1821 English cricket season

1821 English cricket season
Cricket formats	major, including single wicket

In the 1821 English cricket season, the Gentlemen v Players match was ended in controversial circumstances.

Honours

In the Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's Cricket Ground, the Gentlemen conceded the game having gone well behind on 1st innings. Derek Birley commented that it was a "Coronation Match" to celebrate the accession of King George IV and was "a suitably murky affair".^[2]^[3]
With cricket still recovering from the effects of the Napoleonic War, only a few first-class matches were recorded in 1821:
- 24 May — Cambridge University v Cambridge Town Club @ University Ground, Cambridge^[4]
- 3 July — MCC v Godalming @ Lord's Cricket Ground^[5]
- 9 July — Godalming v MCC @ The Burys, Godalming^[6]
- 16–18 July — MCC v Hampshire @ Lord's Cricket Ground^[7]
- 23–24 July — Gentlemen v Players @ Lord's Cricket Ground^[8]
The Gentlemen v Players match marked the final first class appearance of Billy Beldham in a career lasting from 1787.

1821 debutants included:

↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
↑ Birley, P.67.
↑ CricketArchive – match scorecard.
↑ CricketArchive – match scorecard.
↑ Haygarth, p.439.
↑ Haygarth, p.441.
↑ Haygarth, p.443.
↑ Haygarth, p.444.

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