Cricket Matches in 1800

start date						venue		game type	days
10th May		3 Gentlemen		2 Gentlemen		Lord's Old Ground		sw	1
		Dawn of Cricket p161
19th May		J Gibbons' XI		R Whitehead's XI		Lord's Old Ground		fc	3	scorecard (CA)
		Bentley gives as 1801; Dawn of Cricket p161 gives date as 12/May
28th May		Marylebone Cricket Club		Woolwich		Lord's Old Ground		other	3	scorecard (CA)
		S&B p268 gives 2 days, not 3; Dawn of Cricket p181 gives Four Parishes instead of MCC and venue as Woolwich Common
6th Jun		Thomas White VIII		George White VIII		Bratton Castle		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p162
10th Jun		Ditton		London		Thames Ditton Marsh, Kingston		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p163
11th Jun		England		Surrey		Lord's Old Ground		fc	3	scorecard (CA)
12th Jun		W Stump's XI		W Budd's XI		Bratton Castle		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p163
16th Jun		England		Surrey		Lord's Old Ground		fc	2	scorecard (CA)
20th Jun		Winchester		Micheldever		Twyford Down		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p164
23rd Jun		Woolwich		Marylebone Cricket Club		Barrack Fields, Woolwich		other	2	scorecard (CA)
		S&B p270 gives 1 day not 2
24th Jun		Boughton Club		Chatham Club		Boughton Lees		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p164
25th Jun		Montpelier		Richmond		Aram's New Ground, Montpelier Gardens, Walworth		other	1	scorecard (CA)
		Britcher p9 gives date as 26/Jun
26th Jun		Montpelier		Homerton		Aram's New Ground, Montpelier Gardens, Walworth		other	1	scorecard (CA)
		S&B p271 and Britcher p8 both give date as 25/Jun
30th Jun		Lord F Beauclerk's XI		Sir HW Marten's XI		Barrack Fields, Woolwich		other	1	scorecard (CA)
		Britcher p10 gives J Gbbon's XI v J Weller's XI
Jul		W Barton		Two of Waltham Abbey		Lord's Old Ground		sw	1	scorecard
		S&B p273; Britcher p16
2nd Jul		Richmond		Montpelier		Richmond Green		other	2	scorecard (CA)
3rd Jul		Homerton		Montpelier Thursday Club		Homerton		other	1	scorecard (CA)
4th Jul		Storrington		Sussex		Storrington Green		other	2	scorecard (CA)
7th Jul		Marylebone Cricket Club		Rochester		Lord's Old Ground		other	3	scorecard (CA)
7th Jul		Micheldever		Winchester		Micheldelver Down		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p164
8th Jul		Sompting and Broadwater		Lancing		Sompting		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p164
10th Jul		Ditton		Richmond		Ditton March, Kingston		sw	1
		Buckley p36 gives date as 7/Aug
10th Jul		Sir Thomas Carr's Javelin Bearers		Sir Thomas Carr's Guests		Beddingham		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p164
14th Jul		England		The Ws and Hs		Lord's Old Ground		fc	2	scorecard (CA)
		S&B p274 gives start date of 13/Jul and 3-day match; Bentley gives start date as 13/Jul; Britcher gives start date of 14/Jul and 1-day match
21st Jul		Rochester		Marylebone Cricket Club		Marsh's New Ground, Rochester		other	3	scorecard (CA)
21st Jul		Sandwich		Wingham		Sandwich Salts		other	1	scorecard
		Dawn of Cricket p164 which says it's the return match
23rd Jul		Nottingham		Radcliffe-on-Trent		Holme Lane		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p165
24th Jul		Richmond		Ditton		Richmond Green		sw	1
		Buckley p36 gives date as 14/Aug
24th Jul		Woolwich		Montpelier		Barrack Fields, Woolwich		other	2	scorecard (CA)
26th Jul		Homerton		Whitehall		Lord's Old Ground		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p166
27th Jul		Winstree Hundred		Maldon		Alberton Green, Winstree		other	5	scorecard
		Britcher p21; Dawn of Cricket p170 gives Winstrel, not Winstree and start date of 29/Jul and 1-day match
28th Jul		Little Baddow		Danbury		Little Baddow Green		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p169 which says it's the return match
28th Jul		Moldon Second XI		Witham		Moldon		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p169 which says it's the return match
28th Jul		Parrs Head		Three Towns		Marsh's New Ground, Rochester		other	2	scorecard
		Dawn of Cricket p168; Britcher p24 gives start date as 29/Jul and 1-day match
29th Jul		Caterham Common		Chepstead		Caterham Common		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p170
29th Jul		Coulsdon		Godstone and Bletchingley		Smithies Bottom, Croydon		other	2
		Dawn of Cricket p170
29th Jul		Ingatestone		Springfield				other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p170 which says it's the return match
29th Jul		Mr Capel's XI		Harry Bridger's XI		Signal House, Old Shoreham		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p170
29th Jul		Penenden Heath		Parishes near Three Towns		Penenden Heath, Maidstone		other	2	scorecard
		Dawn of Cricket p169; Britcher p23 gives 1-day match
29th Jul		Winstree		Maldon		Winstree		other	2	scorecard
		Britcher p22
30th Jul		Clapham		Streatham		Clapham Common		other	1	scorecard
		Britcher p25
31st Jul		Eton College		Westminster School		Lord's Old Ground		other	1	scorecard (CA)
31st Jul		Sevenoaks		East Malling		Sevenoaks Vine		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p171 which says it's the return match
2nd Aug		Homerton		Whtehall		Homerton		other	1	scorecard
		Dawn of Cricket p171; Britcher p27
2nd Aug		Mr Capel's XI		Harry Bridger's XI		Signal House, Old Shoreham		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p170
4th Aug		Middlesex		Homerton & Whitehall		Lord's Old Ground		other	2	scorecard
		Britcher p28
7th Aug		Cobham		Penenden Heath		Cobham Park		other	2
		Dawn of Cricket p172 which says it's the return match
11th Aug		England		Kent		Lord's Old Ground		other	4	scorecard (CA)
		Bentley gives Rochester, not Kent
14th Aug		Selby		Howden		Holms, Selby		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p173
14th Aug		WH Marlden's XIX		JG Cooper's XI		Pigburn Leas, Doncaster		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p172 which says it's the return match
15th Aug		W Richardson & T Foster		Driver & Cooper		Southborough, Tunbridge Wells		sw	3	scorecard
		S&B p277
18th Aug		Hambledon		East Meon and Meon Stoke		Windmill Down, Hambledon		other	1	scorecard
		Buckley p37
18th Aug		Kent		England		Marsh's New Ground, Rochester		other	4	scorecard (CA)
		Bentley gives Rochester not Kent
18th Aug		Officers of the Coldstream Guards		Third Regiment of Guards		Kinsale, Ireland		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p173
20th Aug		Streatham		Clapham		Streatham Common		other	1	scorecard
		Britcher p31
25th Aug		Leicester		Nottingham		St Margaret's Pasture, Leicester		other	1	scorecard (CA)
27th Aug		W Richardson & T Foster		Driver & Cooper		Lamberhurst		sw	1	scorecard
		S&B p277
28th Aug		England		Surrey		Lord's Old Ground		fc	3	scorecard (CA)
		S&B p279 gives 2-day match
30th Aug		Colchester		Herts Militia		Lexon Heath		other	1	scorecard
		Britcher p11; Dawn of Cricket p173 gives date of 30/Aug
Sep		William Lambert & Holcomb		Neale, Sparts & Moore				sw	1	scorecard
		S&B p282
4th Sep		Wandsworth		Clapham		Wandsworth		other	1	scorecard
		Britcher p33
9th Sep		Clapham		Wandsworth		Clapham Common		other	1	scorecard
		Britcher p34
11th Sep		England		Kent		Lord's Old Ground		other	2	scorecard (CA)
		S&B p280 and Bentley both give start date of 10/Sep; Britcher p35 gives 4-day match
12th Sep		Southampton		Romsey, Hursley, Stoke and Stoneham		Mr Antram's Ground, Polygon		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p174
16th Sep		Kent		England		Barrack Fields, Woolwich		other	2	scorecard (CA)
		S&B and Bentley both give start date of 15/Sep; Britcher p36 gives 4-day match
17th Sep		Melton Mowbray		Bingham		Hose		other	2
		Dawn of Cricket p174
22nd Sep		Doncaster		Sheffield		Pigburn Leas, Doncaster		other	1
		Dawn of Cricket p175
29th Sep		Nottingham		Sheffield		Mansfield		other	1	scorecard (CA)
3rd Nov		Nottingham		Sheffield		Worksop		other	3	scorecard (CA)
		S&B p283 and CricketArchive say played at Warsop

Total of 69 matches

game type notes:
fc - first-class
sw - single wicket

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