1749 English cricket season

The 1749 English cricket season was the sixth season following the earliest known codification of the Laws of Cricket.

1749 English cricket season
1748
1750

Matches

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Seven eleven-a-side matches between significant teams are known to have taken place.[1][2]

Single wicket matches

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A series of three single wicket cricket matches took place between teams of five playing for England against Addington. The matches resulted from a challenge by the Addington players to meet any other five in England, with Addington considered the favourites to win. Addington won only one of the matches.[4]

First mentions

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Players

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References

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  1. ^ ACS, p.22.
  2. ^ Other matches in England 1749, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  3. ^ McCann, p.44.
  4. ^ Ashley-Cooper p.53.

Bibliography

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  • ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
  • Ashley-Cooper, F. S. (1900). "At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742–1751". Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game. London: Cricket Magazine. OCLC 28863559.
  • McCann, Tim (2004). Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century. Sussex Record Society.

Further reading

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  • 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.