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1811 English cricket season

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In the 1811 English cricket season, Lord's Middle Ground came into use for first-class matches.

Contents

Honours

  • Most runs – William Lambert 51
  • Most wickets – Thomas Howard 8

    • Events

  • In time for the start of the 1811 season, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) reluctantly followed Thomas Lord to his new Middle Ground, the lease on the original Lord's Old Ground having expired. MCC were resident at the Middle Ground for the next three years.
  • Only one first-class match has been recorded as the Napoleonic War took its toll of cricket's manpower and investment:
  • 8–9 July — B Aislabie's XI v G Osbaldeston's XI @ Lord's Middle Ground

    • Debutants

    1811 debutants included:

  • J Poulet (MCC)
  • Andrew Schabner (MCC)

    • 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. 

    • References

    1811 English cricket season Wikipedia
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