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

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Honours

  • Most runs – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 284 at 35.50 (HS 74)
  • Most wickets – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 12

    • Events

  • Prime Minister William Pitt referred to cricket when introducing his Defence Bill.
  • 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
  • 4–6 July — Nottinghamshire & Leicestershire v Hampshire at Lord's Old Ground
  • 11–12 July — All-England v Surrey at Lord's Old Ground
  • 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)

    • 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. 

    • References

    1803 English cricket season Wikipedia
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