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

SHEPHEARD, George . b. 26-1-1770, Guildford, Surrey; d. 7-9-1842, Guilford Street, St Pancras, Middlesex. Educated: Royal Academy Schools from 1786 (silver medal 1790). Artist who drew sketches of cricketers c1795. Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1811-42. Surrey 1796 (1 match) SIMMONS, Richard . bapt. 3-10-1737, Bridge, near Canterbury, Kent; buried 25-11-1802, Bridge, near Canterbury, Kent. Wk. Chertsey, England, Kent, Surrey 1772-75; 1778-79 (13 matches) SIMMONS, – . Hornchurch 1790-91 (3 matches) SKINNER, T . Hampshire 1781 (1 match) SLATER, C . Middlesex 1787 (3 matches) SMALL, Eli . b. 1767, Petersfield, Hampshire; d. 20-5-1837, Petersfield, Hampshire. Son of John senior (Hampshire); brother of John junior (Hampshire). MCC 1796 (1 match) SMALL, John senior . b. 19-4-1737, Empshott, Hampshire; d. 31-12-1826, Petersfield, Hampshire. He was a shoemaker, haberdasher and made cricket bats and balls. Also gamekeeper to Manor of Greatham, Hampshire. Father of John junior (Hampshire) and Eli (MCC). England, Hampshire, East Kent 1772-84; 1786-98 (111 matches). Single Wicket: 14 matches. First definitely reported playing in 1768, although he must have appeared earlier: “He is said to have commenced his career in great matches in 1755, when only 18 years of age.” (SB p.241) SMALL, John junior . b. 7-10-1765, Petersfield, Hampshire; d. 21-1-1836, Petersfield, Hampshire. He was a mercer. Son of John senior (Hampshire); brother of Eli (MCC). East Kent, Hampshire 1784; 1787-1800 (104 matches); 1801-1810 (40 matches). Single Wicket: 2 matches. SMALL, – . Kent 1788 (1 match) SMITH, James . b. 1772, Shorne, Kent. England, Kent 1792-94; 1800 (7 matches) SMITH, Thomas Assheton senior . (born Thomas Assheton, he assumed the surname Smith following an inheritance). b. c1752; d. 12-5-1828, Tidworth House, Wiltshire. Educated: Eton. MP for Caernarvonshire 1774-80 and Andover 1797-1821. Sheriff of Caernarvonshire 1783-84; Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire 1822-28. Father of Thomas Assheton junior (Surrey). Hampshire, MCC, Old Etonians 1787-94 (43 matches) SMITH, Thomas Assheton junior . b. 2-8-1776, Queen Anne Street, Cavendish Square, Marylebone, Middlesex; d. 9-9-1858, Vaynol Park, Bangor, Caernarvonshire; buried Tidworth, Wiltshire. Educated: Eton 1783-93 (XI 1793); Christ Church College, Oxford 1794. MP for Andover 1821-31 and Caernarvonshire 1832-41. Son of T.A. senior (Hampshire, MCC). Surrey 1798 (3 matches); 1802-1820 (37 matches) SOANE, – . England 1795 (2 matches) SPENCER, – . Hornchurch 1793 (1 match) STANFORD, Richard . bapt. 21-6-1754, East Peckham, Kent; d. 16-7-1792. England, Kent, East Kent, West Kent 1780-81; 1783; 1786-87 (8 matches) STANHOPE, – . Middlesex, MCC 1787; 1789; 1798 (6 matches) STEVENS, Edward. ‘Lumpy’ . b. c1735, Send, Surrey; d. 7-9-1819, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. He was gardener to the 4th Earl of Tankerville. First definitely reported playing in 1769, although he is very likely to have appeared earlier. Chertsey, England, Surrey, Kent, Hampshire, West Kent 1772-84; 1786-89 (83 matches). Single Wicket: 5 matches. STEVENS, John . b. c1769; South Ockenden, Essex; d. 13-1-1863, Hornchurch, Essex. He was a farmer. Hornchurch 1789-93 (11 matches) 25