1802 English cricket season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1802 English cricket season
1801
1803

The 1802 English cricket season was the 31st in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status and the 16th after the foundation of the Marylebone Cricket Club. The season saw three top-class matches played in the country.

Matches[edit]

Three top-class matches were played during the season, two of them staged at Lord's Old Ground and one at Aram's New Ground in Walworth. In one match an England XI played a Surrey side. The other matches were played between sides assembled by patrons.[1][2][3]

Debutants[edit]

Players known to have made their first-class debut during the season include:

References[edit]

  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. ^ England Domestic Season 1801, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  3. ^ First-class matches in England, 1801, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-12-16. (subscription required)

Further reading[edit]

  • Altham HS (1962) A History of Cricket, Volume 1 London: George Allen & Unwin.
  • Birley D (1999) A Social History of English Cricket. London: Aurum. ISBN 978 1 78131 1769
  • Major J (2007) More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-718364-7