George Henry Monson
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The Honourable Sir George Henry Monson (17 October 1755 – 17 June 1823) was a noted English amateur cricket
er whose known first-class career included 13 matches from the 1785
to the 1792 season
. Monson, who was a useful batsman, belonged to the famous Hornchurch Club that was at the time representative of Essex
and he was also an early member of Marylebone Cricket Club
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GH Monson was the elder brother of the enigmatic Captain Charles Monson (born 11 March 1758; details of death unknown) who made a single known appearance for the White Conduit Club
in the 1785 season. Captain Monson did very well with his bowling in that match, taking five wickets (all bowled) in the first innings, but apparently he never appeared again. It is safe to assume that he was in either the military or the navy.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er whose known first-class career included 13 matches from the 1785
1785 English cricket season
Scores & Biographies bemoans the lack of fixtures in the 1785 English cricket season but there is a historical significance in that state of affairs because it reflected the decline of Hambledon’s influence while the emergence of WCC foreshadowed a shift in focus to London.- Matches :-First...
to the 1792 season
1792 English cricket season
In the 1792 English cricket season, Kent played Hampshire at Cobham Park, which was Lord Darnley’s estate and the home of the Bligh family. Ninety years later it became the home of the Ashes in the shape of the urn brought back from Australia by the Hon...
. Monson, who was a useful batsman, belonged to the famous Hornchurch Club that was at the time representative of Essex
Essex county cricket teams
Essex county cricket teams have been traced back to the 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. It is almost certain that cricket reached Essex by the 16th century and that it developed during the 17th century with inter-parish matches being...
and he was also an early member of Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone 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...
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GH Monson was the elder brother of the enigmatic Captain Charles Monson (born 11 March 1758; details of death unknown) who made a single known appearance for the White Conduit Club
White Conduit Club
The White Conduit Club, although short-lived, was perhaps the most significant club in cricket history for it bridged the gulf between the rural and rustic Hambledon era and the new, modern and metropolitan era of MCC and Lord's, the two entities that it spawned.We do not know for certain when the...
in the 1785 season. Captain Monson did very well with his bowling in that match, taking five wickets (all bowled) in the first innings, but apparently he never appeared again. It is safe to assume that he was in either the military or the navy.