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

CHITTY, – . Surrey 1800 (1 match) CHURCH, J . East Kent, MCC 1789; 1795 (3 matches) CLAIR, – . Hampshire 1797 (1 match); 1803 (1 match) CLARK, Thomas . d. 1801 (before April), Mountnessing, Essex. He was a farmer. Lhb. Hornchurch 1787; 1789-91 (7 matches). CLARKE, – . Middlesex 1790 (1 match) CLEMENTS, – . Hornchurch 1787; 1789-90 (5 matches) CLIFFORD, Robert . bapt. 8-3-1752, Bearsted, Kent; d. 18-4-1811, Bearsted, Kent. He was a wheelwright and innkeeper. Grandfather of William (Kent 1834-41) and Francis Seath (Kent 1849-60). Lhb, rs. England, Kent, MCC, White Conduit, East Kent, West Kent, Select XIs 1777-84; 1786-92 (71 matches). Single Wicket: 8 matches. CLIFTON, Benjamin . b. c1774, St Kitts, West Indies. From 1798 physician at St. Kitts. Educated: Westminster 1785. England, MCC, Surrey 1798 (8 matches) CODRINGTON, Captain Christopher Bethell . b. October 1764, Dodington, Gloucestershire; d. 4-2-1843. Became Bethell-Codrington on 17-11-1797. Resided at Dodington Park, Gloucestershire. He could be ‘Bethell’ who played at Lord’s in 1798 (not in ‘great’ matches). MCC, Select XIs 1797 (5 matches) COLCHIN, Samuel . bapt. 21-6-1747, Bromley, Kent; d. after 1808. Nephew of Robert ‘Long Robin’ (Kent 1744). England, Hampshire, Kent 1773-78 (10 matches). Single Wicket: 1 match. COLE, J . England, Hampshire 1784; 1788 (2 matches). Single Wicket: 1 match. COLLIER, – . (of Canterbury). Kent 1786 (1 match) COLLINS, – . Hampshire, MCC 1791-92 (6 matches); 1809-1810 (3 matches) COOPER, Captain G . Surrey 1797; 1800 (2 matches); 1801-1807 (4 matches) COUCHMAN, – . (of Seal or Ightham, Kent). Kent, West Kent 1783; 1786 (2 matches) COURTENAY, William (10th Earl of Devon from 26-5-1835). b. 19-6-1777, Lower Grosvenor Street, Westminster, Middlesex; d. 19-3-1859, Shrivenham, Berkshire. Educated: Westminster 1789-94; Christ Church College, Oxford 1794-98. Called to the Bar 11-6-1799 (Lincoln’s Inn). Tory MP for Exeter 1812-26. His father was Bishop of Exeter. Select XI 1797 (1 match). Played for Bullingdon Club, Oxford, v MCC (not ‘great’ matches) COVENTRY, Hon. Thomas William . b. 24-12-1778, Coventry, Warwickshire; d. April 1816. Educated: Christ Church College, Oxford. Son of 6th Earl of Coventry. England 1800 (1 match); 1801 (1 match) CRAWTE, John . bapt. 10-12-1763, Frensham, Surrey; d. 7-10-1836, Boxley, Kent; buried 11-10-1836, Penenden Heath, Kent. He was a shoemaker and cricket bat and ball maker, also an innkeeper. Rhb. England, Kent, West Kent, Surrey, Select XIs 1788-98; 1800 (56 matches); 1803 (1 match) CROSOER, Henry . b. c1765, Bridge, Kent. He was a linen weaver. Kent, East Kent 1786-87; 1789-90 (8 matches) CUMBERLAND, Captain Charles . b. 21-5-1764; d. 12-5-1835. Educated: Westminster 1772-75. Ensign 10th Foot 1781, Lieutenant 1787, Captain 1793 then retired from Army. Son of playwright and novelist Richard Cumberland (1732-1811). England, Gentlemen of England, Gentlemen of Kent, Hampshire, Kent, MCC, Middlesex, Old Westminsters, Select XIs 1791; 1793; 1795; 1797 (23 matches); 1802-1804 (3 matches) 14