1783 English cricket season

1783 English cricket season

The 1783 English cricket season was the 12th in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecards of four first-class matches have survived.

Matches

Four first-class match scorecards survive from 1783, including two matches between Kent XIs and Hampshire XIs.^[1][2] One of these matches, played in July at Windmill Down, is the first first-class match known to have finished as a tie.^[3]

Other events

A portrait of Edward "Lumpy" Stevens was probably executed this year. The picture is at Knole House, seat of the Duke of Dorset in Sevenoaks.^{[citation needed]}

First mentions

• Stephen Amherst
• Couchman (Kent)
• James Wells

References

1. Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) (1981) A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
2. Results, English Domestic Season 1783, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
3. Hampshire XI v Kent XI, scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-04-05.

Further reading

• 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.