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1818 English cricket season

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In the 1818 English cricket season, George Osbaldeston lost his MCC membership.

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Honours

  • Most runs – William Beldham 103 (HS 49)
  • Most wickets – Thomas Howard 14 (BB 5–?)

    • Events

  • William Lambert's patron George Osbaldeston struck his name from the MCC members list in anger in 1818. He later repented and tried to restore himself but his application was blocked by his enemy, Lord Frederick Beauclerk. Osbaldeston could no longer play at Lord's and that effectively ended his first-class cricket career.
  • With cricket still recovering from the effects of the Napoleonic War, a total of only 3 first-class matches were recorded in 1818:
  • 1–2 June — E H Budd's XI v W Ward's XI @ Lord's Cricket Ground
  • 22–23 June — MCC v Hampshire @ Lord's Cricket Ground
  • 17–19 August — MCC v Hampshire @ Lord's Cricket Ground

    • Debutants

    1818 debutants included:

  • Henry T. Lane (MCC)
  • George Parry (MCC)
  • Lord Strathavon (MCC)
  • George Claridge (Hants)
  • James Powell (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

    1818 English cricket season Wikipedia
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