The 1800 English cricket season included numerous matches involving prominent town clubs like Rochester, Woolwich, Homerton, Richmond, Storrington, Montpelier, and Thames Ditton. Details of 20 matches are known, but few were important. [note 1]
The 1800 English cricket season included numerous matches involving prominent town clubs like Rochester, Woolwich, Homerton, Richmond, Storrington, Montpelier, and Thames Ditton. Details of 20 matches are known, but few were important. [note 1]
In the Leicester v Nottingham match on 25 and 26 August, Nottingham made only 61 in their first innings, and yet they won the match by an innings and 38 runs. [5] [6] Leicester were dismissed for 15 and 8, an aggregate of 23 which Rowland Bowen described as "probably the lowest recorded aggregate for both innings in an important match". [7]
On 29 September, the Nottingham v Sheffield match in Mansfield was another low-scoring one. Nottingham scored 67 and 102. Joe Dennis played well with scores of 16 and 29, helping Nottingham to win by 123 runs. Sheffield in reply made just 24 and 22. [8] [9]
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) played in four matches which were home and away against Woolwich and Rochester. They met Woolwich first on 28 and 29 May at Lord's Old Ground (Lord's), and were well beaten by an innings and 94 runs. [10] A return match took place 23 and 24 June on Barrack Field in Woolwich. Again, MCC were outclassed, and Woolwich won by 123 runs. [11]
The matches against Rochester were played a fortnight apart in July. Rochester won by 11 runs at Lord's, and by 3 wickets at Marsh's Ground in Rochester. [12]
There were five more matches at Lord's, two of which were "odds" games: an Fourteen of England against Surrey in June, which England won by thirteen wickets; [13] and Fourteen of England against Twelve of Surrey in August, which England won by 51 runs. [14]
The other three matches were eleven-a-side. The first was between elevens selected by two MCC members, R. Whitehead and John Gibbons. Whitehead's XI won by 52 runs. [15] From 11 to 13 June, England and Surrey met on level terms, and Surrey won by three wickets. [13] On 14 and 15 July, England played a team called the Ws & Hs, who won by seven wickets. [16] [17]
Among the prominent town clubs were Homerton, Montpelier, Richmond, and Woolwich. In June, Montpelier went to Homerton, and won by an innings and 5 runs. [18] Then, on Aram's New Ground, which was in Montpelier Gardens, they defeated Richmond by 52 runs. [19]
In July, Richmond hosted Montpelier on Richmond Green, and won by 69 runs. [20] At the end of the month, Montpelier played Woolwich on Barrack Field, where Woolwich won by 8 wickets. [21]