]
- G. Yates[ah]
- George Edward Yonge
See also[]
- List of early English cricketers to 1771
- List of English cricketers (1772–1786)
- List of English cricketers (1787–1825)
- List of English cricketers (1826–1840)
- List of English cricketers (1841–1850)
- List of English cricketers (1861–1863)
Notes[]
- ^ Details of players are not always complete for this period. In some cases cricket historians have made assumptions regarding the identity of players where just a surname was recorded on original scorecards. Although scorecard information is generally complete from this period, bowling analyses are not always provided in the detail which modern scorecards would do so.
- ^ Christened in 1822 at Sheffield, Barber played once for a Yorkshire XI in 1855.[1]
- ^ Bartlett played a single first-class match for a Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex side in 1860.[2]
- ^ A single match for MCC in 1859. Other than a surname nothing is known about Blanchard.[3]
- ^ A single first-class match for a Middlesex XI in 1851. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[4]
- ^ Chapman is known to have played for Liverpool sides between 1855 and 1867. He made a single first-class appearance for the Gentlemen of the North. Other than a surname and initials no biographical details are known.[5]
- ^ A single first-class match for the United All-England Eleven against a side of 16 Sussex players. Cheesman also played three other matches for Sussex based sides between 1848 and 1853. Other than an initial and surname no biographical details are known.[6]
- ^ Clarkson played in a single match for MCC in 1855. Nothing more is known of his cricket career and, other than an initial and surname, no biographical details are known.[7]
- ^ Played two first-class matches, one in 1860 for the Gentlemen of the South and one in 1871 for MCC. Was a teacher at Brecon, but no forenames are recorded.[8]
- ^ Dean is known to have played in only one cricket match, a first-class match against Cambridge University in 1851. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[9]
- ^ A single first-class match for Sheffield in 1852 is all that is known of Eadon's cricket career. Other than a surname and initials, no biographical details are known.[10]
- ^ Eager played just once in first-class cricket in a match for Sussex in 1854. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[11]
- ^ Galloway played two first-class matches for Manchester, one in 1852 and one in 1854. He played in other matches for the side between 1852 and 1858 and also for Sheffield in 1853, but other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[12]
- ^ Grant played in only one first-class match for MCC in 1851. Other than a name there is no biographical information known about him.[13]
- ^ Green played in s single match for the Surrey Club in 1859.[14]
- ^ Hayes is known to have played only a single game of cricket - a first-class match for the Cambridge Town Club in 1851. Other than a surname there is no biographical information known about him.[15]
- ^ Two matches for the Surrey Club in 1853 and 1854. Other than a name and initial no biographical information is known.[16]
- ^ A single first-class match for a Lancashire XI in 1851. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[17]
- ^ A single match for Sheffield in 1852. Other than a surname and initial, no biographical information is known.[18]
- ^ Three of Kaye's four first-class matches were for Sheffield. He was born in Hull, but there are no other biographical details known.[19]
- ^ Lisney played in just one match, a first-class match for the Surrey Club against MCC in 1853. He scored three runs but took eight wickets, including five in MCC's first innings. Other than a surname and initial no biographical information is known.[20]
- ^ Little played eight first-class matches for the Surrey Club and Gentlemen of the South sides. He is also known to have played club matches for a variety of sides, generally in the Surrey area. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[21]
- ^ Maxwell played a single match for the Gentlemen of the North in 1859 as well as playing other matches for Liverpool. Other than a surname and initials no biographical details are known.[22]
- ^ Paget played a single match for a Lancashire side in 1851, having played for Liverpool Cricket Club between 1847 and 1853. Other than his surname and initial no biographical details are known.[23]
- ^ Played a single first-class match and one other match for a Yorkshire side in 1851. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[24]
- ^ Price is only known to have ever played in one cricket match: for Manchester in a first-class match in 1852. Other than a surname and initials no biographical details are known.[25]
- ^ Shaw is known only to have played a single match for a Lancashire side in 1851. Other than a surname and initial no biographical information is known.[26]
- ^ Spencer played a single game for the Gentlemen of England in 1855. He is known to have played other matches for Bishop's Stortford, but other than a surname and initials no biographical details are known.[27]
- ^ Played in 11 first-class matches, most frequently for MCC. Other than a surname and initial, no biographical details are known.[28]
- ^ Watson played three matches for the Gentlemen of the North between 1858 and 1862 as well as playing for the Nottingham Commercial Club in the 1850s. Other than an initial and surname no biographical details are known.[29]
- ^ No biographical details other than a surname are known about Wilde who played a single match for Cambridge University in 1859.[30]
- ^ Played in five first-class matches, once for a Yorkshire XI in 1845 and then on four occasions for Manchester sides. Other than a surname and initial, no biographical details are known.[31]
- ^ Played in two matches for the Surrey Club. Other than a surname and initial, no biographical details are known.[32]
- ^ Wright played a single match for the Gentlemen of the MCC in 1860, taking six wickets in the an innings against the Gentlemen of Kent. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[33]
- ^ Yates played in four first-class matches between 1851 and 1854, two for Surrey XIs and two for the Surrey Club. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[34]
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- ^ Joseph Barber, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-26. (subscription required)
- ^ ER Bartlett, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-04. (subscription required)
- ^ Blanchard, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-02. (subscription required)
- ^ William Burden, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-26. (subscription required)
- ^ TH Chapman, CricketArchive/ Retrieved 2020-07-02. (subscription required)
- ^ R Cheesman, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-27. (subscription required)
- ^ H Clarkson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-27. (subscription required)
- ^ GA Dawson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-02. (subscription required)
- ^ J Dean, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-27. (subscription required)
- ^ JE Eadon, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-24. (subscription required)
- ^ W Eager, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-26. (subscription required)
- ^ W Galloway, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-27. (subscription required)
- ^ Francis Grant, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-27. (subscription required)
- ^ J Green, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-02. (subscription required)
- ^ Hayes, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-27. (subscription required)
- ^ FJ Heseltine, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-27. (subscription required)
- ^ A Hutton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-09-03. (subscription required)
- ^ C Jeffcock, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-24. (subscription required)
- ^ EB Kaye, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-24. (subscription required)
- ^ J Lisney, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-28. (subscription required)
- ^ W Little, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-03. (subscription required)
- ^ EG Maxwell, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-03. (subscription required)
- ^ J Paget, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-09-03. (subscription required)
- ^ G Powell, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-29. (subscription required)
- ^ JE Price, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-29. (subscription required)
- ^ G Shaw, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-09-03. (subscription required)
- ^ TA Spencer, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-29. (subscription required)
- ^ S Taylor, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-08-27. (subscription required)
- ^ S Watson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-04. (subscription required)
- ^ Wilde, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-04. (subscription required)
- ^ J Womack, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-08-27.(subscription required)
- ^ J Wood, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-08-27. (subscription required)
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- ^ G Yates, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-26.(subscription required)
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