1794 English cricket season

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In the 1794 English cricket season, Berkshire had the strongest county team.

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

[edit] Matches

Date	Match Title	Venue	Source	Result
13-14 May (Tu-W)	MCC v London	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB163	MCC won by 77 runs

21-22 May (W-Th)	MCC v London	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB163	London won by innings & 30 runs

26-29 May (M-Th)	MCC v Middlesex	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB164	MCC won by 100 runs

9-11 June (M-W)	All-England v Surrey	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB165	Surrey won by 197 runs

18-20 June (W-F)	R Leigh v E G Morant	Oldfield Bray	SB165	Leigh's XI won by 89 runs

30 June - 2 July (M-W)	R Leigh v G Louch	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB166	Leigh's XI won by 132 runs

7-8 July (M-Tu)	Berkshire v MCC	Oldfield Bray	SB167	MCC won by 3 wkts

21-22 July (M-Tu)	E G Morant v R Leigh	Dartford Brent	SB168	Morant's XI won by 33 runs

23-24 July (W-Th)	T Walker v D Harris	Dartford Brent	SB169	Walker's XI won by 53 runs

29-30 July (Tu-W)	MCC v Berkshire	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB170	MCC won by 56 runs
In S&B and the ACS list, this game is called Earl of Winchilsea’s XI v E G Morant’s XI but it is clearly an MCC team hosting the Oldfield club of Berkshire, so it is called MCC v Berkshire here. Has been excluded from earlier classifications due to "weak teams". However, both sides consist of recognised players and it is a major fixture.
7-9, 11 Aug (Th-M)	MCC v All-England ^	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB172	MCC won by 59 runs

12-13 Aug (Tu-W)	MCC v Berkshire	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB174	Berkshire won by 7 runs

13-14 Aug (W-Th)	MCC v Berkshire	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB174	Berkshire won by 6 wkts
This game started as soon as previous one ended
19-20 Aug (Tu-W)	Hampshire v All-England ^	Stoke Down	SB173	All-England won by 6 wkts

21-23 Aug (Th-S)	Hampshire v All-England ^	Stoke Down	SB175	Hampshire won by 6 wkts
^ The All-England teams in these three games are variously described as amalgams of counties (e.g., Kent & Surrey) but they are really All-England teams. Interestingly, Sussex are not included in the amalgams but their best player John Hammond was in all three teams. ACS is inconsistent here, stating that one of the teams is All-England but the other two are amalgams.
27-30 Aug (W-S)	Berkshire v Kent	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB176	Berkshire won by 49 runs

10-13, 15 Sept (W-M)	All-England XIII v Surrey	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB176	All-England won by 3 runs

16-19 Sept (Tu-F)	All-England XIII v Surrey	Dartford Brent	SB177	All-England won by 150 runs