1800 English cricket season

The 1800 English cricket season was the 29th in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status and the 14th after the foundation of the Marylebone Cricket Club. The season saw five top-class matches played in the country.

1800 English cricket season
Mezzotint by Dunkarton & Ward after W. R. Bigg, The Soldier's Widow, dated 1800. Note the two cricket bats on the left.

Matches

Just five top-class matches were played during the season, three of them featuring Surrey sides. All five matches were played at Lord's Old Ground.[1][2][3]

Debutants

Players who made their first-class cricket debuts in 1800 included:

References
  1. Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) (1981) A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
  2. England Domestic Season 1800, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  3. First-class matches in England, 1800, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-12-08. (subscription required)

Further reading
  • Altham HS (1962) A History of Cricket, Volume 1 London: George Allen & Unwin.
  • Birley D (1999) A Social History of English Cricket. London: Aurum. ISBN 978 1 78131 1769
  • Major J (2007) More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-718364-7
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