1808 English cricket season
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In the 1808 English cricket season, George Osbaldeston
made his debut in first-class cricket
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George Osbaldeston
"Squire" George Osbaldeston was an English sportsman and politician.Osbaldeston spent his childhood at Hutton Buscel, the family estate in Yorkshire...
made his debut in first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
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Honours
- Most runs – Lord Frederick BeauclerkLord Frederick BeauclerkLord Frederick Beauclerk was an outstanding but controversial English first-class cricketer for 35 years from 1791 to 1825. On his retirement, he served as president of Marylebone Cricket Club in 1826.Beauclerk was the fourth son of the 5th Duke of St Albans and became a clergyman. He was Vicar...
379 (HS 100) - Most wickets – Thomas HowardThomas Howard (cricketer)Thomas Charles Howard was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1803 to 1828...
and Lord Frederick BeauclerkLord Frederick BeauclerkLord Frederick Beauclerk was an outstanding but controversial English first-class cricketer for 35 years from 1791 to 1825. On his retirement, he served as president of Marylebone Cricket Club in 1826.Beauclerk was the fourth son of the 5th Duke of St Albans and became a clergyman. He was Vicar...
16 apiece
Events
- With the Napoleonic War continuing, loss of investment and manpower impacted cricket and only 6 first-class matches have been recorded in 1808:
- 23–24 May — MCCMarylebone Cricket ClubMarylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
v MiddlesexMiddlesex county cricket teamsMiddlesex county cricket teams have been traced back to the 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Given that the first definite mention of cricket anywhere in the world is dated c.1550 in Guildford, it is almost certain that the game had reached...
@ Lord's Old GroundLord's Old GroundLord's Old Ground was a cricket venue in London that was established by Thomas Lord in 1787. It was used mainly by Marylebone Cricket Club for major cricket matches until 1810, after which a dispute about rent caused Lord to relocate.-Matches:... - 30–31 May — MCC v Middlesex @ Lord's Old Ground
- 6–7 June — MCC v HomertonHomerton Cricket ClubHomerton Cricket Club was based in Homerton, Hackney and was recognised as a first-class cricket team during the first decade of the 19th century. The club had been established in the 18th century and it first came to notice in 1800 when it played the strong Montpelier team...
@ Lord's Old Ground - 27–29 June — All-EnglandAll-England ElevenIn cricket, the term All-England has been used for various non-international teams that have been formed for short-term purposes since the 1739 English cricket season and it indicates that the "Rest of England" is playing against, say, MCC or an individual county team...
v SurreySurrey county cricket teamsSurrey county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. The first definite mention of cricket anywhere in the world is dated c.1550 in Guildford.-17th century:...
@ Lord's Old Ground - 6–7 July — All-England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground
- 11–13 July — Surrey v All-England @ Holt PoundHolt PoundHolt Pound at Wrecclesham, near Farnham, Surrey was one of the chief cricket grounds in Surrey. It was used as a major cricket venue for 3 first-class matches between 1791 and 1809 as well as for a number of minor matches....
, FarnhamFarnhamFarnham is a town in Surrey, England, within the Borough of Waverley. The town is situated some 42 miles southwest of London in the extreme west of Surrey, adjacent to the border with Hampshire...
- 23–24 May — MCC
Debutants
1808 debutants included:- William AshbyWilliam AshbyWilliam Ashby was an English cricketer in the 19th century. He played mainly for Kent and was an outstanding slow bowler, probably underarm but he may have bowled roundarm in the later years of his career...
(Kent) - Benjamin AislabieBenjamin AislabieBenjamin Aislabie was a cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1808 and 1841. A wine merchant by trade who had supplied Lord Nelson with wine, he was also the president of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1823 and secretary from 1822 until his death in 1842...
(MCC) - Douglas KinnairdDouglas KinnairdThe Honourable Douglas James William Kinnaird was an English amateur cricketer who made 19 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1808 to 1822....
(MCC) - George OsbaldestonGeorge Osbaldeston"Squire" George Osbaldeston was an English sportsman and politician.Osbaldeston spent his childhood at Hutton Buscel, the family estate in Yorkshire...
(MCC)