Cricket Matches in 1811
| start date | venue | game type | days | |||||||
| 15th Apr | Winchester | Loyal Winchester Volunteers | Twyford Down | other | 1 | |||||
| Hampshire Chronicle, 22 Apr. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 5th Jun | Eleven Veterans | Eleven Youths | Saffron Walden | other | 1 | |||||
| Bury and Norwich Post, 12 Jun. 1811; The players 'form part of a club' | ||||||||||
| 11th Jun | (unknown) | (unknown) | Upper Dicker, Arlington | other | 1 | |||||
| Sussex Advertiser, 3 Jun. 1811; Over-60s match | ||||||||||
| 11th Jun | Brighton | Twineham and Cowfold | The Level, Brighton | other | 1 | |||||
| Star [London]. 14 Jun. 1811; Sussex Weekly Advertiser, 17 Jun. 1811; 24 Jun. 1811; Date as in the Star (14 Jun. in the Advertiser). Away side as in the Advertiser of 24 Jun. ('Cowfold' in the Star, and 'Cowfold and Twinham' in the Advertiser of 17 Jun.) | ||||||||||
| 18th Jun | Leeds | Gravesend | Leeds (Kent) | other | 1 | scorecard | ||||
| Kentish Gazette, 25 Jun. 1811; Buckley p 62 | ||||||||||
| 18th Jun | Twineham and Cowfold Club | Brighton | Oakendean Green, Cowfold | other | 1 | |||||
| Sussex Weekly Advertiser, 17 Jun. 1811; 24 Jun. 1811; Venue also 'Cowfold Green', and 'Oakenden Green'; home team also 'Cowfold and Twinham'; return match | ||||||||||
| 25th Jun | (unknown) | (unknown) | unknown | other | 1 | |||||
| British Press, 28 Jun. 1811; Inquest on death of Jeremiah Halsford (or Hubsford) after a fight with - Smith following a dispute 'in a cricket match' | ||||||||||
| 26th Jun | Butler's Wood Club | Weyhill Club | Stockbridge Race Plain | other | 1 | |||||
| Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 24 Jun. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 26th Jun | Eastry | Herne | Eastry | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Gazette, 12 Jul. 1811; 'Hearn' | ||||||||||
| 29th Jun | Eton College | Bullingdon Club | Eton | other | 2 | |||||
| Star [London], 8 Jul. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 29th Jun | Mulbarton | Ashwelthorpe | Mulbarton Common | other | 1 | |||||
| Norfolk Chronicle, 6 Jul. 1811 | ||||||||||
| Jul | Greenwich Hospital One-Armed Pensioners | Greenwich Hospital One-Legged Pensioners | Montpelier Ground, Walworth | other | 3 | |||||
| Kentish Gazette, 23 Jul. 1811; Cheltenham Chronicle, 25 Jul. 1811; Nottingham Journal, 27 Jul. 1811; Days 1 and 2 not known; Day 3: 18 July (Gazette), 20 July (Chronicle), or 25 July (Journal) | ||||||||||
| Jul | West Farleigh | Barming | West Farleigh Chequers | other | 1 | |||||
| Buckley, p 61 | ||||||||||
| 2nd Jul | Alresford | Droxford, Corhampton and Exton | Tichborne Down | other | 1 | |||||
| Hampshire Chronicle, 15 Jul. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 2nd Jul | Canterbury Garrison | Gentlemen of Kent | Garrison Field, Canterbury | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Gazette, 5 Jul. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 4th Jul | Herne | Eastry | Herne | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Gazette, 12 Jul. 1811; 'Hearn' | ||||||||||
| 5th Jul | Biddenden | Wadhurst | Biddenden | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Chronicle, 9 Jul. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 6th Jul | Sussex | Storrington | Highdown Hill, near Worthing | other | 1 | scorecard | ||||
| S&B p 364; also in Bentley | ||||||||||
| 8th Jul | B Aislabie's XI | G Osbaldeston's XI | Lord's New Middle Ground, St. John's Wood | fc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 8th Jul | Droxford, Corhampton and Exton | Alresford Club | Droxford Park | other | 1 | |||||
| Hampshire Chronicle, 15 Jul. 1811; Hampshire Telegraph, 15 Jul. 1811; return match | ||||||||||
| 8th Jul | Eleven Tanners | Eleven Shoemakers | Chalkwell | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Gazette, 12 Jul. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 8th Jul | Emsworth | Portsea | Emsworth | other | 1 | |||||
| Hampshire Telegraph, 15 Jul. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 11th Jul | Broadstairs | Ramsgate | Broadstairs | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Chronicle, 12 Jul. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 16th Jul | Twineham and Cowfold Club | Brighton | Oakendean Green, Cowfold | other | 1 | |||||
| Sussex Advertiser, 15 Jul. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 18th Jul | Swaffham | Terrington | Swaffham Race Ground | other | 2 | |||||
| Bury and Norwich Post, 24 Jul. 1811; Norfolk Chronicle, 27 Jul. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 22nd Jul | Brighton | Twineham and Cowfold Club | The Level, Brighton | other | 1 | |||||
| Sussex Advertiser, 15 Jul. 1811; return match | ||||||||||
| 22nd Jul | Dover | Chatham | Dover | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Gazette, 16 Jul. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 22nd Jul | Norwich Second Club | Norwich Third Club | Town Close, Norwich | other | 1 | |||||
| Norfolk Chronicle, 27 Jul. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 24th Jul | Herne | Canterbury | unknown | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Chronicle, 26 Jul. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 25th Jul | Lindfield | Cuckfield | Lindfield Common | other | 1 | |||||
| Sussex Advertiser, 29 Jul. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 25th Jul | North Shields | South Shields | Preston | other | 1 | scorecard | ||||
| Buckley p 61 | ||||||||||
| 25th Jul | Storrington Club | Gentlemen on the Coast between Shoreham Bridge and Chichester | Highdown Hill, near Worthing | other | 2 | |||||
| Sussex Advertiser, 22 Jul. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 29th Jul | Aldeburgh | Holt | Aldeburgh | other | 1 | |||||
| Norfolk Chronicle, 3 Aug. 1811; 'Aldborough' | ||||||||||
| 29th Jul | Canterbury | Herne | unknown | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Chronicle, 6 Aug. 1811; Herne 'did not…fulfil…their engagement'; return match | ||||||||||
| 29th Jul | Terrington | Swaffham | Terrington | other | 1 | |||||
| Norfolk Chronicle, 27 Jul. 1811; 3 Aug. 1811; return match | ||||||||||
| 30th Jul | Cuckfield | Lindfield | Cuckfield | other | 1 | |||||
| Sussex Advertiser, 5 Aug. 1811; return match | ||||||||||
| 30th Jul | Westminster School King's Scholars | Westminster School Town Boys | Tothill Fields | other | 1 | |||||
| London Courier, 31 Jul. 1811; annual match | ||||||||||
| Aug | Norwich | Aldeburgh | unknown | other | 1 | |||||
| Norfolk Chronicle, 24 Aug. 1811; 'Aldbro'; 'will be played in a short time' | ||||||||||
| 1st Aug | Beckley and Northiam | Wadhurst | Beckley | other | 1 | |||||
| Sussex Advertiser, 12 Aug. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 5th Aug | Holt | Aldeburgh | Holt | other | 1 | |||||
| Norfolk Chronicle, 3 Aug. 1811; return match | ||||||||||
| 8th Aug | Greenwich Hospital One-Armed Pensioners | Greenwich Hospital One-Legged Pensioners | Montpelier Ground, Walworth | other | 3 | |||||
| Morning Post, 21 Aug. 1811; Northampton Mercury, 24 Aug. 1811l Days 1 and 2: 15 and 19 August; Montpelier 'Gardens'; return match | ||||||||||
| 12th Aug | Ampthill | Leighton Buzzard | Ampthill Park | other | 1 | |||||
| Northampton Mercury, 10 Aug. 1811; 24 Aug. 1811; Buckley p 62 | ||||||||||
| 12th Aug | D West and T North | J Preston and R Preston | Bullingdon Green | sw | 3 | |||||
| Cricket History Single-Wicket match list; Oxford Herald, 17 Aug. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 12th Aug | Portsmouth and Portsea | Horndean, Rowland's Castle, Compton and Clanfield | Southsea Common | other | 2 | |||||
| Globe [London]. 20 Aug. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 14th Aug | Biddenden | Cranbrook | Biddenden | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Chronicle, 27 Aug. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 15th Aug | South Shields | North Shields | unknown | other | 1 | |||||
| Buckley p 61; return match | ||||||||||
| 15th Aug | South Shields | (unknown) | unknown | other | 1 | |||||
| Buckley p 61 | ||||||||||
| 16th Aug | Sheerness | Hoo | Sheerness | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Gazette, 23 Aug. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 19th Aug | Dover | Hythe | Dover | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Chronicle, 27 Aug. 1811; return match | ||||||||||
| 19th Aug | J Preston and R Preston | D West and T North | Bullingdon Green | sw | 2 | |||||
| Cricket History Single-Wicket match list; Oxford Herald, 17 Aug. 1811; 24 Aug. 1811; return match | ||||||||||
| 19th Aug | Norwich Old Club | Norwich United New Clubs | Town Close, Norwich | other | 1 | |||||
| Norfolk Chronicle, 24 Aug. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 20th Aug | Cranbrook | Biddenden | Cranbrook | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Gazette, 27 Aug. 1811, return match | ||||||||||
| 21st Aug | Ramsgate | Sandwich | Ramsgate | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Chronicle, 3 Sep. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 22nd Aug | Hoo | Sheerness | Hoo | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Gazette, 23 Aug. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 26th Aug | Horndean, Rowland's Castle and Clanfield | Portsmouth and Portsea | Bull's Copse, near Horndean | other | 1 | |||||
| Hampshire Telegraph, 26 Aug. 1811; return match | ||||||||||
| 26th Aug | Leighton Buzzard | Ampthill | Leighton Buzzard | other | 1 | |||||
| Northampton Mercury, 24 Aug. 1811; return match | ||||||||||
| 26th Aug | Stroud Club | Dover Club | Royal George Field, Rochester | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Gazette, 23 Aug. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 29th Aug | Sandwich | Ramsgate | Sandwich | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Chronicle, 3 Sep. 1811; return match | ||||||||||
| 30th Aug | St. John's Wood Club | Dartford Club | Lord's Cricket Ground | other | 3 | |||||
| St. James's Chronicle, 3 Sep. 1811; 'Lord's Cricket-ground' ? i.e. Lord's New Middle Ground, St. John's Wood | ||||||||||
| Sep | (unknown) | (unknown) | Walpole | other | 1 | |||||
| Suffolk Chronicle, 21 Sep. 1811 'a few days since…during a game of cricket', a dispute between the players John Thistleton (from Walpole) and Frusher (from Emneth) led to a fatal assault | ||||||||||
| 3rd Sep | Oxford Married | Oxford Single | Bullingdon Green | other | 1 | |||||
| Star [London], 9 Sep. 1811; Oxford Herald, 7 Sep. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 9th Sep | Kensell and Sons | Knowles, Wilson and Pike | Cowley Marsh | sw | 1 | |||||
| Cricket History Single-Wicket match list; Oxford Herald, 14 Sep. 1811; 'Wllson' in Cricket History | ||||||||||
| 10th Sep | Dartford Club | Kent | Leeds Park | other | 3 | scorecard | ||||
| Kentish Chronicle, 17 Sep. 1811; Buckley p 63 | ||||||||||
| 11th Sep | Saffron Walden | Bishop's Stortford | Walden Common | other | 2 | |||||
| St. James's Chronicle, 1 Oct. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 12th Sep | H Hampton's XI | Mr Spearing's XI | Montpelier Ground, Walworth | other | 1 | |||||
| Morning Post, 14 Sep. 1811; Globe [London], 14 Sep. 1811; Both sides were selected 'from…different clubs in Surrey' | ||||||||||
| 12th Sep | Swaffham | Downham Market | unknown | other | 1 | |||||
| Norfolk Chronicle, 21 Sep. 1811; 5 Oct. 1811; abandoned after the Swaffham side 'tore up the wickets' following a disputed decision in the Downham Market innings | ||||||||||
| 13th Sep | Sandwich | Isle of Thanet | Broadstairs | other | 1 | |||||
| Kentish Chronicle, 17 Sep. 1811; third match | ||||||||||
| 16th Sep | Bishop's Stortford | Saffron Walden | Bishop's Stortford | other | 1 | |||||
| St. James's Chronicle, 1 Oct. 1811; return match | ||||||||||
| 16th Sep | Bishop's Sutton and Ropley | West Tisted and Privett | Apple Down | other | 1 | |||||
| Hampshire Telegraph, 30 Sep. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 16th Sep | Harewood | Wetherby | Harewood | other | 1 | scorecard | ||||
| Buckley p 64 | ||||||||||
| 16th Sep | Peterborough Club | Thorney Club | Peterborough | other | 1 | |||||
| Northampton Mercury. 21 Sep. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 16th Sep | Thongham Down Club | Salisbury and District | Laverstock Down | other | 1 | |||||
| Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 23 Sep. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 24th Sep | West Tisted and Privett | Bishop's Sutton and Ropley | Privett Common | other | 1 | |||||
| Hampshire Telegraph, 30 Sep. 1811; return match | ||||||||||
| 30th Sep | Holt | Aldeburgh | Holt | other | 1 | |||||
| Norfolk Chronicle, 28 Sep. 1811; 'Aldborough'; return match | ||||||||||
| 2nd Oct | Surrey Women | Hampshire Women | Strong's Field, Newington Green | other | 3 | |||||
| Sussex Advertiser, 14 Oct. 1811; Days 1 and 2: 3 and 7 October | ||||||||||
| 7th Oct | Surrey Women | Hampshire Women | Strong's Field, Newington Green | sw | 1 | |||||
| Sussex Advertiser, 14 Oct. 1811; 'a single game' | ||||||||||
| 12th Oct | Plaitford, Landford and Hamptworth | Wellow | Plaitford | other | 1 | |||||
| Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 21 Oct. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 17th Oct | Peterborough Club | Thorney Club | Peterborough Race Ground | other | 1 | |||||
| Northampton Mercury, 19 Oct. 1811; third match | ||||||||||
| 26th Oct | Northallerton | Danby Wiske | Lazenby | other | 1 | |||||
| Leeds Mercury, 9 Nov. 1811; Danby 'Wisk' | ||||||||||
| 5th Nov | Northallerton Married | Northallerton Single | Northallerton | other | 1 | |||||
| York Herald, 9 Nov. 1811 | ||||||||||
| 7th Nov | Peterborough | Thorney | unknown | other | 1 | |||||
| Northampton Mercury, 2 Nov. 1811 | ||||||||||
Total of 81 matches
game type notes:
fc - first-class
sw - single wicket
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