1807 English cricket season
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1807 was the 21st season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). John Willes of Kent first tried to revive the idea of "straight-armed" (i.e., roundarm) bowling, which had originated with Tom Walker in the 1790s. Details of seven matches are known.[note 1]
Events
- John Willes of Kent first tried to revive the idea of "straight-armed" (i.e., roundarm) bowling, which had originated with Tom Walker in the 1790s.[5]
- With the Napoleonic War continuing, loss of investment and manpower impacted cricket and only seven matches have been recorded in 1807:
- 18â19 May: Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Middlesex @ Lord's Old Ground[6]
- 25â26 May: England v Hampshire @ Lord's Old Ground[6]
- 2â3 June: MCC v England @ Lord's Old Ground[7]
- 15â16 June: England v Hampshire @ Lord's Old Ground[8]
- 22â24 June: Lord F Beauclerk's XI v T Mellish's XI @ Lord's Old Ground[8]
- 29â30 June: England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground[9]
- 13 July: England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground[10]
Notes
- Some eleven-a-side matches played from 1772 to 1863 have been rated "first-class" by certain sources.[1] However, the term only came into common use around 1864, when overarm bowling was legalised. It was formally defined as a standard by a meeting at Lord's, in May 1894, of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the county clubs which were then competing in the County Championship. The ruling was effective from the beginning of the 1895 season, but pre-1895 matches of the same standard have no official definition of status because the ruling is not retrospective.[2] Matches of a similar standard since the beginning of the 1864 season are generally considered to have an unofficial first-class status.[3] Pre-1864 matches which are included in the ACS' "Important Match Guide" may generally be regarded as important or, at least, historically significant.[4] For further information, see First-class cricket.