List of occasional English cricket XIs

This is a list of ad hocEnglish cricket teams, each of them known as an XI (eleven), which were temporarily formed to play in matches that are recognised as either important or first-class. Generally, they were "scratch" teams named after their patron or organiser. The list is not necessarily exhaustive.

Note that long-established XIs are included at List of historically significant English cricket teams, and not here.

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z
• See also
• References

Teams

• Note. Where a team name is preceded by a † symbol, there is or will be a redirect to this list.

A † B. Aislabie's XI (1811) [1] † S. Amherst's XI (1789) [2] B J. Bamford's XI R. G. Barlow's XI W. Barton's XI Lord Frederick Beauclerk's XI R. A. Bennett's XI (1901/02) Captain Blagrave's XI E. Bligh's XI † Ivo Bligh's XI (1880–1883) John Bowra's XI Lord Brackley's XI (1905/06) British Empire XI Colonel Byng's XI C F. S. G. Calthorpe's XI W. R. Capel's XI † Thomas Chambers' XI (1731) [3] † Sir St Vincent Cotton's XI (1832) Country XI Lord Cowdray's XI D Richard Daft's XI Earl of Darnley's XI Earl de la Warr's XI C. de Trafford's XI † Stephen Dingate's XI (1746–1749) E G. East's XI T. Emmett's XI F Tom Faulkner's XI Nicholas Felix's XI H. K. Foster's XI † Frederick, Prince of Wales' XI (1733) C. B. Fry's XI G Gentlemen & Players XI J. Gibbon's XI

H L. Hall's XI John Hammond's XI David Harris' XI H. T. Hewett's XI H. Hoare's XI C. G. Howard's XI (1956/57) J G. L. Jessop's XI S. B. Joel's XI (1924/25) [4] V. W. C. Jupp's XI K D. J. W. Kinnaird's XI L F. C. Ladbroke's XI W. H. Laverton's XI Left-handed XI R. Leigh's XI (1793–1795) † Charles Lennox's XI (1795–1802) [5] George Leycester's XI James Lillywhite's XI (1876/77) H. J. Lloyd's XI Lord Londesborough's XI George Louch's XI R. S. Lucas' XI (1894/95) M MCC Australia XI MCC South African XI MCC West Indies XI † A. C. MacLaren's XI (1901/02) Lord March's XI † Sir H. W. Marten's XI (1800) J. R. Mason's XI T. Mellish's XI E. G. Morant's XI N R. Newman's XI O George Osbaldeston's XI

P L. Parkinson's XI † G. Parr's XI (1859–1864) H. Philipson's XI Fuller Pilch's XI R. Pilling's XI Charles Powlett's XI A. A. Priestley's XI (1897) [6] R W. W. Read's XI (1881–1895) † 1st Duke of Richmond's XI (1702) [7] [note 1] A. W. Ridley's XI Right-handed XI † D. H. Robins' XI (1960–1980) L. Robinson's XI S J. Sharp's XI M. Sherwin's XI A. Shrewsbury's XI T. A. Smith's XI † H. H. Stephenson's XI (1859–1885) † A. E. Stoddart's XI (1894–1898) Lord Strathavon's XI T † L. H. Tennyson's XI (1923–1938) [note 2] Test and County Cricket Board XI (1981–1996) John Tufton's XI W. Turner's XI V G. F. Vernon's XI (1889/90) [8] W R. D. Walker's XI Tom Walker's XI William Ward's XI P. F. Warner's XI A. J. Webbe's XI G. J. V. Weigall's XI R. Whitehead's XI Earl of Winchilsea's XI H. C. Woolridge's XI G. N. Wyatt's XI Y Lord Yarmouth's XI

See also

• List of historically significant English cricket teams

Notes

1. Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, is believed to have been active in cricket patronage for several years but the only match in which he is definitely known to have been involved was one against Arundel in 1702, which his team apparently won. ^[7]
2. The team was called L. H. Tennyson's XI from 1923 to 1928, and then Lord Tennyson's XI from 1932 to 1938.

References

1. "Matches played by B Aislabie's XI" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
2. "Matches played by S Amherst's XI" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
3. Major 2007, p. 56.
4. "First-Class Matches played by S. B. Joel's XI" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
5. "Matches played by Charles Lennox's XI" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
6. "First-Class Matches played by A. A. Priestley's XI" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
7. McCann 2004, p. 1.
8. "Pavilion Gossip". Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game. VIII (202). London: Merritt & Hatcher Ltd: 42. 21 March 1889 – via ACS.

Bibliography

• Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. London: HarperCollins. ISBN   978-00-07183-64-7 – via Internet Archive.
• McCann, Tim (2004). Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century (PDF). Vol. 88. Lewes: West Sussex Record Office. ISBN   978-08-54450-55-8.

Further reading

• Waghorn, H. T. (2005) [1906]. The Dawn of Cricket. London: J. W. McKenzie. ISBN   978-09-47821-17-3.