1784 English cricket season

The 1784 English cricket season was the 13th in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecard of only one first-class match has survived.

Matches

A single first-class match scorecard survives from 1784.^[1]^[2] The match was played between an England side and a Hampshire XI at Sevenoaks Vine in June.^[3]

First mentions

J. Cole (Hampshire)
Davidson (Essex)
Jack Small

References

^ Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) (1981) A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
^ Results, English Domestic Season 1784, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
^ England v Hampshire XI, scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-04-05.

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[ACS-1] Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) (1981) A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.

[ci-2] Results, English Domestic Season 1784, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-03-11.

[3] England v Hampshire XI, scorecard, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-04-05.

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1784 English cricket season

Matches

First mentions

References

Further reading

This information is adapted from Wikipedia which is publicly available.