1828 English cricket season

1828 English cricket season

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1828 was the 42nd season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) who effected a modification of the Laws of Cricket in an attempted compromise re the roundarm issue. ^{[note 1]}

Important matches

1828 match list

Events

Following the Sussex v. England roundarm trial matches in 1827, MCC modified Rule 10 to permit the bowler's hand to be raised as high as the elbow. But, in practice, Sussex bowlers William Lillywhite and Jem Broadbridge continued to bowl at shoulder height and the umpires didn't no-ball them.

Leading batsmen

Jem Broadbridge was the leading runscorer with 316 runs @ 19.75

Leading bowlers

Jem Broadbridge was the leading wicket-taker with 46 wickets

First mentions

Counties

• Cumberland ^[5]

Players

• C. B. Calmady (MCC)
• Cowell (MCC)
• J. P. Davis (Kent)
• C. Dearman (Sheffield)
• H. Dupuis (CU)
• W. Gamble (Leics)
• C. Gardiner (Kent)
• J. Gardiner (Surrey)
• R. Gibson (Notts)
• H. G. Grazebrook (CU)
• Green (Kent)
• H. G. Hand (CU)
• C. H. Jenner (CU)
• R. D. Lenton (CTC)
• R. Martingell (Surrey)
• Miller (CTC)
• G. Richards (Surrey)
• C. Romilly (England)
• T. Sanders (CU)
• E. Sivewright (Kent, Surrey)
• H. J. Southern (Sheffield)
• W. Taylor (Sheffield)
• W. H. Walton (Kent)
• N. Wetherell (CU)
• W. Wilson (Sheffield)
• Wood (Kent)
• C. Woods (Surrey)

Notes

1. Some eleven-a-side matches played from 1772 to 1863 have been rated "first-class" by certain sources. ^[1] 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. ^[2] Matches of a similar standard since the beginning of the 1864 season are generally considered to have an unofficial first-class status. ^[3] Pre-1864 matches which are included in the ACS' "Important Match Guide" may generally be regarded as top-class or, at least, historically significant. ^[4] For further information, see First-class cricket.

References

1. "First-Class matches in England in 1772" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
2. Wisden (1948). Preston, Hubert (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (85th ed.). London: Sporting Handbooks Ltd. p. 813. OCLC   851705816.
3. ACS 1982, pp. 4–5.
4. ACS 1981, pp. 1–40.
5. Bowen, p. 270.

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 First-class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles. Nottingham: ACS. OCLC   10586869.
• Haygarth, Arthur (1997) [1862]. Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827–1840). Kennington: Frederick Lillywhite. ISBN   978-19-00592-23-9.
• Warner, Pelham (1946). Lords: 1787–1945. London: Harrap. OCLC   877106024.

Further reading

• Altham, H. S.; Swanton, E. W. (1962). A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914) (5th ed.). London: George Allen & Unwin. OCLC   894274808.
• Birley, Derek (1999). A Social History of English Cricket. London: Aurum Press. ISBN   978-18-54107-10-7 – via Internet Archive.
• 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 – via Internet Archive.

External links

• CricketArchive – 1828 first-class matches list
• CricketArchive – 1828 other matches list