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1800 was the 14th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). It is one of the more difficult seasons to analyse because of several matches involving prominent town clubs like Rochester, Woolwich, Homerton, Richmond, Storrington, Montpelier and Thames Ditton.
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1826 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
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- ↑ "James Ladbroke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
