1795 English cricket season

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In the 1795 English cricket season, the enigmatic Thursday Club made its bow. But Samuel Britcher says it was the Middlesex county XI.

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

[edit] Matches

Date	Match Title	Venue	Source	Result
4-5 May (M-Tu)	MCC v Thursday Club ^	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB178	MCC won by 2 wkts

11-12 May (M-Tu)	MCC v Thursday Club ^	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB178	Thursday Club won by 8 wkts

12-14 May (Tu-Th)	MCC v Thursday Club ^	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB===17	Thursday Club won by 38 runs
^ The teams consist of recognised players and there is historical significance so these are major fixtures. The Thursday Club is often called Middlesex and it is difficult to work out which is which as many of the same players represented both teams. It would be an easy option to label all these teams Middlesex but not necessarily correct.
25-27 May (M-W)	MCC v Thursday Club/Middlesex	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB180	MCC won by 94 runs

1-3 June (M-W)	C Lennox v Earl of Winchilsea	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB181	Lennox's XI won by 48 runs

9-11 June (Tu-Th)	C Lennox v Earl of Winchilsea	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB181	Lennox's XI won by 10 wkts

15 June (M)	Bullingdon v MCC #	Bullingdon	SB182	MCC won by 8 wkts

16-17 June (Tu-Th)	Frensham v Bramshot #	Wheatsheaf Common	SB182	drawn (rain)

16-17 June (Tu-Th)	Oxford XVI v MCC XII #	Bullingdon	SB183	MCC won by 9 wkts

22-25 June (M-Th)	MCC v All-England	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB184	MCC won by 15 runs

26 & 29 June (F & M)	MCC v Thursday Club/Middlesex	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB185	T/M won by 3 wkts

2-3 July (Th-F)	MCC v Bullingdon #	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB185	MCC won by innings & 382 runs
# Some games in S&B and the ACS list are not major due to lack of recognised players. These include the MCC games against Bullingdon and the Frensham v Bramshot game played in Hampshire.
6-8 July (M-W)	Surrey v All-England XIII	Moulsey Hurst	SB186	Surrey won by 76 runs

8-10 July (W-F)	Lennox v Earl of Winchilsea	Moulsey Hurst	SB187	Lennox won by 129 runs

16-18 July (Th-S)	Middlesex v Berkshire	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB187	Middlesex won by 233 runs

20-22 July (M-W)	Earl of Winchilsea v R Leigh	Windmill Down	SB188	Winchilsea's XI won by 113 runs

23-25 July (Th-S)	Earl of Winchilsea v R Leigh	Stoke Down	SB188	Leigh's XI won by 3 wkts
This match was unfinished at 25 July but through the sheer determination of the participants, it was eventually concluded on Tuesday 28 June 1796, nearly a whole year later!
6-7 Aug (Th-F)	MCC v Berkshire	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB189	MCC won by 2 wkts

10-12 Aug (M-W)	Surrey v All-England XIII	Moulsey Hurst	SB190	All-England won by 38 runs

12-15 Aug (W-S)	Surrey v All-England XIII	Moulsey Hurst	SB190	All-England won by 27 runs

24-26 Aug (M-W)	All-England v Hampshire	Dartford Brent	SB191	All-England won by 16 runs

27-29 Aug (Th-S)	All-England v Hampshire	Dartford Brent	SB191	Hampshire won by 4 wkts
This may have been the last time Dartford Brent was used for a major match. Games in Dartford after 1795 were played at Bowman's Lodge on Dartford Heath.
31 Aug - 2 Sept (M-W)	Kent v All-England	Penenden Heath, nr Maidstone	SB193	All-England won by 5 wkts

7-10 Sept (M-Th)	Sir H Mann v R Leigh	Dandelion Paddock	SB193	Mann's XI won by 37 runs
This match is given a 1796 date in WDC and is titled J Small v T Walker. The 1795 details are believed correct. Dandelion Paddock was near Margate.
10-12 Sept (Th-S)	Sir H Mann v Earl of Darnley	Dandelion Paddock	SB194	Darnley's XI won by 242 runs

14-16 Sept (M-W)	Sir H Mann v R Leigh	Dandelion Paddock	SB195	Leigh's XI won by innings & 98 runs