1754 English cricket season
The 1754 English cricket season was the 11th season following the earliest known codification of the Laws of Cricket. Details have survived of four eleven-a-side matches between significant teams.
Matches
Four eleven-a-side matches between significant teams are known to have taken place.[1][2]
- 1 July - London v Dartford - Artillery Ground
- 22 July - Surrey v Sussex - Guildford Bason
- 24 August - Woolwich v Dartford - Barrack Field, Woolwich
- 26 August - Dartford v Woolwich - Dartford Brent
Other events
A match in June is the last time that Slindon Cricket Club, which had been significant during earlier seasons, is mentioned in sources.[3]
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References
- ACS, p.22.
- Other matches in England 1754, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- McCann.
Bibliography
- ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
- McCann, Tim (2004). Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century. Sussex Record Society.
Further reading
- 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.
- Maun, Ian (2011). From Commons to Lord's, Volume Two: 1751 to 1770. Martin Wilson. ISBN 978-0-9569066-0-1.
- Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane.
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