The 1778 English cricket season was the seventh in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecards of five first-class matches have survived.
Matches[edit]
Five first-class match scorecards survive from 1778, four of them involving Hampshire XIs.[1][2]
- 29–30 June - England v Hampshire XI - Sevenoaks Vine[3]
- 6–7 July - Hampshire XI v England - Itchin Stoke Down[4]
- 10–11 September - Chertsey v England - Laleham Burway[5]
- 24–25 September - Hampshire XI v Surrey XI - Broadhalfpenny Down[6]
- 6–8 October - Surrey XI v Hampshire XI - Laleham Burway[7]
Three other matches are known to have been played during the season, including a return match between Chertsey and an England side.[8]
First-class debutants[edit]
The following players made their first known appearance during the 1778 season.
- Boltwood
- Henry Bonham (Hampshire)
- Irons
- Mansfield
- Mills (Surrey)
- Polden
- Thomas Swayne (Chertsey/Surrey)
References[edit]
- ^ Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) (1981) A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
- ^ Results, English Domestic Season 1778, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ England v Hampshire XI, scorecard, Cricinfo. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ Hampshire XI v England, scorecard, Cricinfo. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ Chertsey v England, scorecard, Cricinfo. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ Hamoshire XI v Surrey XI, scorecard, Cricinfo. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ Surrey XI v Hampshire XI, scorecard, Cricinfo. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ Other matches in England 1778, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
Further reading[edit]
- Altham, H. S. (1962). A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914). George Allen & Unwin.
- Birley, Derek (1999). A Social History of English Cricket. Aurum.
- Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
- Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.
- Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane.