List of English cricketers (1787–1825)
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Following on from List of English cricketers (1598–1787), this is a list of people who are known to have become involved in the historical development of cricket between the 1787 and 1825 seasons in England. With the single exception of Thomas Lord, it excludes everyone named in the previous list.
In 1787, the opening of the original Lord's ground, and the formation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) soon afterwards, marked a watershed in the sport's history. The endpoint is in 1825 because of the catastrophic fire on the night of 28 July that year. The Lord's Pavilion was burned down, and a massive collection of records and archives, including unique scorecards, destroyed.[1]
Before 1787, cricket had acquired most of its modern features such as eleven-a-side matches, the three-stump wicket, and the lbw law, although pitch preparation was rudimentary, and play was largely dictated by the weather. Bowling, however, was still done using an underarm action, and the key development of the period to 1825 was the movement towards roundarm bowling.
By taking ownership of the Laws of Cricket, MCC had quickly established itself as the sport's principal club. Besides governance, it organised the early Gentlemen v Players matches, and most of the games played by occasional XIs such as those led by Colonel Charles Lennox, Lord Frederick Beauclerk, George Osbaldeston, and others. In addition, the club's home at each of the three Lord's grounds was cricket's feature venue. The present Lord's opened in 1814.
Inter-county cricket effectively ceased during the Napoleonic Wars, and there were no formally constituted county clubs at the time. The main centres at county level were Berkshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, and Sussex. Towards the end of the period, Cambridge University became prominent, especially through its series of matches against the Cambridge Town Club. In the north of England, cricket was developing through town clubs which became the focal points of the game in their respective counties, especially Nottingham and Sheffield.
The key historical sources for this period are Arthur Haygarth's Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826) (published in 1862), Samuel Britcher's annual Grand Matches series (1790 to 1805), and A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles, 1709–1863, published in 1981 by The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS). The works of F. S. Ashley-Cooper, H. T. Waghorn, and G. B. Buckley, among others, are also recognised.
As for the 1598–1787 list, online databases are excluded except in footnotes, as the scope remains historical, and NOT statistical. As in the previous list, a "match" is eleven-a-side, and also considered important, unless specified as single wicket or another form.[note 1]
Key
- Seasons – These are the known seasons in which the player was active in important matches.
- Club/county – Players in this period tended to appear for numerous ad hoc teams, including England (i.e., the "rest" of England). The clubs or counties named here, if any, are those with which he was primarily associated.
- Notes – Inline citations reference the debut or earliest known mention of each player. Surviving match records to 1825 are incomplete, and any statistical compilation of a player's career in that period is based on known data. Match scorecards were not always created, or have been lost, and the matches themselves were not always recorded in the press or other media. Scorecard data was not comprehensive: e.g., bowling analyses lacked balls bowled and runs conceded; bowlers were not credited with wickets when the batsman was caught or stumped; in many cards, the means of dismissal were omitted.
A
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 1802–1804 | Played for Lord Frederick Beauclerk's XI in 1802, and for England in 1804.[6] | |
| Benjamin Aislabie | 1808–1841 | Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) | Owner of slave plantations in the Caribbean. As a player, he was statistically the worst of any who played a large number of matches. Even so, he was Secretary of MCC from 1822 to 1842, and Club President in 1823–24. |
| Allen | 1820 | Cambridge University | Student at Pembroke College.[7] |
| W. Allen | 1787–1793 | Hornchurch | |
| Charles Andrew | 1814–1824 | Sussex | |
| Charles Anguish | 1789–1795 | MCC | Formerly a member of White Conduit Club. Died in South Africa. |
| Annett | 1788–1792 | Hampshire | |
| William Ashby | 1808–1830 | Kent | Kent regular who also played for England. Played nine times for the Players in the Gentlemen v Players series. |
| Ashurst | 1802 | MCC | Known to have played for MCC and Charles Lennox's XI. |
| Thomas Assheton Smith I | 1787–1794 | MCC | Patron who played for MCC, Hampshire, and his own teams. |
| Thomas Assheton Smith II | 1798–1820 | Surrey | Also played for England and MCC. |
| Henry Hervey Aston | 1791–1793 | MCC | Formerly a member of the Hambledon Club. |
| Robert Ayling | 1796 | Kent | Four known matches. Brother of William Ayling. |
| W. Ayling | 1825–1826 | Sussex | |
| William Ayling | 1800–1810 | Kent | Also played for England. |
B
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Bache | 1816–1822 | ||
| James Baker | 1816–1828 | ||
| Samson Baker | 1823 | ||
| Barker | 1787–1793 | ||
| George Barnard | 1825–1826 | ||
| Henry Barnard | 1815–1823 | ||
| John Barnard | 1815–1830 | ||
| Charles James Barnett | 1820–1837 | ||
| Richard Barry, 7th Earl of Barrymore | 1791–1792 | Brighton | |
| J. Barton | 1802–1810 | ||
| William Barton | 1795–1817 | ||
| Bates | 1789 | ||
| Horace Bates | 1822–1832 | ||
| William Battcock | 1814–1817 | ||
| Thomas Battersbee | 1822 | ||
| Robert Battiscombe | 1819–1821 | ||
| Baxter | 1819–1822 | ||
| John Bayley | 1822–1850 | ||
| Sir John Bayley, 2nd Baronet | 1817–1832 | ||
| Charles Bayly | 1825 | ||
| Henry Beagley | 1825–1833 | ||
| John Beagley | 1823–1826 | ||
| Thomas Beagley | 1816–1839 | ||
| Lord Frederick Beauclerk | 1791–1825 | ||
| William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans | 1817 | ||
| Charles Beckett | 1816–1817 | ||
| Richard Beckett | 1804–1807 | ||
| John Beeston | 1794–1808 | ||
| R. Beeston | 1790 | ||
| W. Beeston | 1790–1799 | ||
| Billy Beldham | 1787–1821 | ||
| George Beldham | 1800–1805 | ||
| John Beldham | 1794–1795 | ||
| James Bennett | 1798–1803 | ||
| John Bennett | 1797–1818 | ||
| C. Bentley | 1809–1832 | ||
| Henry Bentley | 1804–1822 | ||
| John Bentley | 1807–1817 | ||
| Richard Berens | 1819–1833 | ||
| Berry | 1825 | ||
| Bexley | 1794 | ||
| Henry Bird | 1819–1826 | ||
| William Bird | 1821–1822 | ||
| Hon. Edward Bligh | 1789–1813 | ||
| Edward Bligh | 1819 | ||
| John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley | 1789–1796 | ||
| John Duncan Bligh | 1822 | ||
| Bliss | 1795 | ||
| Blundell | 1812 | ||
| Blunt | 1792 | ||
| Bond | 1810 | ||
| Bonick | 1789 | ||
| John Boning | 1822–1847 | ||
| George Booth | 1798–1804 | ||
| James Borradaile | 1822 | ||
| William Borradaile | 1815–1832 | ||
| John Bott | 1807–1808 | ||
| Abraham Boult | 1787 | ||
| Z. Boult | 1787 | ||
| Charles Bowdler | 1809 | ||
| H. Bowley | 1823–1824 | ||
| John Bowyer | 1810–1828 | ||
| Thomas Boxall | 1789–1803 | ||
| Brades | 1795 | ||
| John Brand | 1815–1828 | ||
| James Bray | 1816–1828 | ||
| William Brereton | 1820 | ||
| James Brett | 1810 | ||
| Briden | 1798 | ||
| Harry Bridger | 1795 | ||
| Samuel Bridger | 1804–1825 | ||
| Bridges | 1808 | ||
| Bridges | 1819–1820 | ||
| Jem Broadbridge | 1814–1840 | ||
| Robert Broadbridge | 1822–1824 | ||
| William Broadbridge | 1817–1830 | ||
| Brown | 1797 | ||
| Brown | 1814 | ||
| George Brown | 1819–1838 | ||
| B. A. Browne | 1817 | ||
| T. Browning | 1795 | ||
| William Browning | 1791–1795 | ||
| Hon. Robert Brudenell | 1790–1793 | ||
| Beau Brummell | 1807 | ||
| C. Brunton | 1820 | ||
| E. H. Budd | 1808–1831 | ||
| Anthony Buller | 1797 | ||
| Samuel Bullock | 1825–1827 | ||
| J. Burbage | 1825 | ||
| John Burgess | 1794–1795 | ||
| Thomas Burgoyne | 1797–1816 | ||
| Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydyr | 1787–1790 | ||
| Henry Burrows | 1801–1815 | ||
| Henry Burslem | 1810–1813 | ||
| James Burt | 1825–1832 | ||
| Anthony Burton | 1822 | ||
| Butcher | 1787–1793 | ||
| Butler | 1789–1801 | ||
| Butterly | 1787 | ||
| Archibald Button | 1804 | ||
| Zachariah Button | 1793–1798 |
C
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Caesar | 1824–1830 | ||
| Will Caldecourt | 1821–1844 | ||
| Cantrell | 1789–1792 | ||
| Hon. Edward Capel | 1790 | ||
| William Capel | 1808 | ||
| Capron | 1792 | ||
| Carpenter | 1789 | ||
| Carr | 1789–1791 | ||
| Carter | 1793–1795 | ||
| Edmund Carter | 1809–1816 | ||
| G. N. Caswell | 1818 | ||
| Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter | 1817 | ||
| Charles Challen | 1814 | ||
| William Challen | 1814 | ||
| Charles Chapman | 1825–1831 | ||
| William Chapman | 1803 | ||
| Richard Cheslyn | 1825–1846 | ||
| Chitty | 1800 | ||
| J. Church | 1789–1795 | ||
| Clair | 1797–1803 | ||
| George Claridge | 1818–1829 | ||
| Thomas Clark | 1787–1791 | ||
| Clarke | 1790 | ||
| Clarke | 1818 | ||
| Clements | 1787–1790 | ||
| Clifton | 1817 | ||
| Benjamin Clifton | 1798 | ||
| Close | 1817 | ||
| Charles Cochran | 1819 | ||
| Samuel Cockerill | 1817–1819 | ||
| Christopher Codrington | 1797 | ||
| G. Cole | 1811 | ||
| George Coles | 1819–1820 | ||
| Collins | 1809–1810 | ||
| David Collins | 1791–1810 | ||
| Thomas Colyear, 4th Earl of Portmore | 1792–1793 | ||
| William Cookesley | 1822–1827 | ||
| G. Cooper | 1797–1807 | ||
| Silas Cooper | 1805–1815 | ||
| Courtnay | 1825–1826 | ||
| William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon | 1797 | ||
| Thomas Coventry | 1800–1801 | ||
| Cowell | 1817–1828 | ||
| J. Cox | 1817 | ||
| John Crawte | 1788–1803 | ||
| Thomas Crimble | 1823–1825 | ||
| Cropley | 1822 | ||
| Frederick Crowder | 1817–1820 | ||
| Charles Cumberland | 1791–1804 | ||
| Frederick Cuthbert | 1816–1817 |
D
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalby | 1820 | ||
| Dale | 1789–1809 | ||
| James Dale | 1823–1827 | ||
| Benjamin Dark | 1814–1826 | ||
| James Dark | 1815–1843 | ||
| J. Davies | 1825–1832 | ||
| S. Davis | 1804–1809 | ||
| Davy | 1787–1788 | ||
| Davy | 1804 | ||
| Henry Dawson | 1816–1819 | ||
| James de Visme | 1825 | ||
| Dean | 1787–1790 | ||
| John Deedes | 1822–1829 | ||
| William Deedes senior | 1817–1826 | ||
| George Dehany | 1789–1793 | ||
| Robert Denn | 1787–1793 | ||
| David Denne | 1823 | ||
| Joseph Dennis | 1803–1829 | ||
| Charles Dilloway | 1825 | ||
| John Dilloway | 1825 | ||
| John Dolphin | 1825–1834 | ||
| Charles Douglas, 3rd Baron Douglas | 1797–1798 | ||
| Downham | 1795 | ||
| J. Drew | 1795 | ||
| G. Drummond | 1787–1795 | ||
| Charles Duff | 1824–1830 | ||
| Timothy Duke | 1823–1828 | ||
| Francis Dunham | 1815 | ||
| George Dupuis | 1787–1792 | ||
| John Durnford | 1825 | ||
| Dyer | 1814 | ||
| W. C. Dyer | 1821–1825 | ||
| John Dyke | 1822 | ||
| Percyvall Dyke | 1822–1837 | ||
| R. Dyke | 1819 | ||
| Thomas Dyke | 1824–1827 |
E
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Eavers | 1800–1802 | ||
| Ellis | 1815 | ||
| Richard Elmhirst | 1822 | ||
| Elyard | 1802 | ||
| John Evans | 1822–1823 | ||
| Henry Everett | 1812–1839 |
F
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Faithful | 1823 | ||
| George Fauquier | 1819–1821 | ||
| George Fenner | 1821 | ||
| James Fenner | 1821 | ||
| Richard Fielder | 1790–1801 | ||
| J. Finch | 1792–1795 | ||
| Henry Fitzroy | 1788–1793 | ||
| Thomas Flavel | 1821–1828 | ||
| Flint | 1789 | ||
| Henry Floyd | 1817 | ||
| Forster | 1825 | ||
| Francis Foster | 1789 | ||
| Frances | 1811 | ||
| Andrew Freemantle | 1788–1810 | ||
| French | 1790 | ||
| Robert Frost | 1820 |
G
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Hall Gage | 1802 | ||
| Gates | 1794–1807 | ||
| John Gibbons | 1797–1801 | ||
| Gibbs | 1787 | ||
| Gibbs | 1807 | ||
| S. Gill | 1792–1795 | ||
| Gillan | 1809 | ||
| Goddard | 1803–1808 | ||
| John Goldham | 1791–1812 | ||
| John Goldsmith | 1792 | ||
| Goodhew | 1791–1795 | ||
| Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly | 1818–1843 | ||
| George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly | 1787–1792 | ||
| Gore | 1814 | ||
| John Gouldstone | 1789–1793 | ||
| Goules | 1817 | ||
| Bellingham Graham | 1815 | ||
| N. Graham | 1787–1801 | ||
| Grange | 1790–1792 | ||
| Greathead | 1808 | ||
| William Greenway | 1819–1820 | ||
| John Greenwood | 1820–1821 | ||
| William Greenwood | 1818–1828 | ||
| Gregory | 1791–1792 | ||
| Grenway | 1819 | ||
| Algernon Greville | 1815–1823 | ||
| Charles Greville | 1819–1827 | ||
| Grinham | 1798 | ||
| James Grinham | 1822–1835 | ||
| Grinstead | 1789 | ||
| Groombridge | 1793 | ||
| Grover | 1809 | ||
| John Grover | 1790 | ||
| John Gunnell | 1810 | ||
| W. Gunnell | 1797 | ||
| Philip Gurdon | 1820–1822 | ||
| William Gurdon | 1825 | ||
| John Guthrie | 1819–1820 |
H
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Hale | 1789–1797 | ||
| Hall | 1797 | ||
| James Hall | 1821–1838 | ||
| John Hammond | 1790–1816 | ||
| Harry Hampton | 1800–1811 | ||
| J. Hampton | 1793–1816 | ||
| R. Hampton | 1802 | ||
| Henry Hannington | 1819–1821 | ||
| William Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield | 1791 | ||
| James Harding | 1792–1810 | ||
| John Harding | 1809 | ||
| Hart | 1792 | ||
| Harvey | 1792–1793 | ||
| F. Hatton | 1815 | ||
| Hawkins | 1817 | ||
| John Heathcote | 1820 | ||
| Edward Heneage | 1796 | ||
| Hennell | 1817 | ||
| Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon | 1822 | ||
| Hesketh | 1816 | ||
| Philip Hewett | 1820 | ||
| Higgs | 1789–1790 | ||
| Hill | 1825 | ||
| Hines | 1822 | ||
| George Hoare | 1807–1812 | ||
| Henry Hoare | 1823–1824 | ||
| Hockley | 1799–1805 | ||
| Hodgson | 1817 | ||
| Holden | 1818 | ||
| C. Holland | 1808 | ||
| Henry Holland | 1807–1825 | ||
| George Hollest | 1821 | ||
| Charles Holloway | 1816–1822 | ||
| Honer | 1822 | ||
| Hooker | 1795 | ||
| William Hooker | 1823–1833 | ||
| William Hopkins | 1825–1828 | ||
| Hopkinson | 1817 | ||
| J Hopper | 1822–1827 | ||
| Horsey | 1788–1789 | ||
| H. C. Howard | 1815–1816 | ||
| R. Howard | 1804 | ||
| Thomas Howard | 1803–1829 | ||
| Hudson | 1792 | ||
| Hull | 1821 | ||
| George Hume | 1821–1822 | ||
| Hunt | 1788–1789 | ||
| Hyde | 1791 |
I
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Ingram | 1787–1797 |
J
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| David James | 1816–1817 | ||
| J. James | 1814–1818 | ||
| W. Jeans | 1817 | ||
| William Jefferies | 1803 | ||
| Herbert Jenner | 1825–1838 | ||
| John Jenner | 1807–1826 | ||
| T. Johnson | 1825–1834 | ||
| William Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton | 1825 | ||
| Jones | 1787 | ||
| Jones | 1824 | ||
| E. Jones | 1793 | ||
| Sir Thomas Jones | 1814–1819 | ||
| James Jordan | 1822–1824 | ||
| Henry Jupp | 1824–1827 | ||
| Thomas Jutten | 1791–1792 |
K
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Lister Kaye | 1787–1798 | ||
| William Keen | 1821–1831 | ||
| Kennett | 1789 | ||
| Daniel King | 1814 | ||
| Henry Robert Kingscote | 1825–1844 | ||
| Douglas Kinnaird | 1808–1822 | ||
| Knight | 1802 | ||
| Edward Knight | 1822–1828 | ||
| George T. Knight | 1820–1837 | ||
| Knowles | 1797 |
L
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felix Ladbroke | 1804–1822 | ||
| James Ladbroke | 1800–1826 | ||
| John Lambert | 1794–1810 | ||
| William Lambert | 1801–1817 | ||
| Charles Lanaway | 1825–1838 | ||
| Henry Thomas Lane | 1818–1827 | ||
| Richard Lane | 1820–1824 | ||
| William Lascelles | 1818 | ||
| James Lawrell | 1803–1810 | ||
| James Lawrence | 1820 | ||
| Richard Lawrence | 1787–1795 | ||
| Lea | 1807 | ||
| John Leaney | 1825–1826 | ||
| William Leaney | 1815 | ||
| Lear | 1808 | ||
| Lee | 1814 | ||
| Leeson | 1803 | ||
| Stephen Lefeaver | 1825 | ||
| J Leggatte | 1789 | ||
| Richard Leigh | 1806–1809 | ||
| George Leycester | 1790–1808 | ||
| Thomas Liffen | 1791–1792 | ||
| James Light | 1825 | ||
| Henry Lillywhite | 1816–1825 | ||
| James Lillywhite | 1821 | ||
| William Lillywhite | 1825–1853 | ||
| John Littler | 1791–1793 | ||
| Henry J. Lloyd | 1815–1830 | ||
| Thomas Lloyd | 1792 | ||
| Thomas Lord | 1787–1816 | ||
| Thomas Lord junior | 1815–1816 | ||
| Henry Lowther | 1819–1843 | ||
| Luck | 1793 | ||
| Stephen Lushington | 1799 |
M
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Maddox | 1791 | ||
| Peregrine Maitland | 1798–1808 | ||
| Noah Mann junior | 1807–1818 | ||
| March | 1807 | ||
| Marclew | 1795 | ||
| George Marten | 1821 | ||
| Martin | 1816 | ||
| Sir Henry Martin, 2nd Baronet | 1797–1813 | ||
| J. Martin | 1787–1793 | ||
| Richard Martin | 1815 | ||
| W. Martin | 1819–1826 | ||
| Stephen Masters | 1815 | ||
| William Mathews | 1821–1830 | ||
| Matthews | 1789 | ||
| May | 1797–1798 | ||
| S. Maynard | 1823–1828 | ||
| George Meads | 1825–1836 | ||
| Medlicott | 1819–1822 | ||
| Francis Mellersh | 1814–1830 | ||
| Thomas Mellish | 1793–1815 | ||
| J. Merchant | 1791–1792 | ||
| Paul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen | 1816 | ||
| Miles | 1793 | ||
| John Miller | 1791 | ||
| George Mills | 1825–1831 | ||
| John Mills | 1816–1820 | ||
| Richard Mills | 1825–1843 | ||
| H. Mitchell | 1816–1819 | ||
| Mitchell | 1803–1809 | ||
| Charles Mitford | 1815–1817 | ||
| Monk | 1792–1795 | ||
| Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch | 1797 | ||
| Edward Morant | 1793–1795 | ||
| Morgan | 1802 | ||
| Morgan | 1803 | ||
| Henry Morley | 1815–1838 | ||
| Mott | 1820 | ||
| John Moultrie | 1820 | ||
| Munday | 1792–1797 | ||
| Robert Murcutt | 1819–1820 | ||
| Murray | 1787–1789 |
N
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Neale | 1788–1792 | ||
| Molyneux Nepean | 1808 | ||
| J. Nesbit | 1812 | ||
| Nethercliffe | 1817 | ||
| Christopher Nevill | 1820–1822 | ||
| Francis Nicholas | 1821–1830 | ||
| Nicholson | 1788 | ||
| Thomas V. R. Nicoll | 1790–1794 | ||
| Thomas Nicoll | 1817–1835 | ||
| Thomas Nordish | 1815–1823 | ||
| John Nyren | 1787–1817 |
O
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Oakes | 1819 | ||
| Oliver | 1787 | ||
| Oliver | 1824–1828 | ||
| Denzil Onslow | 1796–1807 | ||
| Denzil Onslow junior | 1821–1825 | ||
| Thomas Onslow, 2nd Earl of Onslow | 1801–1808 | ||
| George Osbaldeston | 1808–1830 | ||
| John Otway | 1824–1825 | ||
| William Otway | 1824–1825 | ||
| Owen | 1819 | ||
| Charles Oxenden | 1820–1822 | ||
| Graham Oxenden | 1822 | ||
| W. Oxley | 1790–1793 |
P
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packer | 1790 | ||
| Henry Page | 1819–1826 | ||
| John Page | 1819–1822 | ||
| Martin Page | 1820–1834 | ||
| Henry Palliser | 1822 | ||
| J. Palmer | 1813 | ||
| W. Palmer | 1789 | ||
| Park | 1795 | ||
| Parker | 1803–1806 | ||
| George Parry | 1818–1829 | ||
| Parsons | 1825 | ||
| Payne | 1815 | ||
| T. Payne | 1795 | ||
| J. Pemberton | 1816 | ||
| Penniells | 1809 | ||
| J. Peppercorn | 1802–1804 | ||
| Petley | 1802 | ||
| William Peto | 1822–1826 | ||
| Charles Pierpoint | 1825–1827 | ||
| Pike | 1810 | ||
| Fuller Pilch | 1820–1854 | ||
| Nathaniel Pilch | 1820–1836 | ||
| William Pilch | 1820–1836 | ||
| John Pilcher | 1787–1796 | ||
| Alexander Pitcairn | 1791–1792 | ||
| William Pitt | 1822 | ||
| John Pointer | 1803–1810 | ||
| John Pontifex | 1807–1810 | ||
| John Pontifex | 1825 | ||
| J. Poulet | 1811–1818 | ||
| James Powell | 1818–1822 | ||
| Littleton Powys | 1801 | ||
| Bulkley Praed | 1822 | ||
| T. Price | 1816–1825 | ||
| Priest | 1792 | ||
| Stephen Pryor | 1820 |
Q
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Quarles | 1820–1830 | ||
| Robert Quarme | 1792–1793 | ||
| Quiddington | 1807 |
R
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Radcliffe | 1819 | ||
| Thomas Ray | 1792–1811 | ||
| Thomas Razell | 1809–1816 | ||
| Charles Reed | 1800–1810 | ||
| Humphrey Repton | 1812–1817 | ||
| Frederic Reynolds | 1795–1796 | ||
| J Rice | 1795–1797 | ||
| James Rice | 1811–1813 | ||
| Richardson | 1805–1807 | ||
| J. Ricketts | 1816–1817 | ||
| C. Ridet | 1796 | ||
| George Ring | 1796 | ||
| Roberts | 1824–1825 | ||
| William Roberts | 1816–1817 | ||
| Robinson | 1816 | ||
| Robert Robinson | 1792–1819 | ||
| Charles Rocke | 1822–1828 | ||
| Roffey | 1802 | ||
| Samuel Rohde | 1812 | ||
| J. Roker | 1825–1830 | ||
| Edward Romilly | 1825–1831 | ||
| C. Roots | 1825 | ||
| Rubegall | 1794 | ||
| C. Russell | 1795 | ||
| J. Russell | 1787–1793 |
S
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sadler | 1793 | ||
| Sale | 1791–1793 | ||
| Sanderson | 1797 | ||
| James Saunders | 1822–1831 | ||
| Andrew Schabner | 1811–1824 | ||
| Scott | 1793–1797 | ||
| J. Scott | 1819–1831 | ||
| Thomas Scott | 1789–1798 | ||
| Richard Searle | 1823–1825 | ||
| William Searle | 1821–1833 | ||
| Thomas Selby | 1790 | ||
| William Sewell | 1822–1827 | ||
| Edward Seymour | 1819 | ||
| Thomas Shackle | 1789–1809 | ||
| D. Sharpe | 1792 | ||
| Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet | 1792–1795 | ||
| George Shepheard | 1796 | ||
| James Sherman | 1810–1821 | ||
| John Sherman | 1809–1852 | ||
| Short | 1801 | ||
| Simmonds | 1790–1791 | ||
| C. Slater | 1787 | ||
| John Slater | 1825–1829 | ||
| William Slater | 1814–1829 | ||
| John Slingsby | 1815 | ||
| Small | 1788 | ||
| Eli Small | 1796 | ||
| Smith | 1803 | ||
| Smith | 1822 | ||
| Smith | 1822 | ||
| Smith | 1825–1826 | ||
| Gustavus T. Smith | 1815–1823 | ||
| James Smith | 1792–1800 | ||
| Percy Smith | 1825–1826 | ||
| T. Smith | 1817 | ||
| Soane | 1795 | ||
| Stephen Southon | 1825–1826 | ||
| G. Sparks | 1806–1810 | ||
| John Sparks | 1803–1829 | ||
| Spencer | 1793 | ||
| George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough | 1817 | ||
| St John | 1825 | ||
| Daniel Stacey | 1817–1820 | ||
| Stanford | 1807 | ||
| Stanhope | 1787–1798 | ||
| Thomas Stearn | 1825–1840 | ||
| John Stevens | 1789–1793 | ||
| Robert Stevens | 1797–1799 | ||
| Thomas Stevenson | 1822 | ||
| Henry Stewart | 1788–1806 | ||
| John Stewart | 1792–1797 | ||
| R. Stewart | 1791–1792 | ||
| S. Stonehewer | 1813 | ||
| V. Strange | 1816 | ||
| E. Streeter | 1791–1792 | ||
| William Streets | 1803 | ||
| Richard Stringer | 1803 | ||
| Strudwick | 1805–1806 | ||
| William Sturt | 1815–1817 | ||
| Frederick Sullivan | 1821 | ||
| George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland | 1816 | ||
| J. Swan | 1825–1826 | ||
| Sylvester | 1792–1802 |
T
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Talbot | 1787–1791 | ||
| Talmash | 1790 | ||
| John Tanner | 1797–1826 | ||
| Taylor | 1817 | ||
| Thompson | 1792–1794 | ||
| James Thumwood | 1816–1826 | ||
| John Thumwood | 1816–1821 | ||
| Edward Thwaites | 1825–1837 | ||
| Timber | 1792–1795 | ||
| Todd | 1804 | ||
| C. Towell | 1791 | ||
| Charles Town | 1815–1823 | ||
| James Townsend | 1821–1831 | ||
| Thomas Tucker | 1822 | ||
| Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet | 1793–1801 | ||
| John Tufton | 1793–1798 | ||
| Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet | 1791–1794 | ||
| Turnbull | 1796 | ||
| Robert Turner | 1789–1797 | ||
| W. Turner | 1789–1809 | ||
| Thomas Twistleton | 1794–1796 | ||
| Tyson | 1790–1793 |
U
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Unstead | 1825 | ||
| Arthur Upton | 1795–1808 | ||
| May Upton | 1824 |
V
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Vallance | 1791–1792 | ||
| Philip Vallance | 1791–1792 | ||
| Vane | 1802 | ||
| Venner | 1790 | ||
| Viger | 1808–1814 | ||
| Godfrey Vigne | 1819–1845 | ||
| Thomas Vigne | 1804–1832 | ||
| Vincent | 1789 | ||
| C. Vivian | 1816 |
W
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker | 1790 | East Kent | |
| Walker | 1822 | Kent | |
| John Walker | 1789–1806 | Surrey | Younger brother of Tom and Harry Walker. |
| Waller | 1800–1803 | Surrey | |
| John Wallington | 1817–1828 | ||
| Robert Walpole | 1793–1808 | ||
| W. Wansell | 1802 | ||
| F. Ward | 1817 | Hampshire | |
| John Ward | 1800–1806 | Kent | |
| William Ward | 1810–1845 | Scored 278 for MCC against Norfolk in 1820, overtaking James Aylward's record for cricket's highest individual score. Ward's record stood until 1876, when it was surpassed by W. G. Grace. | |
| Charles Warren | 1795–1826 | Warren was the last 18th century player to take part in an important match. | |
| Richard Warsop | 1803–1826 | Nottingham | |
| Thomas Warsop | 1803 | Nottingham | |
| T. Webb | 1790–1808 | Middlesex | |
| Richard Welch | 1791–1793 | ||
| G. Wells | 1814–1821 | Surrey | |
| John Wells | 1787–1815 | Surrey | |
| W. Wells | 1791–1816 | ||
| George Wenman | 1825–1834 | Kent | |
| John Wenman | 1825–1838 | Kent | |
| Ned Wenman | 1825–1854 | Kent | A leading wicket-keeper; also an all-rounder. |
| West | 1794 | Oldfield | |
| J. Weston | 1787 | Middlesex | |
| Wheeler | 1794–1795 | Middlesex | |
| White | 1789–1797 | Hampshire | |
| Jacob White | 1791 | Middlesex | |
| Joseph White | 1806 | Surrey | |
| W. White | 1787–1792 | Middlesex | |
| R. Whitehead | 1795–1800 | MCC | Patron who organised a number of matches via MCC. |
| Wicks | 1820 | Cambridge Town Club | |
| Henry Wilder | 1817 | Old Wykehamists | |
| Wilkinson | 1824 | Sussex | |
| John Willan | 1819–1830 | ||
| G. Willes | 1815 | Kent | Identity disputed. Willes played in a match at Wrotham Napps alongside John Willes and it may be that it was William Willes, John's brother, who played in the match. William is identified by the 1907 History of Kent County Cricket Club as the player involved, whereas Scores and Biographies identifies the player simply as Willes, and he is identified as Mr G. Willes in Kent Cricket Matches.[8] |
| John Willes | 1806–1822 | Kent | Though he did not originate roundarm bowling, Willes can be seen as the prime instigator of the movement.[9] |
| Williams | 1820 | Cambridge University | A student at Pembroke College. |
| Williams | 1798 | MCC | |
| Charles Williams | 1823 | MCC | |
| Wilson | 1797 | Earl of Winchilsea's XI | |
| Wilson | 1809 | Surrey | |
| Windebank | 1805–1807 | Hampshire | |
| Windsor | 1788 | ||
| Edward Winter | 1794–1815 | Oldfield | |
| Witcher | 1797 | Hampshire | |
| J. Witherdon | 1817 | MCC | |
| Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet | 1792 | MCC | |
| Wood | 1789–1790 | East Kent | |
| Edward Woodbridge | 1815–1819 | ||
| Frederick Woodbridge | 1815–1819 | ||
| Woodburn | 1804 | Hampshire | |
| Woodroffe | 1799–1800 | ||
| Wooldridge | 1798 | Hampshire | |
| Richard Wyatt | 1787–1797 | ||
| George Wyndham | 1820–1821 | Cambridge University |
Y
| name | seasons | club/county | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Yarmouth | 1799 | Surrey | Occasional patron. Known to have played in three matches: one each for Surrey, MCC, and England. |
| Young | 1801 | Played in one match for England against Surrey. |
See also
Notes
- ^Some eleven-a-side matches played from 1772 to 1863 have been rated "first-class" by certain sources.[2] However, the term only came into common use around 1864, when overarm bowling was legalised. It was formally defined as a standard by a meeting at Lord's, in May 1894, of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the county clubs which were then competing in the County Championship. The ruling was effective from the beginning of the 1895 season, but pre-1895 matches of the same standard have no official definition of status because the ruling is not retrospective.[3] Matches of a similar standard since the beginning of the 1864 season are generally considered to have an unofficial first-class status.[4] Pre-1864 matches which are included in the ACS' "Important Match Guide" may generally be regarded as important or, at least, historically significant.[5] For further information, see First-class cricket.
References
- ^Haygarth 1996, p. 522.
- ^"First-Class Matches in England in 1772". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^Wisden (1948). Preston, Hubert (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (85th ed.). London: Sporting Handbooks Ltd. p. 813. OCLC 851705816.
- ^ACS 1982, pp. 4–5.
- ^ACS 1981, pp. 1–40.
- ^Haygarth 1996, p. 311.
- ^CUCC Match Book (1820–1822), Cambridge University Library.
- ^Carlaw 2020, p. 579.
- ^Altham & Swanton 1962, pp. 60–62.
Bibliography
- ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709–1863. Nottingham: ACS. OCLC 85045528.
- ACS (1982). A Guide to FC Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles. Nottingham: ACS. OCLC 10586869.
- Altham, H. S.; Swanton, E. W. (1962). A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914) (5th ed.). London: George Allen & Unwin. OCLC 894274808.
- Carlaw, Derek (2020). Kent County Cricketers, A to Z: Part One (1806–1914)(PDF). Cardiff: ACS.
- Haygarth, Arthur (1996) [1862]. Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Kennington: Frederick Lillywhite. ISBN 978-19-00592-23-9.
Further reading
- Ashley-Cooper, F. S. (1924). Hambledon Cricket Chronicle: 1772–1796. London: Jenkins. OCLC 38498574.
- Ashley-Cooper, F. S. (1929). Kent Cricket Matches, 1719–1880. Canterbury: Gibbs & Sons. OCLC 220674085.
- Barclays (1986). Swanton, E. W.; Plumptre, George; Woodcock, George (eds.). Barclays World of Cricket. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-00-02181-93-8.
- Birley, Derek (1999). A Social History of English Cricket. London: Aurum Press. ISBN 978-18-54106-22-3.
- Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. ISBN 978-04-13278-60-9.
- Britcher, Samuel (1800). A Complete List of all the Grand Matches of Cricket that have been Played in the Year 1800. London: W. S. Blake. OCLC 83523010.
- Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Birmingham: Cotterell & Co. OCLC 23450280.
- Buckley, G. B. (1937). Fresh Light on pre-Victorian Cricket. Birmingham: Cotterell & Co. OCLC 23469107.
- Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-00-07183-64-7.
- McCann, Tim (2004). Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century. Lewes: Sussex Record Society. ISBN 978-08-54450-55-8.
- Mote, Ashley (1997). The Glory Days of Cricket. Robson. ISBN 978-1-8610-5111-0.
- Nyren, John (1998) [1832]. Mote, Ashley (ed.). The Cricketers of my Time. London: Robson Publishing. ISBN 978-18-61051-68-4.
- Waghorn, H. T. (2005) [1906]. The Dawn of Cricket. London: J. W. McKenzie. ISBN 978-09-47821-17-3.
- Wilson, Martin (2005). An Index to Waghorn. Bodyline Books.
