1799 English cricket season

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In the 1799 English cricket season, Surrey again beat All-England three times.

A cricket club was formed at Seringapatam in south India after the successful British siege.

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

[edit] Matches

Date	Match Title	Venue	Source	Result
10-11 June (M-Tu)	MCC v Thursday Club ^	Lord’s (Dorset Square)	SB252	Thursday Club won by 54 runs

17-18 June (M-Tu)	Montpelier v Richmond & Brentford #	Montpelier Gardens	SB253	Montpelier won by 91 runs

24-26 June (M-W)	MCC v Thursday Club ^	Lord’s (Dorset Square)	SB254	MCC won by 41 runs
^ The two MCC games against its own Thursday Club are major fixtures as the majority of players on each side are recognised. The Thursday Club is effectively Middlesex.
27-28 June (Th-F)	Richmond & Brentford v Montpelier #	Richmond Green	SB254	Montpelier won by 148 runs
# The Montpelier v Richmond and Brentford games in S&B (p. 253-255) present a real difficulty because both teams are reasonable, indeed Montpelier are quite strong, but against each other and without "given men" they are not easily a major match. There are unknowns in the Richmond & Brentford sides and the results went convincingly in favour of Montpelier. The dilemma is almost solved by MCC games against similar sides since 1797. Thus, if a good quality town club with given men or at any rate a full team of recognised players competes against a good quality MCC side (or against All-England or a recognised county team), that is a major match. But, where it is a case of two such town clubs playing each other without a good number of noted given men, the game is not major. The Montpelier v Richmond & Brentford games seem to fail the given men test and, in any case, Richmond & Brentford did have some unrecognised players.
30 July - 1 Aug (Tu-Th)	All-England v Surrey	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB259	Surrey won by 8 wkts

1-3 Aug (Th-S)	R Whitehead v Lord Yarmouth	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB259	Yarmouth's XI won by 4 wkts
Evidently the Whitehead v Yarmouth game was arranged ad hoc on 1 Aug as the All-England v Surrey game finished on the same day (most of the players took part in both games)
13-16 Aug (Tu-F)	All-England v Surrey	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB262	Surrey won by 143 runs

16-17 Aug (F-S)	All-England v Surrey	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB263	Surrey won by innings & 117 runs
Another case of an extra game starting immediately that the first one finished. There is some doubt about the exact date of the second game which ACS have on the 15th as S&B states that the first game carried over to the 16th.
16-17 Sept (M-Tu)	Waltham & Herts v Middlesex	Waltham Abbey	WDC	drawn

23-24 Sept (M-Tu)	Middlesex v Waltham & Herts	Lord's (Dorset Square)	FL18	Middlesex won by 3 runs
In both these two games, Waltham & Herts was a minor team. Herts played several games in late C18 but needed given men.