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

LAWRELL, James . b. 21-3-1780, Westminster, Middlesex; d. 7-1842, Leamington, Warwickshire. Educated: Eton; Christ Church College, Oxford (matric. 5-2-1800). Select XI 1800 (1 match); 1803-10 (20 matches) LAWRENCE, Richard . Oldfield, White Conduit 1787; 1792-95 (12 matches) LEER, George . bapt. 1-4-1746, Warblington, Hampshire; d. 1-2-1812, Petersfield, Hampshire; buried Hambledon, Hampshire. He was a brewer. Famous as long-stop. Hampshire 1772-79; 1781-82 (44 matches). Single Wicket: 3 matches. LEGGATE, J . Gentlemen of England 1789 (1 match) LENNOX, Hon. Charles (from 29-12-1806 4th Duke of Richmond). b. 9-12-1764, Gordon Castle, Banff, Scotland; d. 28-8-1819, near Perth, Ontario, Canada; buried beneath the Communion Table in Quebec Cathedral. He died from hydrophobia after being bitten by a pet fox. Governor-General of Canada at the time of death. Tory MP for Sussex 1790-1806. Gentlemen of England, White Conduit, MCC, Surrey 1786; 1789-91; 1795; 1797; 1800 (44 matches); 1802 (2 matches) LEWIS, M . Surrey 1773 (2 matches) LEYCESTER, George . b. c1768, Knutsford, Cheshire; d. 5-7-1827, Portland Place, Marylebone, Middlesex. Educated: Eton; King’s College, Cambridge, 1786-89. Assistant master at Eton 1792-99. MCC, Old Etonians, Surrey 1790-92; 1795; 1797-1800 (19 matches); 1801-1808 (31 matches) LIFFEN, Thomas . Brighton 1791-92 (5 matches) LITTLER, John . b. 1764, Essex; d. 1824, Waltham Abbey, Essex. Hornchurch 1791-93 (8 matches) LLOYD, Thomas . Oldfield 1792 (1 match) LORD, Thomas . b. 23-11-1755, Thirsk, Yorkshire; d. 13-1-1832, West Meon, Hampshire. He was a wine merchant and farmer. Founder of Lord’s Ground. Father of Thomas jun. (Middlesex). Middlesex, London, MCC, Old Etonians 1787; 1789-99 (57 matches); 1801-1815 (3 matches) LOUCH, George . bapt. 24-11-1746, Chatham, Kent; d. 29-4-1811, Ramsgate, Kent. Educated: Westminster. Gentlemen of England, Kent, White Conduit, Middlesex, MCC, Old Westminsters, West Kent 1773; 1783; 1786-97 (122 matches) LUCK, – . (of Strood, Kent). Kent 1793 (3 matches) ‘LUMPY’ (see under STEVENS, Edward ). LUSHINGTON, Stephen . b. 14-1-1782, London; d. 19-1-1873, Ockham Park, Surrey. Educated: Eton; All Souls College, Oxford. Fellow of All Souls; Judge; MP for Great Yarmouth, Tregony, Ilchester, Tower Hamlets. Great-uncle of A.H. (Hampshire 1877); cousin of Stephen Rumbold Lushington (East Kent, did not appear in ‘great’ matches). Surrey 1799 (3 matches); (also for Bullingdon Club and Prince’s Plain which became West Kent CC). MADDOX, J . MCC 1791 (1 match) MAITLAND, General Sir Peregrine . (knighted 22-6-1815). b. 6-7-1777, Longparish House, Hampshire; d. 30-5-1854, Eaton Place West, Westminster, Middlesex. Educated: Winchester. Joined Army as Ensign in 1st Foot Guards 1792; Lieutenant and Captain 1794; Colonel 1803; General 1846. Played a crucial role in the victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Lieut.-Governor Upper Canada 1818; Lieut.-Governor Nova Scotia 1828-34; Commander-in-Chief Madras Army 1836-38; Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and Commander-in-Chief of the Army 1843-46. Father of C.M.B., from 9-10-1815 son-in-law of 4th Duke of Richmond (i.e. the former Hon. Charles Lennox). Surrey 1798-1800 (8 matches); 1804-1808 (16 matches) 20