1824 English cricket season

In the 1824 English cricket season, the Gentlemen v Players was an odds game with 14 on the Gentlemen team, but the Players still won by 103 runs.

Honours

• Most runs^[1] – James Saunders 267 (HS 92)
• Most wickets^[1] – Thomas Flavel 31 (BB 7–?)

Events

• There is evidence of a county club having been formed in Devonshire, though the current Devon County Cricket Club dates from 1899.^[2]
• 6 first-class matches were recorded in 1824:
  • 5 July — MCC v Godalming @ Lord's Cricket Ground^[3]
  • 20 July — Godalming v MCC @ The Burys, Godalming^[4]
  • 26 July — All-England v The Bs @ Lord's Cricket Ground^[5]
  • 2 August — Gentlemen XIV v Players XI @ Lord's Cricket Ground^[6]
  • 6 August — Sussex v Godalming @ Petworth Park^[7]
  • 13 August — Godalming v Sussex @ The Burys, Godalming^[8]

Debutants

1824 debutants included:

• Charles Duff (Sussex)

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

• Leach, John (2008). "Classification of cricket matches from 1697 to 1825". Stumpsite. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. 
• Collins, A. R. (2016). "Historical Calendar". Dr A. R. Collins.