1767 English cricket season

The 1767 English cricket season was the 24th season following the earliest known codification of the Laws of Cricket. Details have survived of seven eleven-a-side matches between significant teams.

1767 English cricket season

Matches

Seven eleven-a-side match between significant teams are known to have taken place.[1][2]

The first match between Caterham and Hambledon saw Hambledon win by 262 runs, with featured a partnership of 192 runs for one wicket which was described in a contemporary report as "the greatest thing ever known". This is the earliest known century partnership, with one source suggesting it was between Tom Sueter and Edward Aburrow, although contemporary sources do not name the players.[3]

Other events

A report in the Reading Mercury on 8 June advertised a version go the Laws of Cricket for sale in the town.[4]

A game between two teams of five from Richmond and Brentford on 17 August at Richmond Green was attended by King George III. The King awarded a guinea each to the winners and half a guinea each to the losers.[5]

First mentions

Players

References
  1. ACS, p.23.
  2. Other matches in England 1767, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  3. Mote.
  4. Buckley.
  5. Haygarth.

Bibliography
  • ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
  • Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell.
  • Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Lillywhite.
  • Mote, Ashley (1997). The Glory Days of Cricket. Robson.

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 (2011). From Commons to Lord's, Volume Two: 1751 to 1770. Martin Wilson. ISBN 978-0-9569066-0-1.
  • Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane.
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