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1819 English cricket season

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In the 1819 English cricket season, the Gentlemen v Players match, previously played in 1806 only, was resurrected.

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Honours

  • Most runs – Thomas Beagley 170 (HS 75)
  • Most wickets – Thomas Howard 23 (BB 5–?)

    • Events

  • 7 September — death of Lumpy Stevens, arguably the greatest bowler of the 18th century
  • According to James Pycroft in The Cricket Field, the size of the wickets was increased in 1817 to 27 inches (690 mm) by 8 inches (200 mm), but it seems more likely that the rule was introduced in 1819.
  • With cricket still recovering from the effects of the Napoleonic War, a total of only 6 first-class matches were recorded in 1819:
  • 24 May — Cambridge Town Club v Cambridge University @ Parker's Piece, Cambridge
  • 7–9 June — All-England XII v Hampshire XII @ Lord's Cricket Ground
  • 21 June — Cambridge Town Club v Cambridge University @ Parker's Piece, Cambridge
  • 29–30 June — All-England v Hampshire @ Lord's Cricket Ground
  • 7–9 July — Gentlemen v Players @ Lord's Cricket Ground
  • 25–26 August — Epsom v Hampshire @ Epsom Downs

    • Debutants

    1819 debutants included:

  • John Willan (Hampshire)
  • Henry Lowther (Hampshire)
  • George Brown (Sussex)
  • Charles Greville (Gentlemen/MCC)
  • Richard Berens (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. 
  • Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins. 

    • References

    1819 English cricket season Wikipedia
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