1811 English cricket season
In the 1811 English cricket season, Lord's Middle Ground came into use for first-class matches.
Honours
- Most runs[1] – William Lambert 51
- Most wickets[1] – Thomas Howard 8
Events
- In time for the start of the 1811 season, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) reluctantly followed Thomas Lord to his new Middle Ground, the lease on the original Lord's Old Ground having expired. MCC were resident at the Middle Ground for the next three years.
- Only one first-class match has been recorded as the Napoleonic War took its toll of cricket's manpower and investment:
- 8–9 July — B Aislabie's XI v G Osbaldeston's XI @ Lord's Middle Ground[2]
Debutants
1811 debutants included:
- J Poulet (MCC)
- Andrew Schabner (MCC)
References
Bibliography
- Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Lillywhite.
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.
- Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.
External links
- Classification of cricket matches from 1697 to 1825
- CricketArchive – 1811 first-class matches list
- CricketArchive – 1811 other matches list
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