1800 English cricket season

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1800 English cricket season

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Mezzotint by Dunkarton & Ward after W. R. Bigg, The Soldier's Widow, dated 1800. Note the two cricket bats on the left.

The 1800 English cricket season was the 29th in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status and the 14th after the foundation of the Marylebone Cricket Club. The season saw five top-class matches played in the country.

## Matches

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Just five top-class matches were played during the season, three of them featuring Surrey sides. All five matches were played at Lord's Old Ground.[1][2][3]

## Debutants

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Players who made their first-class cricket debuts in 1800 included:

* William Ayling
* George Beldham
* Chitty
* Thomas Coventry
* Harry Hampton
* William Jefferies
* James Ladbroke
* Charles Reed
* Waller
* John Ward

## References

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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. ^ England Domestic Season 1800, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
3. ^ First-class matches in England, 1800, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-12-08. (subscription required)

## Further reading

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* 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