1784 English cricket season
The 1784 English cricket season was the 13th in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecard of only one first-class match has survived.
Matches
[edit]A single first-class match scorecard survives from 1784.[1][2] The match was played between an England side and a Hampshire XI at Sevenoaks Vine in June.[3]
First mentions
[edit]- J. Cole (Hampshire)
- Davidson (Essex)
- Jack Small
References
[edit]- ^ 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 1784, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ England v Hampshire XI, scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.