1816 English cricket season
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In the 1816 English cricket season, Manchester Cricket Club was founded and became the forerunner of Lancashire County Cricket Club
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Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
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Honours
- Most runs – William LambertWilliam Lambert (cricketer)William Lambert was an English professional cricketer in the first two decades of the 19th century...
363 (HS 74) - Most wickets – Thomas HowardThomas Howard (cricketer)Thomas Charles Howard was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1803 to 1828...
30 (BB 5–?)
Events
- The 1816 season saw the formation of the Manchester Cricket Club which took part in a number of major matches until Lancashire CCC was established in 1864. Manchester was representative of Lancashire as a county in the same way that Sheffield Cricket Club and Nottingham Cricket Club represented Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.
- The issue of roundarm bowlingRoundarm bowlingIn cricket, roundarm bowling is a style that was introduced in the first quarter of the 19th century and had largely superseded underarm bowling by the 1830s. Using a roundarm action, the bowler has his arm extended at about 90 degrees from his body at the point where he releases the ball...
was already controversial enough in 1816 for Marylebone Cricket ClubMarylebone 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...
(MCC) to amend the Laws of CricketLaws of cricketThe laws of cricket are a set of rules established by the Marylebone Cricket Club which describe the laws of cricket worldwide, to ensure uniformity and fairness. There are currently 42 laws, which outline all aspects of how the game is played from how a team wins a game, how a batsman is...
to prohibit it:
- The ball must be bowled (not thrown or jerked), and be delivered underhand, with the hand below the elbow. But if the ball be jerked, or the arm extended from the body horizontally, and any part of the hand be uppermost, or the hand horizontally extended when the ball is delivered, the Umpires shall call "No Ball".
- With cricket recovering from the effects of the Napoleonic War, a total of 8 first-classFirst-class cricketFirst-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...
matches were recorded in 1816:- 10–11 June — 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 HampshireHampshire county cricket teamsHampshire county cricket teams have been traced back to the 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that...
@ Lord's Cricket GroundLord's Cricket GroundLord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the... - 17–19 June — E H Budd's XI v G Osbaldeston's XIGeorge Osbaldeston"Squire" George Osbaldeston was an English sportsman and politician.Osbaldeston spent his childhood at Hutton Buscel, the family estate in Yorkshire...
@ Lord's Cricket Ground - 24–25 June — 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 HampshireHampshire county cricket teamsHampshire county cricket teams have been traced back to the 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that...
@ Lord's Cricket Ground - 3–6 July — 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 The BsThe BsThe Bs was an occasional team that played first-class cricket in the first half of the 19th century in matches against All-England and Marylebone Cricket Club . The team ostensibly consisted of players whose surname began with the letter B given that there were numerous top-class players at that...
@ Lord's Cricket Ground - 29 July–2 August — Sussex v EpsomEpsom Cricket ClubEpsom Cricket Club was based at Epsom, Surrey, and was briefly a major cricket team, playing seven known first-class matches from 1814 to 1819. Currently based at the Francis Schnadhorst Memorial ground in Woodcote Road, Epsom-Major cricket:...
@ Lord's Cricket Ground - 5–6 August — Gentlemen of All-England v Old Etonians @ Lord's Cricket Ground
- 14–16 August — 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 Cricket Ground - 21–23 August — EpsomEpsom Cricket ClubEpsom Cricket Club was based at Epsom, Surrey, and was briefly a major cricket team, playing seven known first-class matches from 1814 to 1819. Currently based at the Francis Schnadhorst Memorial ground in Woodcote Road, Epsom-Major cricket:...
v HampshireHampshire county cricket teamsHampshire county cricket teams have been traced back to the 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that...
@ Epsom Down
- 10–11 June — MCC
- With cricket recovering from the effects of the Napoleonic War, a total of 8 first-class
Debutants
1816 debutants included:- Thomas BeagleyThomas BeagleyThomas Beagley was an English professional cricketer. He had two brothers Henry and John who also played first-class cricket.-Career:...
(Hants) - Charles HollowayCharles HollowayCharles Holloway was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1816 to 1822. He played for Hampshire and made 13 known appearances in first-class matches...
(Hampshire) - Henry LillywhiteHenry LillywhiteHenry Lillywhite was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1816 to 1825. He was mainly associated with Hampshire and made 7 known appearances in first-class matches.-Bibliography:* Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 1-2 , Lillywhite, 1862...
(Hampshire) - John MillsJohn Mills (Hampshire cricketer)John Mills was a British soldier, politician and amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1816 to 1820....
(Hampshire) - James ThumwoodJames ThumwoodJames Thumwood was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1816 to 1826. He was the brother of John Thumwood....
(Hampshire) - H MitchellH. Mitchell (Hampshire cricketer)H Mitchell was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1816 to 1819. He was mainly associated with Hampshire and made 4 known appearances in first-class matches.-Bibliography:...
(Hampshire) - John ThumwoodJohn ThumwoodJohn Thumwood was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1816 to 1821...
(Hampshire) - James BakerJames Baker (cricketer)James Bray Baker was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1816 to 1828. He was mainly associated with Sussex and made 15 known appearances in first-class matches, including four matches for The Bs between 1817 and 1828...
(Sussex) - James BrayJames Bray (cricketer, born 1790)James Bray was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1816 to 1828...
(Sussex) - Thomas BacheThomas BacheThomas Ogle Bache was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1816 to 1822...
(MCC) - T PriceT. Price (Hampshire cricketer)T Price was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1816 to 1825. He was mainly associated with Hampshire and made 6 known appearances in first-class matches.-Bibliography:...
(Hampshire)