1783 English cricket season

The 1783 English cricket season was the 12th in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecards of four first-class matches have survived.

1783 English cricket season

Matches

Four first-class match scorecards survive from 1783, including two matches between Kent XIs and Hampshire XIs.[1][2] One of these matches, played in July at Windmill Down, is the first first-class match known to have finished as a tie.[3]

Other events

A portrait of Edward "Lumpy" Stevens was probably executed this year. The picture is at Knole House, seat of the Duke of Dorset in Sevenoaks.

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References
  1. Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) (1981) A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
  2. Results, English Domestic Season 1783, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  3. Hampshire XI v Kent XI, scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-04-05.

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.
  • Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane.
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