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.

First mentions

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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