1797 English cricket season

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In the 1797 English cricket season, MCC enjoyed great success on the field.

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

[edit] Matches

Date	Match Title	Venue	Source	Result
11-12 May (Th-F)	MCC v Middlesex	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB214	MCC won by 6 wkts

15-16 May (M-Tu)	C Lennox v Earl of Winchilsea	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB214	Lennox's XI won by 132 runs

19-20 May (F-S)	Lennox v Earl of Winchilsea	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB215	Winchilsea's XI won by innings & 94 runs
WDC has this game taking place on 10-11 May and ACS includes both entries. The above is believed correct.
24-27 May (W-S)	MCC v Middlesex	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB216	MCC won by 288 runs

6-9 June (T-F)	All-England v Surrey	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB216	All-England won by 6 wkts

12-13 June (M-T)	Montpelier v MCC ^	Montpelier Gardens	SB217	MCC won by 42 runs

19-23 June (M-F)	All-England v Surrey	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB218	All-England won by 23 runs
This was postponed till Mon 3 July: it must have rained.
26-27 June (M-T)	MCC v Montpelier ^	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB218	MCC won by 5 wkts

4-6 July (Tu-Th)	C Lennox v Earl of Winchilsea	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB219	Winchilsea's XI won by 4 wkts

10-12 July (M-W)	MCC v London	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB220	MCC won by 109 runs

12-13 July (W-Th)	All-England v Surrey & Middlesex	Montpelier Gardens	SB221	S/M won by 4 wkts

20-21 July (Th-F)	Earl of Winchilsea v C Lennox	Swaffham Racecourse	SB223	Winchilsea's XI won by 27 runs
S&B calls this Earl of Winchilsea v Beauclerk but that is unlikely; Britcher has Lennox as the patron and that seems more probable at this time.
7-8 Aug (M-Tu)	Hampshire v MCC	Stoke Down	SB224	MCC won by 113 runs

14-16 Aug (M-W)	MCC v Hampshire	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB225	MCC won by 6 wkts

17 Aug (Th)	Montpelier M&S v Montpelier Thur	Montpelier Gardens	FLPV	M&S won by 53 runs
This a game between two sections of the Montpelier Club: i.e., its Monday & Saturday members versus its Thursday members.
21-23 Aug (M-W)	All-England v MCC	Moulsey Hurst	SB226	MCC won by 6 wkts

23-24 Aug (W-Th)	Woolwich v Croydon #	Barrack Field, Woolwich	brit	Woolwich won by 23 runs
# This match was unknown until Britcher’s scores came to light recently. It is a minor match involving the same teams as in the game reported by WDC on 27 Sept. Both sources refer to the counties in their match titles (Kent v Surrey) but they are definitely the Woolwich and Croydon clubs playing in each game.
28-31 Aug (M-Th)	MCC v All-England	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB226	All-England won by 8 wkts

4-6 Sept (M-W)	Montpelier v MCC ^	Montpelier Gardens	SB227	Montpelier won by 6 wkts
^ Montpelier’s teams in these three games against MCC were much stronger than the normal club sides of the time, especially with given men. The majority of players are recognised and these are major fixtures.
21-26 Sept (Th-Tu)	MCC v All-England	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB228	MCC won by 4 wkts
There was no Sunday play in this game (i.e., on Sun 24 Sept).
27 Sept (W)	Woolwich v Croydon #	Barrack Field, Woolwich	WDC	Woolwich won by 179 runs
# WDC calls this "Kent v Surrey" but the teams were weak and unrepresentative of the counties so it was surely a rematch of Woolwich v Croydon on 23-24 August.\|-