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

CONTENTS Page Introduction 4 A Note on Match Classification 5 Section 1: Players A-Z 8 Section 2: The Records 31 Section 3: Career Records 56 Section 4: Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800 – Errata and Addenda 63 Cover illustration Cricket at the White Conduit – unknown artist, date c.1785? The ground at the rear of White Conduit House, Islington, was used by the White Conduit Club, forerunner of the Marylebone Cricket Club, prior to the creation of Thomas Lord’s first cricket ground in 1787. Today a small open space and children’s playground, Culpeper Park, occupies part of the probable site. 3