1818 English cricket season
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The 1818 English cricket season marked the end of "Squire" George Osbaldeston's controversial career.
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[edit] First-class matches
[edit] Events
George Osbaldeston in anger struck his name from the MCC members list. He later repented and decided to restore himself but his application was blocked by his enemy Lord Frederick Beauclerk. Osbaldeston could no longer play at Lord's and that effectively ended his cricket career.
[edit] Leading batsmen
William Beldam was the leading runscorer with 103 @ 25.75
[edit] Leading bowlers
Thomas Howard was the leading wicket-taker with 14
[edit] References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
- Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket by G B Buckley (FLPV)
- A Social History of English Cricket by Derek Birley
- Cricket: History of its Growth and Development by Rowland Bowen
- From the Weald to the World by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)
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