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

DOWNHAM, – . Select XI 1795 (1 match) DREW, Captain John . b. c1764. MCC, Select XIs 1795 (2 matches) DRUMMOND, George . Hampshire, Surrey, White Conduit 1787-88; 1795 (7 matches) DUPUIS, Rev. George . b. c1757; d. 5-3-1839. Educated: Eton; Merton College, Oxford; Christ Church College, Oxford. Rector of Wendlebury, Oxon. 1789-1839. Hornchurch, MCC, Old Etonians 1787; 1791-92 (4 matches) EAST, Sir Gilbert, 2nd baronet (succeeded as baronet on 12-10-1819). b.17-4-1764; d. 11-12-1828. Educated: Queen’s College, Oxford. High Sheriff of Berkshire 1822-23. Resided at Hall Place and Shottesbrooke House, both near Maidenhead, Berkshire. Oldfield, White Conduit 1786-88; 1792-94 (12 matches) EAVERS, J . Select XI 1800 (1 match); 1801-1802 (3 matches) EDMEADS, John . bapt. 21-7-1741, Chertsey, Surrey; buried 24-7-1802, Staines, Middlesex. He was a farmer and brickmaker. Brother of William (Surrey 1775) Chertsey, England, Hampshire, Surrey 1772-79 (17 matches). He is reported as appearing in matches from at least 1764; an earlier reference (1759) may be his brother Richard. EDMEADS, William . bapt. 11-4-1753, Chertsey, Surrey. Brother of John (Chertsey, England, Hampshire, Surrey) Surrey 1775 (1 match) FENNEX, William . b. c1764, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire; d. 4-3-1838, Stepney, Middlesex. He was a blacksmith and innkeeper. Hornchurch, Oldfield, Hampshire, MCC, Middlesex, Old Westminsters 1786-94; 1796-1800 (79 matches); 1802-1816 (9 matches). Single Wicket: 1 match. FIELDER, Richard . b. c1758, East Malling, Kent (although this has been queried, and it has been suggested he was born somewhat later, in Surrey); d. c1826, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, or Gravesend, Kent. He was a horse breaker and trainer, also an innkeeper. Kent, West Kent 1790; 1792-1796 (19 matches); 1801 (1 match) FINCH, John . He was an innkeeper. Oldfield, Middlesex 1792-95 (13 matches) FINCH, – . Kent 1786 (1 match) FISH, Jasper . b. 1743, Sevenoaks, Kent; buried 28-7-1791, Sevenoaks, Kent. Kent 1773 (1 match) FITZROY, Hon. Henry William . b. 13-9-1765, Southampton, Hampshire; d. 19-3-1794, Lisbon, Portugal. Educated: Eton; Trinity College, Cambridge 1784-86. Inner Temple 1783. Son of the 1st Baron Southampton. Brighton, East Kent, Surrey, MCC, Hampshire, Middlesex, Old Etonians 1788-93 (41 matches) FLINT, – . He played for Colts of Surrey in 1789 and was a bowling substitute in one match for Hampshire. Hampshire 1789 (1 match) FOSTER, Franci s. b. c1761; d. 19-7-1847, Havant, Hampshire. He was a tanner. Hampshire 1789 (1 match) FRAME, John . bapt. 21-11-1731, Warlingham, Kent; d. 11-10-1796, Dartford, Kent. He was a drayman and innkeeper. England, Hampshire, Kent 1772-74 (7 matches). Single Wicket: 1 match. He is reported as appearing in matches from 1749, aged only 17. FRANCIS, Richard . (believed born in Surrey). He was a gamekeeper. Surrey, Hampshire, Kent, Hornchurch 1773-79; 1782-84; 1786; 1788; 1793 (47 matches). Single Wicket: 2 matches. 16