James Lillywhite was an English Test cricketer and an umpire. He was the first ever captain of the English cricket team in a Test match, captaining two Tests against Australia in 1876–77, losing the first, but winning the second.
In cricket, roundarm bowling is a bowling style that was introduced in the first quarter of the 19th century and largely superseded underarm bowling by the 1830s. Using a roundarm action, the bowlers extend their arm about 90 degrees from their body at the point where they release the ball. Roundarm fell into decline after 1864 when the current style of overarm bowling was legalised, although W. G. Grace continued to use it to the end of his career.
Sussex county cricket teams have been traced back to the early 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket dates from much earlier times as it is widely believed, jointly with Kent and Surrey, to be the sport's birthplace. The most widely accepted theory about the origin of cricket is that it first developed in early medieval times, as a children's game, in the geographical areas of the North Downs, the South Downs and the Weald.
1827 was the 41st season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club. It saw the first playing of the University match and the introduction of roundarm bowling as an accepted way of delivering the ball.
1877 was the 91st season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
1829 was the 43rd season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The earliest known reference to cricket in Worcestershire has been found.
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.
1825 was the 39th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The pavilion at Lord's was destroyed by fire. Many irreplaceable documents which recorded early cricket matches are believed to have been lost. The impact of this upon cricket's history is that it is only since 1825 that surviving records can be viewed with anything like complete confidence. Inter-county matches are recorded for the first time since 1796. Two of the greatest players of the 19th century, William Lillywhite and Ned Wenman, made their first known appearances in important matches.
1830 was the 44th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Surrey had the strongest county team.
1831 was the 45th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Ned Wenman came to prominence. He was basically an all-rounder but he became best known as the wicket-keeper in the great Kent team of the 1840s.
1833 was the 47th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). "Yorkshire" was used as a team name for the first time on record because Sheffield were playing against a county team. John Nyren published The Cricketers Of My Time, widely regarded as a classic of cricket literature.
1835 was the 49th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Powerless to prevent the use of roundarm bowling, MCC finally amended the Laws of Cricket to make it legal.
1837 was the 51st season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Kent began a period of dominance as the "champion county".
Frederick William Lillywhite was an English first-class cricketer during the game's roundarm era. One of the main protagonists in the legalisation of roundarm, he was one of the most successful bowlers of his era. His status is borne out by his nickname: The Nonpareil.
John Willes was an English cricketer who, though he made only five known first-class appearances, had a significant impact on the game's history and development. Willes played for Kent county cricket teams and was a fast underarm or, when he could get away with it, roundarm bowler.
James "Jem" Broadbridge (1795–1843) was an English professional cricketer who is widely accounted the outstanding all-rounder in England during the 1820s. He is best remembered for his part in the introduction of roundarm bowling. He played mainly for Sussex and made 102 known appearances in first-class cricket from 1814 to 1840. He represented the Players in the Gentlemen v Players series and the South in the North v. South series.
The roundarm trial matches were a series of cricket matches between Sussex and All-England during the 1827 English cricket season. Their purpose was to help the MCC, as the game's lawgivers, to decide if roundarm bowling should be legalised or if the only legitimate style of bowling should be underarm, which had been in use since time immemorial.
Henry Morley was an English cricketer who played for Sussex County from 1815 to 1838, and also played one match for Kent and Sussex in 1836.
The Bs was an occasional team that played first-class cricket in the first half of the 19th century in matches against All-England and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The team ostensibly consisted of players whose surname began with the letter B given that there were numerous top-class players at that time who qualified: e.g., William Beldham, Lord Frederick Beauclerk and Jem Broadbridge. However, there were instances of the team including "given men". The Bs is first recorded in the 1805 season and the team was raised sporadically until the 1832 season.
Left-Handed v Right-Handed was an occasional first-class cricket fixture held in England between 1790 and 1870. There were four such fixtures in all where a team titled "Left-Handed" played a team titled "Right-Handed". Additionally, a left-handed team played in two other matches against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). There are no instances of a right-handed team except in the four matches against left-handed teams.
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