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In the 1775 English cricket season, an incident in a single wicket contest led to demands for the third stump in the wickets.
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The earliest known reference to cricket in Huntingdonshire, always a minor county, was in 1775 (see Bowen).
Mon 22 – Tues 23 May. Demands for a third stump were voiced after a single wicket match at the Artillery Ground in which Edward "Lumpy" Stevens beat John Small at least three times only for the ball to pass through the wicket, which at that time still consisted of two uprights and a crosspiece, without disturbing it. Although the petition was granted soon afterwards, research has discovered that the introduction of the third stump in practice was gradual and the two stump wicket did continue for a number of years yet.
Mon 29 May. WDC records a game at Old Field in Bray between the Maidenhead and Risborough clubs with Lumpy Stevens assisting the former. This is the first reference found that is specific to the Maidenhead (aka Old Field) Club at Old Field, Bray. This club shortly became synonymous with Berkshire as a county team. As explained earlier (see 1769 English cricket season), Berkshire has a top-class team in the late 18th century and its strength lay in the Old Field Club (much as Essex in the Hornchurch Club).
A game on Thurs 20 July called “London v Surrey” was played for £10 a side.
There was another Hambledon Parish v Hampshire game on Mon 4 September, this time at Kilmiston Down (see HCC).
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Leading batsmen
Note that many scorecards in the 18th century are unknown or have missing details and so it is impossible to provide a complete analysis of batting performances: e.g., the missing not outs prevent computation of batting averages. The "runs scored" are in fact the runs known.
Leading bowlers
Note that the wickets credited to an 18th-century bowler were only those where he bowled the batsman out. The bowler was not credited with the wickets of batsmen who were caught out, even if it was "caught and bowled". In addition, the runs conceded by each bowler were not recorded so no analyses or averages can be computed.
Leading fielders
Note that many scorecards in the 18th century are unknown or have missing details and so the totals are of the known catches and stumpings only. Stumpings were not always recorded as such and sometimes the name of the wicket-keeper was not given. Generally, a catch was given the same status as "bowled" with credit being awarded to the fielder only and not the bowler. There is never a record of "caught and bowled"the bowler would be credited with the catch, not with the wicket.