1788 English cricket season

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In the 1788 English cricket season, MCC became the game's lawgiver.

Fri 30 May. A revised set of Laws was issued by the Cricket Club at Marylebone, formerly the White Conduit Club. This action confirmed MCC as the body in sole charge of the Laws.

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

[edit] Matches

Date	Match Title	Venue	Source	Result
26-28 May (M-W)	Earl of Earl of Winchilsea v Sir H Mann	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB81	Earl of Winchilsea's XI won by 106 runs

4 June (W)	Surrey v Windsor Forest	Warfield	WDC	WF won by 206 runs

5-7 June (Th-S)	Paulet's XI v G East's XI	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB81	Paulet's XI won by 25 runs

9-10 June (M-Tu)	Surrey v Hampshire	Moulsey Hurst	SB82	Surrey won by 9 wkts

13 June (F)	Hornchurch v Moulsey Hurst	Langton Park, Hornchurch	FL18	result unknown

17-18 June (Tu-W)	Hampshire v All-England	Stoke Down	SB83	Hampshire won by innings & 76 runs

27 June (F)	MCC v White Conduit	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB83	MCC won by 83 runs
This game is the earliest MCC match of which the score has survived and so it is of great historical interest. It is in S&B and also in the ACS list but the WCC team includes only one recognised player (Mr C Anguish) and there are understandable doubts about its quality. Historical importance is the reason for its major classification.
2-4 July (W-F)	Hampshire v Surrey	Perriam Down	SB84	Hampshire won by 4 wkts

9-11 July (W-F)	Earl of Winchilsea v Mr Assheton Smith	Perriam Downs, Luggershall	WDC	Smith’s XI won by 3 wkts

14 July (M)	Hampshire v Surrey	Odiham	FL18	result unknown

15-18 July (Tu-F)	Surrey v Kent	Moulsey Hurst	SB85	Surrey won by innings & 65 runs

24-25 July (Th-F)	All-England v Hampshire	Sevenoaks Vine	SB85	Hampshire won by 53 runs
A partial score exists of a minor game between Eastbourne and Alfriston that was played on or about 26 July (FLPV).
29-31 July (Tu-Th)	Kent v All-England	Coxheath	SB86	All-England won by innings & 80 runs
ACS Guide has this game on 22-24 July which means it clashed with the Sevenoaks game starting on 24 July that featured most of the same players. S&B has the game on 29-31 July and this date seems the more likely.
5-7 Aug (Tu-Th)	Kent v Surrey	Bishopsbourne	SB87	Surrey won by 37 runs
The Kent v Surrey game listed in WDC on 5 July was a wrongly dated duplicate of the 5-7 Aug game.
13-15 Aug (W-F)	Hampshire v Surrey	Windmill Down	SB87	Hampshire won by 4 wkts

26-29 Aug (Tu-F)	Sir H Mann v Earl of Earl of Winchilsea	Bishopsbourne	SB88	Mann's XI won by 75 runs

15-17 Sept (M-W)	London v Middlesex	venue unknown	FL18	London by 68 runs

22 Sept (M)	Leicester v Coventry	Lutterworth	FL18	Leicester won by 28 runs
Extensively described in FL18, p.132-134. See also 6-7 Aug 1787.