1818 English cricket season
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1818 was the 32nd season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). George Osbaldeston lost his MCC membership. Details of three matches are known.[note 1]
Events
- William Lambert's patron George Osbaldeston struck his name from the MCC members list in anger in 1818. He later repented and tried to restore himself but his application was blocked by his enemy, Lord Frederick Beauclerk. Osbaldeston could no longer play at Lord's and that effectively ended his career.
- With cricket still recovering from the effects of the Napoleonic War, a total of only three matches were recorded in 1818:
- 1â2 June â E H Budd's XI v W Ward's XI @ Lord's Cricket Ground[5]
- 22â23 June â Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Hampshire @ Lord's Cricket Ground[6]
- 17â19 August â Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Hampshire @ Lord's Cricket Ground[7]
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.