1792 English cricket season

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In the 1792 English cricket season, Kent played Hampshire at Cobham Park, which was Lord Darnley’s estate and the home of the Bligh family. Ninety years later it became the home of the Ashes in the shape of the urn brought back from Australia by the Hon. Ivo Bligh.

Elsewhere, the earliest known cricket club in India was formed in Calcutta.

1 Matches
2 Other Events
3 Leading batsmen
4 Leading bowlers
5 Main Sources

[edit] Matches

Date	Match Title	Venue	Source	Result
7-9 May (M-W)	MCC v Middlesex	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB128	MCC won by 274 runs

15-17 May (Tu-Th)	MCC v Middlesex	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB129	Middlesex won by 5 runs

21-22 May (M-Tu)	Bligh v Earl of Winchilsea	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB129	Winchilsea's XI won by 8 wkts

28-30 May (M-W)	MCC v Sussex	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB130	Sussex won by 9 wkts

31 May - 1 June (Th-F)	MCC v Berkshire	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB131	MCC won by 7 runs

6-8 June (W-F)	MCC v All-England	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB132	MCC won by innings & 10 runs
See the note re the 1793 match on 12-14 June which some sources have recorded on the same dates in 1792.
21-23 June (Th-S)	All-England v Kent	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB133	All-England won by 10 runs

2-4 July (M-W)	All-England v Hampshire	Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland	SB134	Hampshire won by 75 runs

9 July (M)	Nottingham v Leicester ^	Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland	SB135	Leicester won by 4 wkts
^ Full title is Nottingham v Leicestershire & Rutland. There is no doubt the teams were representative of the counties and similar to the sides that competed against MCC in 1791. The match is historically important and is a major fixture. The Nottingham v Leicester game is also in William North’s 1832 book of Nottingham Old Club Match Scores.
16-18 July (M-W)	Hampshire v All-England	Windmill Down	SB136	Hampshire won by 127 runs

19-20 July (Th-F)	Hampshire Colts v Brighton #	Windmill Down	SB137	Hampshire won by 6 wkts

24-27 July (Tu-F)	Hampshire v Surrey	Perriam Down	SB137	Surrey won by 109 runs

2-4 Aug (Th-S)	Berkshire v MCC	Oldfield Bray	SB138	Berkshire won by 10 runs

7 Aug (Tu)	Brighton v Hampshire Colts #	PoW Ground, Brighton	SB139	Brighton won by 7 wkts
# The two Hambledon v Brighton games recorded in S&B are considered minor due to lack of recognised players.
15-17 Aug (W-F)	Kent v Hampshire	Cobham Park, near Gravesend	SB140	Hampshire won by 8 wkts
Cobham Park was Lord Darnley’s estate and the home of the Bligh family. Ninety years later it became the home of the Ashes brought back from Australia by the Hon. Ivo Bligh.
20-23 Aug (M-Th)	Sussex v MCC	PoW Ground, Brighton	SB140	Sussex won by 3 wkts
The Prince of Wales Ground in Brighton had its name changed over the years and was known as Box’s Ground in the next century.
23-25 Aug (Th-S)	Sussex v MCC	PoW Ground, Brighton	SB141	Sussex won by innings & 44 runs

27 Aug (M)	Sheffield v Bents Green	Sheffield ?	FLPV	Sheffield won by 10 wkts
This was three innings a side and is the first match played in Yorkshire for which the full scores are known. It is also the first match in which a batsman was given out for obstructing the field.
29-31 Aug (W-F)	Kent v Essex	Dartford Brent	SB142	Kent won by 81 runs

5-6 Sept (W-Th)	Sussex v Middlesex	PoW Ground, Brighton	SB142	Sussex won by 5 wkts
S&B says only the two first innings were played during 5-7 Sept 1792 (rain-affected?) and the game was concluded on 27 May 1793 when the two second innings were played.
17-19 Sept (M-W)	Kent v Hampshire	Dartford Brent	SB143	Hampshire won by innings & 23 runs

20-22, 24 Sept (Th-M)	Middlesex v Sussex	Lord's (Dorset Square)	brit	drawn (rain)
Britcher reports that the game was postponed because of rain until Whit Monday in 1793 but we do not know if it was concluded. Details of this match only came to light recently when Britcher’s work became available.
27-28 Sept (Th-F)	Essex v Kent	Langton Park, Hornchurch	SB144	Kent won by 158 runs