1811 English cricket season

In the 1811 English cricket season, Lord's Middle Ground came into use for first-class matches.

Honours

In time for the start of the 1811 season, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) reluctantly followed Thomas Lord to his new Middle Ground, the lease on the original Lord's Old Ground having expired. MCC were resident at the Middle Ground for the next three years.
Only one first-class match has been recorded as the Napoleonic War took its toll of cricket's manpower and investment:
- 8–9 July — B Aislabie's XI v G Osbaldeston's XI @ Lord's Middle Ground^[2]

1811 debutants included:

^ ^a ^b Note that scorecards created in the first quarter of the 19th century are not necessarily accurate or complete; therefore any summary of runs, wickets or catches can only represent the known totals and computation of averages is ineffectual.
^ Haygarth, p.365.

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