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

DALE, – . Middlesex 1789; 1791-94 (7 matches); 1808-1809 (2 matches) DALKEITH, Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott, Earl of . (4th Duke of Buccleuch from 11-1-1812). b. 24-5-1772 London; d. 10-4-1819, Lisbon, Portugal. Educated: Eton; Christ Church College, Oxford. Tory MP for Marlborough 1793-96 and 1806-07, Ludgershall (Wilts.) 1796-1804 and Mitchell (Cornwall) 1804-06. Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire 1794-97, Dumfriesshire 1797-1819, Midlothian 1812-1819. MCC, Select XIs 1797 (3 matches) DAMPIER, Rev. John . bapt. 12-4-1750, Eton, Buckinghamshire.; d. 18-8-1826, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Educated: Eton; Merton College, Oxford 1769-73. He was Rector of Wylye, Wiltshire, and West Meon, Hampshire 1776-1826; prebendary at Ely from 1812. White Conduit 1786-87 (3 matches) DARNLEY, John Bligh, 4th Earl of (succeeded to title 31-7-1781). b. 30-6-1767, Co. Meath, Ireland; d. 17-3-1831, Cobham Hall, Kent. Educated: Eton; Christ Church College, Oxford. Brother of General Hon. Edward Bligh (Kent); father of J.D.Bligh (MCC 1822); grandfather of Hon. E.V.Bligh (Kent), Rev. Hon. H.B.Bligh (Kent) and 6th Earl of Darnley (Gentlemen of Kent 1848); great-grandfather of Hon. I.F.W.Bligh (Kent and England). England, Gentlemen of Kent, Hampshire, Kent, MCC, Old Etonians, Select XIs 1789-93; 1795-96 (24 matches) DAVIDSON, – . (sometimes appears as Davi(e)s). England, Hornchurch 1784; 1787 (3 matches) DAVIS, Sir John Brewer (knighted 28-9-1773). b. c1741, Hawkhurst, Kent; d. 9-11-1817, Albermarle Street, Piccadilly, Westminster, Middlesex. He was a barrister (Lincoln’s Inn) and his father was a clergyman. He was also a captain in the West Kent Militia. Member of the committee that revised the Laws of Cricket in 1774. Kent 1773 (2 matches) DAVIS, Thomas . Hampshire 1773; 1776 (6 matches) DAVY, – (or DAVIE) . Surrey, Select XI 1787-88 (4 matches) DEAN, – . Kent, West Kent, Middlesex 1787; 1789-90 (4 matches) DE BURGH, Hon. John Thomas (J.T.Burke to 1752; from 8-12-1797 13th Earl of Clanricarde). b. 22-9-1744; d. 27-7-1808, Dublin, Ireland. Educated: Eton. Joined Army 1762; Lieut.-Colonel in 68th Foot; Major-General 1793; Lieut.-General 1798; General 1803. Surrey 1773 (1 match) DEHANY, George . b. 17-10-1760, Jamaica; d. 1807. Educated: Westminster 1770-78; Trinity College, Cambridge 1778. Lincoln’s Inn 1779; called to the Bar 1784. Brother-in-law of Richard Welch (MCC). England, Gentlemen of England, Hampshire, MCC, Old Westminsters, Select XIs 1789-93 (16 matches) DENN, Robert . Hornchurch, Select XI 1787; 1789-93 (10 matches) DORSET, John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of (succeeded to title 5-1-1769), previously Earl of Middlesex, Baron of Buckhurst and Baron Cranfield; Knight of the Garter 1788. b. 24-3-1745; d. 19-7-1799, Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent; buried Withyham, Sussex. Educated: Westminster 1754. MP for Kent 1768-69. Lord Lieutenant of Kent 1769-97. Privy Councillor; Ambassador to France 1783-89. Son of Lord John Philip Sackville (1713-65), Kent v England 1744. Kent, England, Hampshire, West Kent 1773-77; 1780; 1783 (23 matches). Single Wicket: 1 match. DOUGLAS, Hon. Charles (3rd Baron Douglas from 27-1-1844). b. 26-10-1775, London; d. 10-9-1848, St George’s Place, Hyde Park, Westminster, Middlesex. Educated: Eton; Christ Church College, Oxford. Tory MP for Lanarkshire 1830-32. Barrister, Lincoln’s Inn from 1802. Select XIs, MCC 1797-98 (4 matches) 15