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1805 English cricket season

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In the 1805 English cricket season, Lord Frederick Beauclerk became the first batsman known to have scored two first-class centuries in the same season.

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Honours

  • Most runs – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 468 (HS 129*)
  • Most wickets – William Lambert 20

    • Events

  • Lord Frederick Beauclerk became the first batsman known to have scored two first-class centuries in a season when he made 129* for Hampshire v All-England in July and 102 for All-England v Surrey in August.
  • In what was the first definitely recorded Eton v Harrow match at Lord's Old Ground, the future poet Lord Byron played for Harrow.
  • With the Napoleonic War continuing, loss of investment and manpower impacted cricket and only 6 first-class matches have been recorded in 1805:
  • 24 June — All-England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground
  • 1–3 July — All-England v Hampshire @ Lord's Old Ground
  • 8–10 July — All-England v The Bs @ Lord's Old Ground
  • 15–16 July — All-England v Hampshire @ Lord's Old Ground
  • 5–7 August — All-England XII v Surrey XII @ Lord's Old Ground
  • 13–14 August — All-England XII v Surrey XII @ Lord's Old Ground

    • Debutants

    1805 debutants included:

  • Windebank (Hampshire)

    • 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

    1805 English cricket season Wikipedia
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