1749 English cricket season

In the 1749 English cricket season, the popularity of single wicket may have waned as there is a greater proportion of eleven a side games in the year’s reports.

Matches

Date	Match Title	Venue	Result
29 May (M)	London & Bromley v Addington ^[1]	Artillery Ground	result unknown
No details reported.
? June	Hastings v Pevensey ^[1]	venue unknown	result unknown
Hardly any details are known but it was apparently played for a hundred guineas.
2 & 3 June (F-S)	All-England v Surrey ^[1]	Dartford Brent	Surrey won by 2 wickets
All-England scored 89 and 42; Surrey replied with 73 and 59-8. No individual performances are known. All-England had Durling of Addington (in Surrey) as a given man; Surrey had James and John Bryant as given men. The Bryants were natives of Bromley in Kent. John Frame was associated with Dartford but was actually born in Surrey, at Warlingham in 1733. All-England: Robert Colchin, William Hodsoll, Robert Eures, Val Romney, John Larkin, Jones, John Bell, John Mansfield, Richard Newland, Joseph Budd, Durling. Surrey: Stephen Dingate, Tom Faulkner, Joseph Harris, John Harris, George Jackson, Maynard, ? Bennett, John Bryant, James Bryant, Humphreys, John Frame. It is not known which of "Little" or "Tall" Bennett played for Surrey.
5 June (M)	All-England v Surrey ^[1]	Artillery Ground	drawn
All-England scored 71 and 47. Surrey scored 89 in their first innings but bad light prevented them chasing their target of 30. Presumably the match had to be finished (or left unfinished) on the one day. No individual performances are known. The two teams were unchanged from the match on 2 & 3 June.
21 June (W)	London v Richmond & Ripley ^[1]	Artillery Ground	result unknown
No details reported.
26 June (M)	Long Robin’s XI v S Dingate’s XI ^[1]	Artillery Ground	result unknown
The game was arranged by the members of the London Cricket Club and played for a hundred guineas a side. William Hodsoll was due to play for one side or the other but had to withdraw. We do not know who replaced him. Long Robin’s XI: Robert Colchin, John Bryant, John Mansfield, James Bryant, John Bell, Robert Eures, Val Romney, Durling, John Colchin, John Bowra, John Larkin. S Dingate’s XI: Stephen Dingate, Tom Faulkner, Joseph Harris, John Harris, George Jackson, John Frame, Humphreys, "Little" Bennett, Tom Peake, John Capon, Thomas Jure.
14 August (M)	London v Bearsted (Kent) ^[2]	Artillery Ground	London won "with great ease"
London won with great ease. It was stated that Bearsted was the best team in Kent, having beaten all other parishes in their neighbourhood.
28 August (M)	Long Robin's XI v Tom Faulkner's XI^[1]	Artillery Ground	result unknown
The game was arranged by the members of the London Cricket Club and played for sixty guineas a side, the wickets being pitched at one o'clock. Long Robin's XI: Robert Colchin, John Bryant, James Bryant, John Colchin, Joseph Hitches, George Carter, T. Southam, "Tall" Bennett and "three gentlemen". Tom Faulkner's XI: Tom Faulkner, John Mansfield, Robert Eures, William Anderson, John Capon, Perry, "Little" Bennett, Robinson and "three gentlemen". Ashley-Cooper stated that the Perry who played in this match was the same man who played in the earliest known single wicket match, against Piper of Hampton, in August 1726. Given the gap of 23 years, it is unlikely to have been the same man but could have been a relative.

Other events

Mon 10 July. Five of All-England defeated Five of Addington at the Artillery Ground. The match was played for fifty guineas a side and was the result of a challenge by the Addington players to meet any other five in England. Betting was 8-1 in favour of Addington.^[1]

Addington: Tom Faulkner, Joseph Harris, John Harris, George Jackson, Durling.

All-England: Robert Colchin, John Bryant, Robert Eures, John Bell, Thomas Waymark.

Mon 17 July. In a return match, the same Addington five beat the same All-England five for fifty guineas.^[1]

Wed 26 July. In a deciding match, All-England won by 2 runs. They scored 11 and 12; Addington replied with 16 and 5. The prize this time was 100 guineas. All-England made two changes to their team with James Bryant and Val Romney replacing John Bell and Thomas Waymark. Addington’s five were unchanged.^[1]

A game at White Conduit Fields on Wed 2 August involving 22 members of the London Club. The report states that the venue was in use before 1720 but that the White Conduit Club was not established until c.1780. On the site was the White Conduit Tavern, erected in about 1648, and this was a favourite halting-place for those who had walked out a short distance from London. In 1749, the Tavern was owned by William Curnock and shortly afterwards by Robert Bartholomew, the Surrey cricketer.^[1]

Mon 28 August. Long Robin’s XI v T Faulkner’s XI at the Artillery Ground for sixty guineas a side but the teams were not top-class and had several players making up the numbers.^[1]

Tues 29 August. Portsmouth versus Fareham & Titchfield on Portsmouth Common. The Portsmouth team, which was described as those living on the Common, won by great odds.^[2]

Friday, 18 August. Tom Faulkner's Six defeated Long Robin's Six at the Artillery Ground. Played for fifty guineas a side. Faulkner's Six: Tom Faulkner, T. Southam, Joseph Hitches, George Carter and "two gentlemen". Colchin's Six: Robert Colchin, George Smith, William Anderson, Robinson and "two gentlemen".^[1]

Monday, 21 August. Tom Faulkner's Six defeated Long Robin's Six at the Artillery Ground. The teams were the same as for the match above; the stake was unrecorded.^[1]

First mentions

John Frame (Surrey/Dartford/Kent)
Joseph Hitches (Colchin's XI)
Humphreys (Surrey)
Perry (London/Surrey)
Robinson (Faulkner's XI)
T. Southam (Colchin's XI)

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 F S Ashley-Cooper, At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742-1751, Cricket Magazine, 1900
1 2 G B Buckley, Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket, Cotterell, 1935

Bibliography

Ashley-Cooper, F. S. (1900). At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742–1751. Cricket magazine.
Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell.
McCann, Tim (2004). Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century. Sussex Record Society.
Waghorn, H. T. (1899). Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730–1773). Blackwood.
Waghorn, H. T. (1906). The Dawn of Cricket. Electric Press.
Wilson, Martin (2005). An Index to Waghorn. Bodyline.

Additional reading

ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
Altham, H. S. (1962). A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914). George Allen & Unwin.
Birley, Derek (1999). A Social History of English Cricket. Aurum.
Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
Buckley, G. B. (1937). Fresh Light on pre-Victorian Cricket. Cotterell.
Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.
Marshall, John (1961). The Duke who was Cricket. Muller.
Maun, Ian (2009). From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750. Roger Heavens. ISBN 978-1-900592-52-9.
Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane.

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