1808 English cricket season

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Start date 1808
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In the 1808 English cricket season, George Osbaldeston made his debut in first-class cricket.

Honours

Most runs – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 379 (HS 100)

Most wickets – Thomas Howard and Lord Frederick Beauclerk 16 apiece

With the Napoleonic War continuing, loss of investment and manpower impacted cricket and only 6 first-class matches have been recorded in 1808:

23–24 May — MCC v Middlesex @ Lord's Old Ground

30–31 May — MCC v Middlesex @ Lord's Old Ground

6–7 June — MCC v Homerton @ Lord's Old Ground

27–29 June — All-England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground

6–7 July — All-England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground

11–13 July — Surrey v All-England @ Holt Pound, Farnham

1808 debutants included:

William Ashby (Kent)

Benjamin Aislabie (MCC)

Douglas Kinnaird (MCC)

George Osbaldeston (MCC)

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Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.

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