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

MONSON, Hon. George Henry . b. 17-10-1755; d. 17-6-1823. Educated: Eton. MCC, White Conduit, Surrey 1786; 1788; 1792 (10 matches) MORANT, Edward Gregory (later Morant-Gale). b. 29-11-1772; d. 2-8-1855, Upham House, Upham, Hampshire. He inherited the Gale family’s prosperous and extensive Jamaica sugar plantations. Oldfield, Select XI 1793-95 (3 matches) MUGGERIDGE, – . (of Epsom, Surrey). Surrey 1774; 1776; 1778 (4 matches) MUNDY, – . (of Andover, Hampshire). Hampshire 1792; 1797 (2 matches) MURRAY, – . Hornchurch 1787; 1789 (3 matches) NEALE, J . Hampshire 1788-89; 1792 (3 matches) NEWMAN, Richard Newman . (He changed his name from Richard Newman Harding on receiving an inheritance.) b. 4-1-1756; d. 1-2-1808. Educated: Eton. England, Hornchurch, Kent, West Kent, White Conduit 1773; 1780; 1786-87; 1793 (19 matches) NICHOLSON, – . Kent 1788 (1 match) NICOLL, Rev. Thomas Vere Richard . b. c1770, Oxford; bapt. 2-3-1770, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxfordshire; d. 22-10-1841, Cherington, Warwickshire. Educated: Westminster 1783-86; Oriel College, Oxford 1788. Rector of Cherington from 1796. Gentlemen of England, Middlesex, Old Westminsters 1790-94 (12 matches) NYREN, John . b. 15-12-1764, Catherington, Hampshire; d. 30-6-1837, Bromley-by-Bow, Middlesex. He was a calico printer. Author of The Young Cricketer’s Tutor (incorporating the celebrated memoir The Cricketers of My Time ), 1833. Son of Richard Nyren (Hampshire). Lhb. Hampshire 1787-89 (4 matches); 1802-1817 (12 matches) NYREN, Richard . bapt. 25-4-1734, Eartham, Sussex; d. 25-4-1797, Leigh or Lee, Kent. Surname given in a number of newspaper match details as Nyland. He was an innkeeper and baker, also Hambledon postmaster. Father of John Nyren (Hampshire). Lhb; lm. Hampshire 1772-84; 1786 (49 matches). Single Wicket: 3 matches. First reported in matches in 1759. OLIVER, – . Middlesex 1787 (1 match) ONSLOW, General Hon Denzil . b. 12-9-1770, Marylebone, Middlesex; d. 21-8-1838, Huntingdon. In 97th Foot; Lieut.-Col. 1794; Colonel 1800; Major-General 1805; Lieut.-General 1812; General 1825. MCC, Kent 1796-97; 1799 (4 matches); 1801-1808 (6 matches) OXLEY, W . Hornchurch 1790-93 (8 matches) PACKER, – . Middlesex 1790 (1 match) PAGE, – . (John or William of Guildford, Surrey) England, Surrey 1772-73 (2 matches) PALMER, William . bapt. 9-1-1737, Coulsdon, Surrey; buried 8-2-1790; Coulsdon, Surrey. Twin brother of Henry (Coulsdon 1775). Long-stop. England, Surrey 1772-76 (17 matches). Single Wicket: 1 match. PALMER, – . Kent, West Kent 1789 (7 matches) PARK, – . MCC 1795 (1 match) 22