Surrey county cricket teams

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Surrey county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. The first definite mention of cricket anywhere in the world is dated c.1550 in Guildford.

See : History of cricket to 1696

Contents 1 17th Century 2 18th Century 3 19th Century 4 References

[edit] 17th Century

Cricket became established in Surrey during the 17th century and the earliest village matches took place before the English Civil War. It is believed that the earliest county teams were formed in the aftermath of the Restoration in 1660.

[edit] 18th Century

The first recorded inter-county match took place in 1709 between Kent and Surrey.

Surrey was a major county throughout the 18th century, largely due to the Chertsey Cricket Club and famous patrons such as Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville. Noted Surrey players included Edward "Lumpy" Stevens, William Yalden and William Beldam.

[edit] 19th Century

The present Surrey CCC was formed at a meeting which took place at the new Kennington Oval during a match between two local teams on 21 & 22 August 1845.

The earliest first-class match at the Oval was Surrey Club v MCC on 25 & 26 May 1846. Only 194 runs were scored in the match with a top score of 13. W R Hillyer took 14 wickets to help MCC win by 48 runs.

Surrey CCC played its initial first-class match v Kent at the Oval on 25 & 26 June 1846, winning by 10 wickets.

For the history of Surrey cricket since the foundation of the county club, see : Surrey County Cricket Club.

English cricket teams in the 18th century

Berkshire | Essex | Hampshire | Kent | Leicestershire | Middlesex | Mitcham | Nottingham | Sheffield | Surrey | Sussex Addington | Alresford | Bromley | Chertsey | Dartford | Hadlow | Hambledon | London | MCC | Slindon | White Conduit Club

[edit] References

• Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
• Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
• Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley (FL18)
• Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket by G B Buckley (FLPV)
• The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn (WDC)

• 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)