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1824 English cricket season

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In the 1824 English cricket season, the Gentlemen v Players was an odds game with 14 on the Gentlemen team, but the Players still won by 103 runs.

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Honours

  • Most runs – James Saunders 267 (HS 92)
  • Most wickets – Thomas Flavel 31 (BB 7–?)

    • Events

  • There is evidence of a county club having been formed in Devonshire, though the current Devon County Cricket Club dates from 1899.
  • 6 first-class matches were recorded in 1824:
  • 5 July — MCC v Godalming @ Lord's Cricket Ground
  • 20 July — Godalming v MCC @ The Burys, Godalming
  • 26 July — All-England v The Bs @ Lord's Cricket Ground
  • 2 August — Gentlemen XIV v Players XI @ Lord's Cricket Ground
  • 6 August — Sussex v Godalming @ Petworth Park
  • 13 August — Godalming v Sussex @ The Burys, Godalming

    • Debutants

    1824 debutants included:

  • Charles Duff (Sussex)

    • 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

    1824 English cricket season Wikipedia
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