1808 English cricket season
Cricket season review
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1808 was the 22nd season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). George Osbaldeston made his debut in historically important matches. Details of six matches are known.[note 1]
Events
- With the Napoleonic War continuing, loss of investment and manpower impacted cricket and only six matches have been recorded in 1808:
- 23â24 May: Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Middlesex @ Lord's Old Ground[5]
- 30â31 May: MCC v Middlesex @ Lord's Old Ground[6]
- 6â7 June: MCC v Homerton @ Lord's Old Ground[7]
- 27â29 June: England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground[8]
- 6â7 July: England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground[9]
- 11â13 July: Surrey v England @ Holt Pound, Farnham[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.