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

REYNOLDS, Frederic . b. 1-11-1764, Lime Street, City of London; d. 16-4-1841, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, St Pancras, Middlesex. Educated: Westminster 1776. Well-known dramatist of around 100 stage pieces, some of which include mention of cricket in the dialogue, who covers his cricket experiences in his memoirs of 1826, The Life and Times of Frederic Reynolds . He was included in Byron’s 1808 poetic satire, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers . Member of MCC. England, Select XI 1795-96 (2 matches) RICE, James ( Smith ). Middlesex 1795; 1797 (4 matches); 1811-1813 (3 matches) RIDGE, Thomas . b. c1737, Kilmiston, Hampshire; d. 3-2-1801, Kimpston, Hampshire. Educated: Westminster 1750; Trinity College, Cambridge 1754-61. JP for Southampton. Hampshire 1772-75 (5 matches) RING, George . b. 9-4-1770, Darenth, near Dartford, Kent; d. 4-5-1865, Bethersden, Kent. He was whipper-in to Sir Horatio Mann, then gamekeeper to Earl Cornwallis, then to Mr Witherden at Bethersden, and later a farmer. Brother of John (Kent, Hampshire). England 1796 (2 matches) RING, John . ‘Little Joey’. b. 1758, Darenth, near Dartford, Kent; d. 25-10-1800, Bridge, near Canterbury, Kent. Servant to Mr Mumford, then huntsman to Sir Horatio Mann. Brother of George (England). England, Kent, Hampshire, Oldfield, East Kent 1782-84; 1786-96 (89 matches). Single Wicket: 6 matches. ROBINSON, Robert . ‘Long Bob’ b. 1765, Ash, near Farnham, Surrey; d. 2-9-1822, Ash, near Farnham, Surrey (or 2-10-1822). He was a gamekeeper. Lhb. England, Hampshire, Kent, MCC, Surrey, Select XIs 1792-1800 (52 matches); 1801-1819 (59 matches) RUBEGALL, – . Middlesex 1794 (1 match) RUSSELL, C . (of Rochester, Kent). England 1795 (1 match) RUSSELL, John . Hornchurch 1787; 1790-91; 1793 (6 matches) SADLER, – . Select XI 1793 (1 match) SALE, – . Educated: Eton. Oldfield, MCC, Old Etonians 1791-93 (4 matches) SAUNDERSON, Colonel Thomas . Select XI 1797 (1 match) SCOTT, Thomas . b. c1765-66, Alton, Hampshire; d. 5-11-1799, buried Alton, Hampshire. He was a glover. England, Hornchurch, Hampshire, MCC, Select XIs 1789-95; 1798 (29 matches) SCOTT, – . (an amateur, not to be confused with the professional, Thomas Scott, above). MCC 1793; 1797 (3 matches) SELBY, Thomas . West Kent 1790 (1 match) SHACKLE, Thomas . MCC, Middlesex, Oldfield 1789-96 (26 matches); 1807-1809 (3 matches) SHARPE, D . Brighton 1792 (1 match) SHELLEY, Sir John, baronet (succeeded as 6th baronet 11-9-1783). b. 3-3-1772, Michelgrove, Sussex; d. 28-3-1852, Fulham, Middlesex. Educated: Eton; Winchester; Clare College, Cambridge 1789. Distant relation of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Ensign in Coldstream Guards 1790, Lieutenant and Captain 1793. MP for Heston 1806, then Lewes 1816-31. As racehorse owner twice won the Derby, with Phantom in 1811 and Cedric in 1824. Brighton, MCC 1792; 1794-95 (8 matches) 24