1803 English cricket season

1803 English cricket season
Cricket formats	first-class and single wicket
Most runs	Lord Frederick Beauclerk 284
Most wickets	Lord Frederick Beauclerk 12
Most victims	7 (two players)
Most catches	4 (two players)

In the 1803 English cricket season, Thomas Howard made his debut in first-class cricket.

Honours

Most runs^[1] – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 284 at 35.50 (HS 74)
Most wickets^[1] – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 12

Events

Prime Minister William Pitt referred to cricket when introducing his Defence Bill.^[2]
With the Napoleonic War continuing, loss of investment and manpower impacted cricket and only three first-class matches have been recorded in 1803:
- 21–24 June — All-England v Surrey at Lord's Old Ground^[3]
- 4–6 July — Nottinghamshire & Leicestershire v Hampshire at Lord's Old Ground^[4]
- 11–12 July — All-England v Surrey at Lord's Old Ground^[4]
Another match that has sometimes been regarded as first-class is H C Woolridge's XI v W R Capel's XI at Clifford's Park, Rickmansworth, on Friday 26 August.

Debutants

1803 debutants included:

Thomas Howard (Hampshire)
Goddard (Hampshire)
John Pointer (Hampshire)
John Sparks (Surrey)

References

1 2 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.
↑ Bowen, p.268.
↑ Haygarth, p.305.
1 2 Haygarth, p.307.

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.
Britcher, Samuel, A list of all the principal Matches of Cricket that have been played (1790 to 1805), annual series
Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.

External links

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