1795 English cricket season

In the 1795 English cricket season, the enigmatic Thursday Club made its bow. But Samuel Britcher says it was the Middlesex county XI.

Matches

Date	Match Title	Venue	Source	Result
4–5 May (M-Tu)	MCC v Thursday Club ^	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB178	MCC won by 2 wkts

11–12 May (M-Tu)	MCC v Thursday Club ^	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB178	Thursday Club won by 8 wkts

12–14 May (Tu-Th)	MCC v Thursday Club ^	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB17	Thursday Club won by 38 runs
^ The teams consist of recognised players and there is historical significance so these are important matches. The Thursday Club is often called Middlesex and it is difficult to work out which is which as many of the same players represented both teams. It would be an easy option to label all these teams Middlesex but not necessarily correct.
25–27 May (M-W)	MCC v Thursday Club/Middlesex	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB180	MCC won by 94 runs

1–3 June (M-W)	C Lennox v Earl of Winchilsea	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB181	Lennox's XI won by 48 runs

9–11 June (Tu-Th)	C Lennox v Earl of Winchilsea	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB181	Lennox's XI won by 10 wkts

15 June (M)	Bullingdon v MCC #	Bullingdon	SB182	MCC won by 8 wkts

16–17 June (Tu-Th)	Frensham v Bramshot #	Wheatsheaf Common	SB182	drawn (rain)

16–17 June (Tu-Th)	Oxford XVI v MCC XII #	Bullingdon	SB183	MCC won by 9 wkts

22–25 June (M-Th)	MCC v All-England	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB184	MCC won by 15 runs

26 & 29 June (F & M)	MCC v Thursday Club/Middlesex	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB185	T/M won by 3 wkts

2–3 July (Th-F)	MCC v Bullingdon ^#	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB185	MCC won by innings & 382 runs
^# Some games in S&B and the ACS list are unimportant due to lack of recognised players. These include the MCC games against Bullingdon and the Frensham v Bramshot game played in Hampshire.
6–8 July (M-W)	Surrey v All-England XIII	Moulsey Hurst	SB186	Surrey won by 76 runs

8–10 July (W-F)	Lennox v Earl of Winchilsea	Moulsey Hurst	SB187	Lennox won by 129 runs

16–18 July (Th-S)	Middlesex v Berkshire	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB187	Middlesex won by 233 runs

20–22 July (M-W)	Earl of Winchilsea v R Leigh	Windmill Down	SB188	Winchilsea's XI won by 113 runs

23–25 July (Th-S)	Earl of Winchilsea v R Leigh	Stoke Down	SB188	Leigh's XI won by 3 wkts
This match was unfinished at 25 July but through the sheer determination of the participants, it was eventually concluded on Tuesday 28 June 1796, nearly a whole year later!
6-7 Aug (Th-F)	MCC v Berkshire	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB189	MCC won by 2 wkts

10-12 Aug (M-W)	Surrey v All-England XIII	Moulsey Hurst	SB190	All-England won by 38 runs

12-15 Aug (W-S)	Surrey v All-England XIII	Moulsey Hurst	SB190	All-England won by 27 runs

24-26 Aug (M-W)	All-England v Hampshire	Dartford Brent	SB191	All-England won by 16 runs

27-29 Aug (Th-S)	All-England v Hampshire	Dartford Brent	SB191	Hampshire won by 4 wkts
This may have been the last time Dartford Brent was used for an important match. Games in Dartford after 1795 were played at Bowman's Lodge on Dartford Heath.
31 Aug - 2 Sept (M-W)	Kent v All-England	Penenden Heath, nr Maidstone	SB193	All-England won by 5 wkts

7-10 Sept (M-Th)	Sir H Mann v R Leigh	Dandelion Paddock	SB193	Mann's XI won by 37 runs
This match is given a 1796 date in WDC and is titled J Small v T Walker. The 1795 details are believed correct. Dandelion Paddock was near Margate.
10-12 Sept (Th-S)	Sir H Mann v Earl of Darnley	Dandelion Paddock	SB194	Darnley's XI won by 242 runs

14-16 Sept (M-W)	Sir H Mann v R Leigh	Dandelion Paddock	SB195	Leigh's XI won by innings & 98 runs

First mentions

William Barton
Arthur Upton
Charles Warren (Middlesex; amateur) – played 33 matches to 1826
Captain Drew (Kent cricketer) (Kent; amateur) – played three matches to 1795
Hooker (Kent cricketer) (Kent) – played three matches to 1795

Leading batsmen

Note that many scorecards in the 18th century are unknown or have missing details and so it is impossible to provide a complete analysis of batting performances: e.g., the missing not outs prevent computation of batting averages. The "runs scored" are in fact the runs known.

John Hammond scored 800 runs, easily the highest season total to date. Robert Robinson scored 768.

Others who scored more than 300 runs were Tom Walker with 661; William Beldham 538; Henry Tufton and his brother John Tufton who both scored 416; Jack Small 415; Harry Walker 366; Joey Ring 364; and Thomas Ray 337

Leading bowlers

Note that the wickets credited to an 18th-century bowler were only those where he bowled the batsman out. The bowler was not credited with the wickets of batsmen who were caught out, even if it was "caught and bowled". In addition, the runs conceded by each bowler were not recorded so no analyses or averages can be computed.

Thomas Boxall with 60 wickets was the leading bowler in 1795

Other good performances were by David Harris 51; Thomas Lord 40; John Wells 38; Tom Walker 33; Charles Cumberland 27; Richard Purchase 22; Lord Frederick Beauclerk 21; William Beldham 20; John Hammond 20; Sylvester 14; Robert Turner 13

Leading fielders

Note that many scorecards in the 18th century are unknown or have missing details and so the totals are of the known catches and stumpings only. Stumpings were not always recorded as such and sometimes the name of the wicket-keeper was not given. Generally, a catch was given the same status as "bowled" with credit being awarded to the fielder only and not the bowler. There is never a record of "caught and bowled": the bowler would be credited with the catch, not with the wicket.

To supplement his outstanding season with the bat, John Hammond took 37 catches and 12 stumpings

William Beldham was the second best fielder with 30 ct 1 st. Others who performed well were Thomas Ray and Harry Walker with 29 and 26 catches respectively.

The Tufton brothers, Henry and John, between them took 33 catches and 1 stumping but in most cases it is not known which of them took the catch. Henry definitely caught 8 and John definitely caught 6, while it was almost certainly Henry who performed the stumping, but the other 19 catches are simply "c Tufton"!

References

Bibliography

Ashley-Cooper, F. S. (1924). Hambledon Cricket Chronicle 1772–1796. Jenkins.
Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell.
Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Lillywhite.
Mote, Ashley (1997). The Glory Days of Cricket. Robson.
Nyren, John (1998). Ashley Mote, ed. The Cricketers of my Time. Robson.
Waghorn, H. T. (1906). The Dawn of Cricket. Electric Press.
Wilson, Martin (2005). An Index to Waghorn. Bodyline.

Additional reading

ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
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.
Britcher, Samuel, A list of all the principal Matches of Cricket that have been played (1790 to 1805), annual series
Buckley, G. B. (1937). Fresh Light on pre-Victorian Cricket. Cotterell.
McCann, Tim (2004). Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century. Sussex Record Society.
Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.
Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane.

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