List of English cricketers (1787–1825)

This is an incomplete list of English cricketers who were first recorded in matches played between the 1787 and 1825 seasons, that are recognised as historically important. With the single exception of Thomas Lord, players who were first recorded before the beginning of the 1787 season are omitted from this list, and they may be found in List of English cricketers (1598–1787).

The principal club throughout the period was Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which was founded in 1787. MCC organised the early Gentlemen v Players matches, and most of the games played by occasional XIs such as Charles Lennox's XI, Lord Frederick Beauclerk's XI, George Osbaldeston's XI, and others. Inter-county cricket was rare during the Napoleonic Wars, and there were no formally-constituted county clubs at the time. The main county teams were Berkshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, and Sussex. Towards the end of the period, Cambridge University (CUCC) became prominent, especially through its series of matches against the Cambridge Town Club (CTC), which ultimately formed the basis of the original Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club. In the north of England, cricket was developing through town clubs which became the focal points of the game in their respective counties, especially Nottingham and Sheffield.

The game of cricket in this period had already acquired most of its modern features such as eleven-a-side, the three-stump wicket, the lbw law, and so on, though pitch preparation was rudimentary, and play was largely dictated by the weather. The main difference was in bowling which was still mostly underarm, the key development of the time being the movement towards roundarm which began in the late 18th century, and was gathering pace by 1826.

NB: some of the entries are still redlinks, and the list can be further improved by additional information like teams and dates. There are probably several missing players, and all linked entries must be checked for xref to the relevant article.

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• F
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• I
• J
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• L
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• References
• External links

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E

• Gilbert East
• J. Eavers (MCC, 1798–1802)
• Ellis (Middlesex, 1815)
• Richard Elmhirst
• Elyard (MCC, 1802)
• John Evans
• Henry Everett

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• Thomas Ingram

J

K

• John Lister Kaye
• William Keen
• Daniel King
• Henry Kingscote
• Douglas Kinnaird
• Edward Knight
• George T. Knight
• Knight (MCC, 1802)
• Knowles (Middlesex, 1790–1797)

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• William Quarles
• Robert Quarme
• Quiddington (Surrey, 1807)

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• John Unstead
• Arthur Upton
• May Upton

V

• John Vallance
• Philip Vallance
• Vane (MCC, 1802)
• Venner (Kent, 1789)
• Viger (Surrey, 1800s)
• Godfrey Vigne
• Thomas Vigne
• Vincent (Surrey, 1789)
• C. Vivian (MCC, 1816)

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Y

• Lord Yarmouth
• Young (Surrey, 1801)

See also

• History of English cricket (1776–1800)
• History of English cricket (1801–1825)

Notes

Bibliography

• ACS (1981). . Nottingham: ACS. OCLC .
• Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Birmingham: Cotterell & Co. OCLC .
• Haygarth, Arthur (1996) [1862]. Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Kennington: Frederick Lillywhite. ISBN 978-19-00592-23-9.
• McCann, Tim (2004). (PDF). Vol. 88. Lewes: West Sussex Record Office. ISBN 978-08-54450-55-8.
• Nyren, John (1998) [1832]. Mote, Ashley (ed.). The Cricketers of my Time. London: Robson Publishing. ISBN 978-18-61051-68-4.
• Underdown, David (2000). . Westminster: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-07-13993-30-1 – via Internet Archive.
• Waghorn, H. T. (2005) [1906]. The Dawn of Cricket. London: J. W. McKenzie. ISBN 978-09-47821-17-3.

Further reading

• Altham, H. S.; Swanton, E. W. (1962). A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914) (5th ed.). London: George Allen & Unwin. OCLC .
• Birley, Derek (1999). . London: Aurum Press. ISBN 978-18-54107-10-7 – via Internet Archive.
• Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. ISBN 978-04-13278-60-9.
• Buckley, G. B. (1937). Fresh Light on pre-Victorian Cricket. Birmingham: Cotterell & Co. OCLC .
• Haygarth, Arthur (1997) [1862]. Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827–1840). Kennington: Frederick Lillywhite. ISBN 978-19-00592-23-9.
• Light, Rob (2011). "Cricket in the eighteenth century". In Bateman, Anthony; Hill, Jeffrey (eds.). (PDF). Cambridge University Press. pp. 26–39.
• Major, John (2007). . London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-00-07183-64-7 – via Internet Archive.