1784 English cricket season

The 1784 English cricket season was the 13th in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecard of only one first-class match has survived.

1784 English cricket season

Matches

A single first-class match scorecard survives from 1784.[1][2] The match was played between an England side and a Hampshire XI at Sevenoaks Vine in June.[3]

First mentions

References
  1. Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) (1981) A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
  2. Results, English Domestic Season 1784, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  3. England v Hampshire XI, scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-04-05.

Further reading
  • Altham, H. S. (1962). A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914). George Allen & Unwin.
  • Birley, Derek (1999). A Social History of English Cricket. Aurum.
  • Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
  • Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.
  • Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane.
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