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1812 English cricket season

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In the 1812 English cricket season, only one first-class match has been recorded.

Contents

Honours

  • Most runs – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 87
  • Most wickets – Thomas Howard 8

    • Events

  • Only one first-class match has been recorded as the Napoleonic War took its toll of cricket's manpower and investment:
  • 15–17 June — Lord F Beauclerk's XI v G Osbaldeston's XI @ Lord's Middle Ground

    • Debutants

    1812 debutants included:

  • Henry Everett (MCC)
  • Humphrey Repton (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

    1812 English cricket season Wikipedia
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