Honours

• Most runs – Lord Frederick Beauclerk
  Lord Frederick Beauclerk
  Lord Frederick Beauclerk was an outstanding but controversial English first-class cricketer for 35 years from 1791 to 1825. On his retirement, he served as president of Marylebone Cricket Club in 1826.Beauclerk was the fourth son of the 5th Duke of St Albans and became a clergyman. He was Vicar...
  
   284 @ 35.50 (HS 74)
• Most wickets – Lord Frederick Beauclerk
  Lord Frederick Beauclerk
  Lord Frederick Beauclerk was an outstanding but controversial English first-class cricketer for 35 years from 1791 to 1825. On his retirement, he served as president of Marylebone Cricket Club in 1826.Beauclerk was the fourth son of the 5th Duke of St Albans and became a clergyman. He was Vicar...
  
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Events

• Prime Minister William Pitt
  William Pitt
  William Pitt is most likely to refer to:* William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham , Prime Minister of Great Britain 1766–1768; often known as William Pitt the Elder...
  
   referred to cricket when introducing his Defence Bill.
• With the Napoleonic War continuing, loss of investment and manpower impacted cricket and only 3 first-class matches have been recorded in 1803:
  • 21–24 June — All-England
    All-England Eleven
    In cricket, the term All-England has been used for various non-international teams that have been formed for short-term purposes since the 1739 English cricket season and it indicates that the "Rest of England" is playing against, say, MCC or an individual county team...
    
     v Surrey
    Surrey county cricket teams
    Surrey county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. The first definite mention of cricket anywhere in the world is dated c.1550 in Guildford.-17th century:...
    
     @ Lord's Old Ground
    Lord's Old Ground
    Lord's Old Ground was a cricket venue in London that was established by Thomas Lord in 1787. It was used mainly by Marylebone Cricket Club for major cricket matches until 1810, after which a dispute about rent caused Lord to relocate.-Matches:...
    
    
  • 4–6 July — Nottinghamshire & Leicestershire
    Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket Club
    Cricket may not have reached the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland until the 18th century. A notice in the Leicester Journal dated 17 August 1776 is the earliest known mention of cricket in the area.-The original Leicestershire club:...
    
     v Hampshire
    Hampshire county cricket teams
    Hampshire county cricket teams have been traced back to the 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that...
    
     @ Lord's Old Ground
  • 11–12 July — All-England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground
• Another match that has sometimes been regarded as first-class is H C Woolridge's XI v W R Capel's XI
  William Capel (cricketer)
  The Honourable & Reverend William Robert Capel , sportsman, Vicar of Watford, Hertfordshire, Rector of Raine, Essex, and a chaplain-in-ordinary to HM Queen Victoria.-Family:...
  
   at Clifford's Park, Rickmansworth, on Friday 26 August.

Debutants

• Thomas Howard
  Thomas Howard (cricketer)
  Thomas Charles Howard was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1803 to 1828...
  
   (Hampshire)
• Goddard
  Goddard (Hampshire cricketer)
  Goddard was an English professional cricketer.-Career:He was mainly associated with Hampshire and he made 6 known appearances in first-class matches from 1803 to 1808.-External sources:*...
  
   (Hampshire)
• John Pointer
  John Pointer
  John Pointer was an English professional cricketer.-Career:He was mainly associated with Hampshire and he made 15 known appearances in first-class matches from 1803 to 1810 .-External sources:*...
  
   (Hampshire)
• John Sparks
  John Sparks (cricketer)
  John Sparks was an English professional cricketer. He bowled slow underarm .-Career:...
  
  (Surrey)

External links

• Classification of cricket matches from 1697 to 1825