1756 English cricket season
The 1756 English cricket season was the 13th season following the earliest known codification of the Laws of Cricket. Details have survived of five eleven-a-side matches between significant teams, including three involving Hambledon teams.
Matches
Five eleven-a-side matches between significant teams are known to have taken place.[1][2]
- date unknown - Dartford v Hambledon - venue unknown
- 18 August - Hambledon v Dartford - Broadhalfpenny Down
- 30 August - Dartford v Hambledon - Artillery Ground
- 6 September - London v Dartford - Artillery Ground
- 9 September - Dartford v London - Dartford Brent
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References
- ACS, p.22.
- Other matches in England 1756, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
Bibliography
- ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
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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