The 1801 English cricket season was the 30th in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status and the 15th after the foundation of the Marylebone Cricket Club. The season saw three top-class matches played in the country.
Thomas Boxall published the earliest known instructional book on cricket called Rules and Instructions for Playing at the Game of Cricket etc..[1]
Matches
editOnly three top-class matches were played during the season, all of them staged at Lord's Old Ground. Two matches saw an England XI play Surrey sides. The other match was played between sides assembled by Thomas Mellish and W Turner.[2][3][4]
Debutants
edit1801 debutants included:
References
edit- ^ Bowen R (1970) Cricket: a History of Its Growth and Development Throughout the World, p.268. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. ISBN 9780413278609
- ^ 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 2020-12-13.
- ^ First-class matches in England, 1801, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-12-13. (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