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1802 English cricket season
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The 1802 English cricket season was the 31st in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status and the 16th after the foundation of the Marylebone Cricket Club. The season saw three top-class matches played in the country.
Matches
[edit]Three top-class matches were played during the season, two of them staged at Lord's Old Ground and one at Aram's New Ground in Walworth. In one match an England XI played a Surrey side. The other matches were played between sides assembled by patrons.[1][2][3]
Debutants
[edit]Players known to have made their first-class debut during the season include:
References
[edit]- ^ Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) (1981) A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
- ^ England Domestic Season 1801, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ First-class matches in England, 1801, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-12-16. (subscription required)
Further reading
[edit]- Altham HS (1962) A History of Cricket, Volume 1 London: George Allen & Unwin.
- Birley D (1999) A Social History of English Cricket. London: Aurum. ISBN 978 1 78131 1769
- Major J (2007) More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-718364-7
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