1820 English cricket season
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In the 1820 English cricket season, Fuller Pilch
made his first known appearance at Lord's
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Fuller Pilch
Fuller Pilch was an English cricketer. Described as "the greatest batsman ever known until the appearance of W. G. Grace", the right-hand batting Pilch played 229 first class cricket matches between 1820 and 1854 for an assortment of counties, including Kent, Hampshire, Surrey and Surrey, as well...
made his first known appearance at Lord's
Lord's Cricket Ground
Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...
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Honours
- Most runs – William WardWilliam Ward (cricketer)William Ward was a noted English cricketer. He came from an affluent family which owned property on the Isle of Wight. He was educated at Winchester College, and then received financial training in Antwerp.-Life and career:William Ward was a prominent right-handed batsman and an occasional slow...
361 (HS 278) - Most wickets – George ColesGeorge Coles (cricketer)George Coles was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1819 to 1820 for Cambridge University Cricket Club....
17 (BB 6–?)
Events
- According to WisdenWisden Cricketers' AlmanackWisden Cricketers' Almanack is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom...
, the original Northamptonshire CCC was founded in 1820 but was subject to substantial reorganisation and reformation in 1878. 1820 also has the earliest mention of wicket-keeping gloves. - William WardWilliam Ward (cricketer)William Ward was a noted English cricketer. He came from an affluent family which owned property on the Isle of Wight. He was educated at Winchester College, and then received financial training in Antwerp.-Life and career:William Ward was a prominent right-handed batsman and an occasional slow...
scored 278 for MCC v. Norfolk at Lord'sLord's Cricket GroundLord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...
in 1820, the first known double century and a new world record for the highest individual innings in all forms of cricket, beating James AylwardJames AylwardJames Aylward was a noted English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club. He was a left-handed batsman....
's score of 167 in 1777. Opinion about the match's status is divided and Aylward continued to hold the record in first-class cricket until 1826. - With cricket still recovering from the effects of the Napoleonic War, only a few first-class matches were recorded in 1820:
- 23 May — Cambridge Town ClubCambridge Town ClubCambridge Town Club was a first-class cricket club established in Cambridge before 1819. As with other leading town clubs, its team was representative of the county of Cambridgeshire as a whole and it ultimately evolved into Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club...
v Cambridge UniversityCambridge University Cricket ClubCambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
@ Parker's PieceParker's PieceParker's Piece is a flat and very roughly square green common located near the centre of Cambridge, England. The two main walking and cycling paths across it run diagonally, and the single lamp-post at the junction is commonly known as Reality Checkpoint...
, Cambridge - 30 May — Cambridge Town ClubCambridge Town ClubCambridge Town Club was a first-class cricket club established in Cambridge before 1819. As with other leading town clubs, its team was representative of the county of Cambridgeshire as a whole and it ultimately evolved into Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club...
v Cambridge UniversityCambridge University Cricket ClubCambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
@ Parker's PieceParker's PieceParker's Piece is a flat and very roughly square green common located near the centre of Cambridge, England. The two main walking and cycling paths across it run diagonally, and the single lamp-post at the junction is commonly known as Reality Checkpoint...
, Cambridge - 19–20 June — Gentlemen v PlayersGentlemen v PlayersThe Gentlemen v Players game was a first-class cricket match that was generally played on an annual basis between one team consisting of amateurs and one of professionals . The first two games took place in 1806 but the fixture was not revived until 1819. It was more or less annual thereafter...
@ Lord's Cricket GroundLord's Cricket GroundLord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the... - 3–5 July — All-EnglandAll-England ElevenIn cricket, the term All-England has been used for various non-international teams that have been formed for short-term purposes since the 1739 English cricket season and it indicates that the "Rest of England" is playing against, say, MCC or an individual county team...
v HampshireHampshire county cricket teamsHampshire county cricket teams have been traced back to the 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that...
@ Lord's Cricket GroundLord's Cricket GroundLord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...
- 23 May — Cambridge Town Club
- In addition, on 24 July, the MCCMarylebone Cricket ClubMarylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
v Norfolk match at Lord's. Note that this match has dubious provenance and is not always regarded as first-class.
Debutants
1820 debutants included:- Fuller PilchFuller PilchFuller Pilch was an English cricketer. Described as "the greatest batsman ever known until the appearance of W. G. Grace", the right-hand batting Pilch played 229 first class cricket matches between 1820 and 1854 for an assortment of counties, including Kent, Hampshire, Surrey and Surrey, as well...
(Norfolk and Kent) - Martin PageMartin Page (cricketer)Martin Page was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1820 to 1834 for Cambridge Town Club, making 13 known appearances in first-class matches.-Bibliography:...
(Cambridge Town Club) - Richard LaneRichard Lane (cricketer)Richard Lane was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1820 to 1824. He was mainly associated with Marylebone Cricket Club , of which he was a member...
(Gentlemen/MCC) - George T. Knight (Hampshire)
- Charles James BarnettCharles James BarnettCharles James Barnett was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1820 to 1837 and a Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1831 to 1835....
(MCC)