1740 English cricket season
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In the 1740 English cricket season, few matches were reported. London features in all of them. Rain was a problem in July. As in other times of warfare or economic depression, less cricket was played than in times of peace and (for some) prosperity.
[edit] Matches
| Date | Match Title | Venue | Source | Result |
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| June | Chislehurst v London | Chislehurst | WCS | London won |
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The report only states the venue and the winners. |
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| June | London v Chislehurst | Artillery Ground | WCS | result unknown |
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"All persons to come in at the iron gates at the Pyed Horse-yard". |
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| c.9 July (W) | Richmond & Moulsey v London | Moulsey Hurst | WCS | drawn (rain) |
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Scores are known: London 100 & 70-8; R&M 86. Rain delayed the start till between three and four o’clock. It was decided to try again next week at the Artillery Ground. |
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| 16 July (W) | London v Richmond & Moulsey | Artillery Ground | FL18 | London won by 73 runs |
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Reported by the London & Country Journal dated Tuesday 22 July. |
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| c.21 July (M) | Kent v London | Sevenoaks Vine | WCS | drawn (rain) |
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Kent scored 71 & 130; London scored 98 and 30-3. Rain halted play "for some time". The report mentions the return match below. |
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| c.28 July (M) | London v Kent | Artillery Ground | WCS | result unknown |
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This return game is not mentioned by other sources. |
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| 8 September (M) | Bucks, Berks & Herts v London | Uxbridge Moor | WCS | London won |
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London won "with great difficulty". The report mentions the return fixture below. |
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| 15 September (M) | London v Bucks, Berks & Herts | Artillery Ground | WCS | result unknown |
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As Mr Waghorn says: "no notice of second match". |
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| English cricket teams in the 18th century |
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Berkshire | Essex | Hampshire | Kent | Leicestershire | Middlesex | Nottingham | Sheffield | Surrey | Sussex |
| English cricket venues in the 18th century |
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Artillery Ground | Bishopsbourne Paddock | Broadhalfpenny Down | Bromley Common | Dartford Brent | Duppas Hill |
| English cricket seasons to 1815 |
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1300 - 1696 | 1697 - 1725 |
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to 1815 • 1816-1863 • 1864-1889 • 1890-1918 • 1919-1945 • 1946-1968 • 1969-2000 • from 2001 |
[edit] Main Sources
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742 - 1751 by F S Ashley-Cooper in Cricket Magazine (1900) (ASW)
- Cricket Scores 1730 - 1773 by H T Waghorn (WCS)
- Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley (FL18)
- Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket by G B Buckley (FLPV)
- Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century by Timothy J McCann (TJM)
- The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn (WDC)
[edit] Additional References
- A Social History of English Cricket by Derek Birley
- Cricket: History of its Growth and Development by Rowland Bowen
- Chertsey Cricket Club website
- Dartford Cricket Club website (DCC)
- From the Weald to the World by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)
- Hambledon Cricket Chronicle by F S Ashley-Cooper (HCC)
- Hambledon: Men and Myths by John Goulstone (HMM)
- Kent Cricket Matches by F S Ashley-Cooper (KCM)
- Pre-Victorian Sussex Cricket by HF & AP Squire (PVSC)
- Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
- Start of Play by David Underdown
- The Cricketer magazine (Cktr)
- The Glory Days of Cricket by Ashley Mote
- John Nyren's The Cricketers of my Time by Ashley Mote
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual): various issues
