Draft:Cricket in 1731
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A total of thirty eleven-a-side matches are known to have been arranged in 1731, double the number in 1730. Sixteen involved the London Cricket Club which played most of its home games on the Artillery Ground in Finsbury. Although newspaper coverage was increasing, it was still rare for a player to be named in the press but this did happen when "the famous Tim Coleman", of London, was mentioned after he played for another team as a given man. The most controversial match of the season, which ended in a riot, was also the first from which team totals are known.
Eleven-a-side matches
[edit]Reports have survived of thirty matches, mostly between recognised teams, some involving parish teams.[note 1]
Single wicket
[edit]Only one single wicket match is in the known records.
Other events
[edit]The earliest known ground enclosures were done this year. The playing area on Kennington Common was roped off twice in an attempt to keep spectators off the field. It is not known when admission fees were introduced but there was certainly a two pence charge in place at the Artillery Ground by the early 1740s.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Some eleven-a-side matches played before 1864 have been rated "first-class" by certain sources, but there was no such standard at the time. The term came into common use from around 1864, when overarm bowling was legalised, and 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. However, matches of a similar standard since the beginning of the 1864 season are generally considered to have an unofficial first-class status.[1] Pre-1864 matches which are included in the ACS' "Important Match Guide" may generally be regarded as top-class or, at least, historically significant.[2] For further information, see First-class cricket.
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709–1863. Nottingham: ACS.
- ACS (1982). A Guide to First-class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles. Nottingham: ACS.
- Ashley-Cooper, F. S. (1929). Kent Cricket Matches, 1719–1880. Gibbs & Sons.
- Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Birmingham: Cotterell & Co. ISBN 978-19-00592-48-2.
- Buckley, G. B. (1937). Fresh Light on pre-Victorian Cricket. Birmingham: Cotterell & Co. ISBN 978-19-00592-49-9.
- Maun, Ian (2009). From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750. Cambridge: Roger Heavens. ISBN 978-19-00592-52-9.
- McCann, Tim (2004). Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century. Lewes: Sussex Record Society. ISBN 978-08-54450-55-8.
- Waghorn, H. T. (1899). Cricket Scores, Notes, &c. – From 1730–1773. Edinburgh: Blackwood. ISBN 978-09-47821-17-3.
- Wilson, Martin (2005). An Index to Waghorn. Bodyline Books.
Further reading
[edit]- Altham, H. S. (1962). A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914). London: George Allen & Unwin. ASIN B0014QE7HQ.
- Birley, Derek (1999). A Social History of English Cricket. London: Aurum Press Ltd. ISBN 978-18-54107-10-7.
- Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. ISBN 978-04-13278-60-9.
- Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-00-07183-64-7.
- Marshall, John (1961). The Duke who was Cricket. Muller. ISBN 978-72-70010-74-8.
- Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Westminster: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-07-13993-30-1.
- Waghorn, H. T. (1906). The Dawn of Cricket. London: Electric Press. ISBN 978-09-47821-17-3.
- Webber, Roy (1960). The Phoenix History of Cricket. Charing Cross, London: Phoenix House Ltd. ISBN 978-04-60078-04-7.