Tim Coleman (cricketer)
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Tim Coleman was an early English cricket
er who played for London Cricket Club
and Surrey
during the 1720s and 1730s.
on Saturday 2 October refers to him as "the famous Tim Coleman".
The full span of his career is unknown but he must have established his reputation during the 1720s when the London club is known to have played several matches. London was the dominant team in English cricket through the 1730s.
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 who played for London Cricket Club
London Cricket Club
The original London Cricket Club was formed by 1722 and was one of the foremost clubs in English cricket over the next four decades. It is closely associated with the Artillery Ground, where it played most of its home matches.-Early history of London cricket:...
and Surrey
Surrey county cricket teams
Surrey 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:...
during the 1720s and 1730s.
Career
Coleman is one of the earliest cricketers whose name has survived in contemporary records. In 1731, a newspaper report of a match at Mitcham Cricket GreenMitcham Cricket Green
Mitcham Cricket Green is a cricket ground in Mitcham, south London . It is the home of Mitcham Cricket Club and is reportedly the oldest cricket ground still in use, having been used for cricket since 1685.-History:...
on Saturday 2 October refers to him as "the famous Tim Coleman".
The full span of his career is unknown but he must have established his reputation during the 1720s when the London club is known to have played several matches. London was the dominant team in English cricket through the 1730s.
External sources
Further reading
- G B Buckley, Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket, Cotterell, 1935
- H T WaghornH T WaghornHenry Thomas Waghorn , was a cricket statistician and historian. He is best known for his two classic researches into cricket's early history: The Dawn of Cricket and Cricket Scores: 1730 - 1773....
, The Dawn of Cricket, Electric Press, 1906