1825 English cricket season
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In the 1825 English cricket season, the pavilion at Lord's Cricket Ground
was destroyed by fire. Many irreplaceable documents which recorded early cricket matches are believed to have been lost. The impact of this upon cricket's history is that it is only since 1825 that surviving records can be viewed with anything like complete confidence. Two of the greatest players of the 19th century, William Lillywhite
and Ned Wenman
, made their debuts in first-class cricket
.
Lord's Cricket Ground
Lord'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...
was destroyed by fire. Many irreplaceable documents which recorded early cricket matches are believed to have been lost. The impact of this upon cricket's history is that it is only since 1825 that surviving records can be viewed with anything like complete confidence. Two of the greatest players of the 19th century, William Lillywhite
William Lillywhite
Frederick William Lillywhite was a famous English cricketer during the game's roundarm era...
and Ned Wenman
Ned Wenman
Edward Gower Wenman was an English cricketer in the mid-19th century.Coming to eminence in 1831, he was a key member of the great Kent team of the 1840s and generally rated one of the best wicket-keepers of the period...
, made their debuts 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...
.
Honours
- Most runs – Jem BroadbridgeJem BroadbridgeJames "Jem" Broadbridge was an English professional cricketer who is widely accounted the outstanding all-rounder in England during the 1820s. He is best remembered for his part in the introduction of roundarm bowling...
552 (HS 135) - Most wickets – Jem BroadbridgeJem BroadbridgeJames "Jem" Broadbridge was an English professional cricketer who is widely accounted the outstanding all-rounder in England during the 1820s. He is best remembered for his part in the introduction of roundarm bowling...
31 (BB 6–?)
Events
- On Thursday 28 July, a schools match at Lord's between HarrowHarrow SchoolHarrow School, commonly known simply as "Harrow", is an English independent school for boys situated in the town of Harrow, in north-west London.. The school is of worldwide renown. There is some evidence that there has been a school on the site since 1243 but the Harrow School we know today was...
and Winchester had just concluded and then, during the night, the pavilion burned down with the consequent loss of valuable scorecards, records and trophies. Thomas LordThomas LordThomas Lord was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1787 to 1802. He made a brief comeback, playing in one further match in 1815. Overall, Lord made 90 known appearances in first-class cricket...
claimed he lost £2600 in paid subscriptions, none of which were ever recovered, raising the questions of why it wasn't in the bank and why he apparently wasn't insured. - William Ward purchased the lease of Lord's ground from Thomas Lord, who retained freehold. Lord had been proposing to build houses on the land which brought cries of outrage from the gentlemen players. Ward, a rich banker as well as a fine batsman, stepped in and bought the leasehold to save the ground for cricket.
- Inter-county cricket was revived for the first time since 1796 with Sussex playing two matches each against 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...
and KentKent county cricket teamsKent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...
, the home team winning every time. Hampshire and Kent did not play each other. - A total of 11 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 1825, the most in any season since the 18th century and the onset of the Napoleonic WarsNapoleonic WarsThe Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
:- 23 May — Cambridge UniversityCambridge University Cricket ClubCambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
v Cambridge Town ClubCambridge Town ClubCambridge Town Club was a first-class cricket club established in Cambridge before 1819. As with other leading town clubs, its team was representative of the county of Cambridgeshire as a whole and it ultimately evolved into Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club...
@ University Ground, Cambridge - 13–14 June — Sussex v KentKent county cricket teamsKent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...
@ Royal New GroundRoyal New GroundThe Royal New Ground, also known as "Box's Ground", in Brighton, Sussex was a venue for first-class cricket matches from 1814 to 1847.The ground was the home of Brighton Cricket Club and became the county ground of Sussex CCC when this was formed in 1839...
, BrightonBrightonBrighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain... - 16 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 GodalmingGodalming Cricket ClubGodalming Cricket Club is based at Godalming, Surrey, and was briefly a major cricket team, playing 12 known first-class matches from 1821 to 1825. Its home ground then was The Burys but is now Holloway Hill recreation ground....
@ 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... - 23 June — GodalmingGodalming Cricket ClubGodalming Cricket Club is based at Godalming, Surrey, and was briefly a major cricket team, playing 12 known first-class matches from 1821 to 1825. Its home ground then was The Burys but is now Holloway Hill recreation ground....
v 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...
@ The BurysThe BurysThe Burys at Godalming, Surrey was used as a major cricket venue for 9 first-class matches between 1821 and 1830. It was used by the Godalming Cricket Club for all of its home first-class matches and also by Surrey.-External links:* * -Bibliography:...
, GodalmingGodalmingGodalming is a town and civil parish in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, south of Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey and is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt. Godalming shares a three-way twinning arrangement with the towns of Joigny in France... - 27 June — 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...
v GodalmingGodalming Cricket ClubGodalming Cricket Club is based at Godalming, Surrey, and was briefly a major cricket team, playing 12 known first-class matches from 1821 to 1825. Its home ground then was The Burys but is now Holloway Hill recreation ground....
@ Bramshill Park, HampshireHampshireHampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force... - 27–28 June — KentKent county cricket teamsKent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...
v Sussex @ Hawkhurst MoorHawkhurst MoorHawkhurst Moor was a cricket ground in Hawkhurst, Kent. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1825, when Kent played pre-county club Sussex in the grounds first first-class match. The following season the ground held its second and final first-class match in a repeat of the previous... - 4–7 July — Gentlemen XVI v Players XIGentlemen v PlayersThe Gentlemen v Players game was a first-class cricket match that was generally played on an annual basis between one team consisting of amateurs and one of professionals . The first two games took place in 1806 but the fixture was not revived until 1819. It was more or less annual thereafter...
@ 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... - 11 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 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... - 18 July — GodalmingGodalming Cricket ClubGodalming Cricket Club is based at Godalming, Surrey, and was briefly a major cricket team, playing 12 known first-class matches from 1821 to 1825. Its home ground then was The Burys but is now Holloway Hill recreation ground....
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...
@ The BurysThe BurysThe Burys at Godalming, Surrey was used as a major cricket venue for 9 first-class matches between 1821 and 1830. It was used by the Godalming Cricket Club for all of its home first-class matches and also by Surrey.-External links:* * -Bibliography:...
, GodalmingGodalmingGodalming is a town and civil parish in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, south of Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey and is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt. Godalming shares a three-way twinning arrangement with the towns of Joigny in France... - 8–9 August — Sussex 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...
@ Petworth ParkPetworth ParkPetworth Park at Petworth, West Sussex was used as a major cricket venue for 3 first-class matches between 1824 and 1826.-External links:* * -Bibliography:* Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 1 , Lillywhite, 1862... - 15 August — 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...
v Sussex @ Bramshill Park, HampshireHampshireHampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
- 23 May — Cambridge University
Debutants
1825 debutants included:- William LillywhiteWilliam LillywhiteFrederick William Lillywhite was a famous English cricketer during the game's roundarm era...
(Sussex) - Ned WenmanNed WenmanEdward Gower Wenman was an English cricketer in the mid-19th century.Coming to eminence in 1831, he was a key member of the great Kent team of the 1840s and generally rated one of the best wicket-keepers of the period...
(Kent) - James BurtJames Burt (cricketer)James Burt was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1832. He was mainly associated with Hampshire and Marylebone Cricket Club , of which he was a member...
(Hampshire) - Richard CheslynRichard CheslynRichard Cheslyn was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1846. He was mainly associated with Sussex and Marylebone Cricket Club , of which he was a member...
(MCC) - Herbert JennerHerbert JennerHerbert Jenner was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1838. He changed his name to Herbert Jenner-Fust in 1864.-Life:...
(CU/MCC) - Henry KingscoteHenry KingscoteHenry Kingscote was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1844. He was mainly associated with Marylebone Cricket Club , of which he was a member. He made 33 known appearances in first-class matches including 8 for the Gentlemen from 1825 to 1834.-Biography:He...
(MCC) - Charles LanawayCharles LanawayCharles Lanaway was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1838....
(Sussex) - George MeadsGeorge MeadsGeorge Meads was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1836. He was mainly associated with Sussex and made 14 known appearances in first-class matches.-Bibliography:* Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1-2 , Lillywhite, 1862...
(Sussex) - Richard MillsRichard Mills (cricketer)Richard Mills was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1843....
(Kent) - Thomas StearnThomas StearnThomas Stearn was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1840. He was mainly associated with Cambridge Town Club and made 22 known appearances in first-class matches.-Bibliography:* Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1-2 , Lillywhite, 1862...
(Cambridgeshire) - Edward ThwaitesEdward Thwaites (cricketer)Edward Thwaites was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1837. He was mainly associated with Kent and Sussex...
(Kent)