1808 English cricket season

In the 1808 English cricket season, George Osbaldeston made his debut in first-class cricket.

Honours

• Most runs^[1] – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 379 (HS 100)
• Most wickets^[1] – Thomas Howard and Lord Frederick Beauclerk 16 apiece

Events

• With the Napoleonic War continuing, loss of investment and manpower impacted cricket and only 6 first-class matches have been recorded in 1808:
  • 23–24 May — MCC v Middlesex @ Lord's Old Ground^[2]
  • 30–31 May — MCC v Middlesex @ Lord's Old Ground^[3]
  • 6–7 June — MCC v Homerton @ Lord's Old Ground^[4]
  • 27–29 June — All-England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground^[5]
  • 6–7 July — All-England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground^[6]
  • 11–13 July — Surrey v All-England @ Holt Pound, Farnham^[7]

Debutants

1808 debutants included:

• William Ashby (Kent)
• Benjamin Aislabie (MCC)
• Douglas Kinnaird (MCC)
• George Osbaldeston (MCC)

References

Bibliography

• Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Lillywhite. 

Additional reading

• ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS. 
• Altham, H. S. (1962). A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914). George Allen & Unwin. 
• Birley, Derek (1999). A Social History of English Cricket. Aurum. 
• Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. Eyre & Spottiswoode. 
• Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins. 

External links

• Classification of cricket matches from 1697 to 1825
• CricketArchive – 1808 first-class matches list
• CricketArchive – 1808 other matches list