Rimmington (Kent cricketer)
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Rimmington refers to three brothers who played first-class cricket
for Essex
, Kent
and All-England
teams between the 1777 and 1791 seasons
.
Personal details of them are unknown apart from their initials which were B, T and M. Their known appearances were 6, 5 and 1 respectively. But, as often happened at the time with other brothers and namesakes, when just one of them played only the surname was recorded and there are another 15 matches in which an unidentified Rimmington took part.
In 1780, B Rimmington was one of the most successful batsmen of the season, scoring 130 runs in only 3 matches.
It is believed the Rimmingtons were from Kent and they were originally involved with Kent cricket, but references to them from 1785 indicate that they joined the prominent Hornchurch Club and played for Essex.
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Essex
Essex county cricket teams
Essex county cricket teams have been traced back to the 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. It is almost certain that cricket reached Essex by the 16th century and that it developed during the 17th century with inter-parish matches being...
, Kent
Kent county cricket teams
Kent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...
and 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...
teams between the 1777 and 1791 seasons
1777 English cricket season
In the 1777 English cricket season, James Aylward made his world record score of 167 that stood until 1820.- Matches :^ The Dorset v Mann fixtures of the period were essentially two Kent teams plus given men...
.
Personal details of them are unknown apart from their initials which were B, T and M. Their known appearances were 6, 5 and 1 respectively. But, as often happened at the time with other brothers and namesakes, when just one of them played only the surname was recorded and there are another 15 matches in which an unidentified Rimmington took part.
In 1780, B Rimmington was one of the most successful batsmen of the season, scoring 130 runs in only 3 matches.
It is believed the Rimmingtons were from Kent and they were originally involved with Kent cricket, but references to them from 1785 indicate that they joined the prominent Hornchurch Club and played for Essex.