1742 English cricket season

This is the second known instance of a tied match, following the Surrey v London game at Richmond Green on Wed 22 July 1741.

This was "played for a considerable sum". Wickets were pitched at one o’clock.

This was "played for a considerable sum". Wickets were pitched at one o’clock.

The counties team is described as "the Gentlemen of Kent and Surry (sic) and the Sussex Man from Slending (sic)".

This was "played for a considerable sum". Wickets were pitched at twelve o’clock.

It is known that two Kent players and "the noted bowler from Slendon (sic)" assisted Croydon; while two Surrey players were given men to London. Played for a "considerable sum of money" with the ground to be roped round. This was clearly a replay of the game on Monday 2 August (see above).

Mr Ashley-Cooper mentioned that the Moulsey Hurst ground was in 1900 held by the Hurst Park Racing Club.

It is known that a Kent player from Bromley assisted London as a given man. The match was originally scheduled for 6 September and was rearranged because of the visit of Slindon to London on that date.

"London won with great difficulty. The wickets were pitched at twelve o’clock on the forfeit of 100 guineas. During the last innings of the match, the betting was as much as 20 to 1 in favour of Slindon so much praise must be given to London for winning. Before the match, the Slindon men had played forty-three games and lost but one. Several wagers were laid that one Slindon batsman, almost certainly Richard Newland, would obtain forty runs from his own bat – a feat he failed to perform. Had the match not been completed on the Monday play would have resumed on the Wednesday".^[1]

"The wickets were pitched at eleven o’clock on the forfeit of 100 guineas. This match was to have been played on Wed 8 September, but was postponed to above date on account of rain. At the conclusion of the above match Slindon offered to play another match against London either at Guildford or on the South Downs for £100, but the challenge was not accepted".^[1]

There has been confusion about the dates of the two London v Slindon matches and the margin of victory in the second, due to one source’s use of ambiguous reports in the London Evening Post dated 9 to 11 September.^[3] Elsewhere, the references to the second match make it clear that 6th and 10th are the correct dates for the two matches. The Daily Advertiser of Sat 11 September 1742 reports the margin in the second match as 184 notches and says it was played yesterday.^[2]