1821 English cricket season
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In the 1821 English cricket season, the Gentlemen v Players
match was ended in controversial circumstances.
Gentlemen v Players
The Gentlemen v Players game was a first-class cricket match that was generally played on an annual basis between one team consisting of amateurs and one of professionals . The first two games took place in 1806 but the fixture was not revived until 1819. It was more or less annual thereafter...
match was ended in controversial circumstances.
Honours
- Most runs – Thomas BeagleyThomas BeagleyThomas Beagley was an English professional cricketer. He had two brothers Henry and John who also played first-class cricket.-Career:...
181 (HS 113*) - Most wickets – Thomas HowardThomas Howard (cricketer)Thomas Charles Howard was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1803 to 1828...
13 (BB 7–?)
Events
- In the Gentlemen v PlayersGentlemen v PlayersThe Gentlemen v Players game was a first-class cricket match that was generally played on an annual basis between one team consisting of amateurs and one of professionals . The first two games took place in 1806 but the fixture was not revived until 1819. It was more or less annual thereafter...
match at Lord's Cricket GroundLord's Cricket GroundLord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...
, the Gentlemen conceded the game having gone well behind on 1st innings. Derek BirleyDerek BirleySir Derek Birley was an English educator and writer who had a strong interest in sport, especially cricket.He was educated at grammar school in Hemsworth, West Yorkshire, and at Queens' College, Cambridge University....
commented that it was a "Coronation Match" to celebrate the accession of King George IV and was "a suitably murky affair". - With cricket still recovering from the effects of the Napoleonic War, only a few first-class matches were recorded in 1821:
- 24 May — Cambridge UniversityCambridge University Cricket ClubCambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
v Cambridge Town ClubCambridge Town ClubCambridge Town Club was a first-class cricket club established in Cambridge before 1819. As with other leading town clubs, its team was representative of the county of Cambridgeshire as a whole and it ultimately evolved into Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club...
@ University Ground, Cambridge - 3 July — MCCMarylebone Cricket ClubMarylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
v GodalmingGodalming Cricket ClubGodalming Cricket Club is based at Godalming, Surrey, and was briefly a major cricket team, playing 12 known first-class matches from 1821 to 1825. Its home ground then was The Burys but is now Holloway Hill recreation ground....
@ Lord's Cricket GroundLord's Cricket GroundLord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the... - 9 July — Godalming v MCC @ The BurysThe BurysThe Burys at Godalming, Surrey was used as a major cricket venue for 9 first-class matches between 1821 and 1830. It was used by the Godalming Cricket Club for all of its home first-class matches and also by Surrey.-External links:* * -Bibliography:...
, GodalmingGodalmingGodalming is a town and civil parish in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, south of Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey and is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt. Godalming shares a three-way twinning arrangement with the towns of Joigny in France... - 16–18 July — MCC v HampshireHampshire county cricket teamsHampshire 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 Cricket Ground - 23–24 July — Gentlemen v PlayersGentlemen v PlayersThe Gentlemen v Players game was a first-class cricket match that was generally played on an annual basis between one team consisting of amateurs and one of professionals . The first two games took place in 1806 but the fixture was not revived until 1819. It was more or less annual thereafter...
@ Lord's Cricket Ground
- 24 May — Cambridge University
- The Gentlemen v PlayersGentlemen v PlayersThe Gentlemen v Players game was a first-class cricket match that was generally played on an annual basis between one team consisting of amateurs and one of professionals . The first two games took place in 1806 but the fixture was not revived until 1819. It was more or less annual thereafter...
match marked the final first class appearance of Billy Beldham in a career lasting from 1787.
Debutants
1821 debutants included:- Thomas FlavelThomas FlavelThomas Flavel was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1821 to 1828.An all-rounder who bowled and kept wicket, Flavel was mainly associated with Surrey...
(Surrey) - William KeenWilliam Keen (cricketer)William Keen was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1821 to 1831...
(Sussex) - William MathewsWilliam Mathews (cricketer)William Mathews was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1821 to 1830...
(Surrey) - Francis NicholasFrancis NicholasFrancis Nicholas was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1821 to 1830. He was mainly associated with Hampshire and with Marylebone Cricket Club , of which he was a member...
(Hampshire) - William SearleWilliam SearleWilliam Searle was an English cricketer in the 19th century. He was right-handed as a bowler and a fielder but he batted left-handed. Searle played mainly for Surrey...
(Surrey) - Will CaldecourtWill CaldecourtWilliam Henry Caldecourt was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1821 to 1844....
(Cambridgeshire) - W C DyerW. C. Dyer (Hampshire cricketer)W. C. Dyer was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1821 to 1825. He was mainly associated with Hampshire and with Marylebone Cricket Club , for whom he worked on the ground staff...
(Hampshire) - James TownsendJames TownsendJames Townsend was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1821 to 1831. He was mainly associated with Marylebone Cricket Club , of which he was a member...
(MCC)