Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800: The Players and The Records

BRUDENELL, Hon. Robert (succeeded to title as 6th Earl of Cardigan on 24-2-1811). b. 25-4-1769, St George’s, Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex (some sources give his year of birth as 1760 but 1769 is believed correct); d. 14-8-1837, Portman Square, Marylebone, Middlesex. Tory MP for Marlborough 1797-1802. His successor as 7th Earl was the Lord Cardigan who led the notorious ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ during the Crimean War. England, MCC 1790; 1792-93 (9 matches) BULLEN, William . b. Deptford, Kent. England, Gentlemen of Kent, Hampshire, Kent, Old Etonians, West Kent, Select XIs 1773-84; 1786-97 (113 matches). Single Wicket: 13 matches. BULLER, Sir Anthony (knighted 23-4-1816). b. 26-7-1780, Morval, Cornwall; d. 27-6-1866, Mary Tavey, Devon. Educated: Westminster 1788-96 (XI 1796). Called to the Bar 12-5-1803; judge in Madras and Bengal; MP for West Looe 1812-16 and 1831-32. Select XI 1797 (1 match) BURGESS, John . bapt. 2-8-1772, Bromley, Kent; buried 16-4-1820, Bromley, Kent. He was a shoemaker. Kent, Select XI 1794-95 (2 matches) BURGOYNE, Thomas John ( Boyle ). b. 20-10-1775, Middlesex; d. 20-10-1847, Stratford Place, Oxford Street, Marylebone, Middlesex. He was a solicitor. Father of Thomas (MCC treasurer 1866-79). England, London, Middlesex, Surrey 1797-1800 (7 matches); 1802-1816 (10 matches) BURRELL, Sir Peter, baronet (knighted 6-7-1781, succeeded as 2nd Baronet 6-4-1787, created Baron Gwydyr of Gwydyr, Carnarvon, on 16-6-1796). b. 16-6-1754, Upper Grosvenor Street, Westminster, Middlesex; d. 29-6-1820, Brighton, Sussex; buried Edenham, Lincolnshire. Educated: Eton; St John’s College, Cambridge 1771-75. Lincoln’s Inn 1774. MP for Haslemere, Surrey 1776-80 and Boston, Lincolnshire 1782-96. As Deputy Great Chamberlain he presided over the trial of Warren Hastings. England, Kent, MCC, White Conduit 1787-90 (7 matches) BUTCHER, – . Hornchurch, Gentlemen of Kent, Kent, MCC, Surrey, White Conduit 1787-91; 1793 (23 matches). Single Wicket: 1 match. BUTLER, – . London, MCC, Middlesex, Select XIs 1789-93; 1795-97 (12 matches); 1801 (1 match) BUTTERLY, – . Select XI 1787 (1 match) BUTTON, Zachariah . b. c1770, West Thurrock, Essex; buried 11-10-1805, Grays Thurrock, Essex. (His name appears erroneously in some sources as Rutton). Educated: Westminster 1782-87; Christ Church College, Oxford. Enrolled at Lincoln’s Inn 1791. Old Westminsters, Surrey 1793; 1798 (2 matches) CANTRELL, – . Middlesex 1789; 1791-92 (7 matches) CAPEL, Hon. Thomas Edward . b. 24-3-1770, Hertfordshire.; d. 3-2-1855, London. Educated: Christ Church College, Oxford; Exeter College, Oxford; Merton College, Oxford. Called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn 1791. Commander of British forces in Cadiz 1813-14 during the Peninsular War; Major-General 1814, Lieut.-General 1830, General 1846. His father was the 4th Earl of Essex. England, MCC 1790 (3 matches) CAPRON, – . Brighton 1792 (3 matches) CARPENTER, – . Hampshire 1789 (1 match) CARR, – . Hornchurch 1789-91 (4 matches) CARTER, – . Oldfield, Middlesex 1793; 1795 (4 matches) CHILDS, – . England, Surrey 1772-74 (8 matches) 13