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

VENNER, – . East Kent 1790 (1 match) VINCENT, – . England, Gentlemen of England, Surrey 1789 (3 matches) WALKER, Harry . b. c1760, Churt, Surrey; buried 22-7-1805, Brook, near Witley, Surrey. He was a farmer and maltster. Brother of John (Hampshire, Surrey) and Thomas (Hampshire, Surrey). Lhb. Hampshire, Surrey, West Kent 1786-1800 (98 matches); 1801-1802 (3 matches). Single Wicket: 3 matches. WALKER, John . b. 1768, Churt, Surrey; d. 3-9-1835, Thursley, near Godalming, Surrey. His death was the result of a cricket accident. He was a farmer and grocer. Brother of Harry (Hampshire, Surrey) and Thomas (Hampshire, Surrey). Surrey, Hampshire 1789; 1791-98; 1800 (44 matches); 1801-1805 (8 matches) WALKER, Thomas . ‘Old Everlasting’. b. 16-11-1762, Churt, Surrey; d. 1-3-1831, Chiddingfold, Surrey. He was a farmer, gamekeeper and grocer. Brother of Harry (Hampshire, Surrey) and John (Hampshire, Surrey). Rhb; occasional roundarm. England, Hampshire, Kent, West Kent, MCC, Middlesex, Surrey, Brighton, White Conduit, Select XIs 1786-1800 (130 matches); 1801-1810 (47 matches). Single Wicket: 3 matches. WALKER, – . (of Aldington, Kent). East Kent 1790 (1 match) WALLER, – . (of Maidstone, Kent). Kent 1774 (2 matches) WALLER, – . Surrey 1800 (1 match); 1803 (1 match) WALPOLE, Robert . b. 1768; d. 18-5-1834, London. Educated: Eton. Old Etonians, MCC 1793 (2 matches); 1808 (1 match) WARD, John . d. c1820. England 1800 (3 matches); 1801-06 (11 matches) WARREN, Charles . b. 19-3-1764; d. 12-8-1829, Sundridge, Kent. Educated: Westminster 1774-81; Jesus College, Cambridge 1780-85. Lincoln’s Inn 1781, called to the Bar 1790, KC in 1816, Chief Justice of Chester 1819. MP for Dorchester 1819-26. Middlesex 1795; 1800 (2 matches); 1802-26 (21 matches). WEBB, T . Middlesex 1790-92 (4 matches); 1807-1808 (2 matches) WEBB, – . (of Isle of Thanet, Kent). Kent, East Kent, West Kent 1781 (5 matches) WELCH, Richard . b. 1770; d. 20-4-1809, Swainstone, Neath, Glamorgan, Wales. Educated: Westminster 1779-86; Christ Church College, Oxford 1786-90. Lincoln’s Inn 1784. Brother-in-law of George Dehany (MCC). MCC, Old Westminsters 1791-93 (7 matches) WELLER, James . b. c1773; buried 23-3-1847, Petworth, Sussex (from 16-7-1819 he assumed the name of J.W.Ladbroke after inheriting the Ladbroke estates). His father was a clergyman. Surrey 1800 (3 matches); 1802 (1 match); as J.W.Ladbroke from 1821-26 played 15 matches (some have been erroneously attributed to the Homerton amateur F.C.Ladbroke in S&B and ACS books) WELLS, James . bapt. 8-2-1758, Bentley, Hampshire; buried 30-12-1807, Farnham, Surrey. Brother of John (Hampshire, Surrey); uncle of George. Hampshire, Kent, Surrey 1783; 1787-89; 1791-94; 1800 (21 matches) WELLS, John . bapt. 5-1-1760, Bentley, Hampshire; d. 15-12-1835, Wrecclesham, Surrey; buried Farnham, Surrey. He was a baker. Father of George (various teams 1814-21); brother of James (Hampshire, Kent); brother-in-law of W.Beldham (Hampshire, Surrey). Brighton, England, Surrey, MCC, Middlesex, West Kent 1787-1800 (102 matches); 1801-1815 (47 matches) WELLS, W . Middlesex 1791; 1797-98; 1800 (5 matches); 1804-1816 (4 matches) 28