1822 English cricket season
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In the 1822 English cricket season, John Willes
brought the roundarm
issue to a head and sacrificed his own career in the process; the outstanding batsman James Saunders
made his debut in first-class cricket
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John Willes (cricketer)
John Willes was an English cricketer who, though he made only five known first-class appearances, had a significant impact on the game's history and development...
brought the roundarm
Roundarm bowling
In cricket, roundarm bowling is a style that was introduced in the first quarter of the 19th century and had largely superseded underarm bowling by the 1830s. Using a roundarm action, the bowler has his arm extended at about 90 degrees from his body at the point where he releases the ball...
issue to a head and sacrificed his own career in the process; the outstanding batsman James Saunders
James Saunders (cricketer)
James Saunders was an English cricketer in the 19th century. He was a noted left-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper...
made his debut in first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
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Honours
- Most runs – EH BuddEH BuddEdward Hayward Budd was a noted English cricketer and all-round sportsman. He was a prominent right-handed batsman and an occasional medium pace lob bowler...
354 (HS 87) - Most wickets – John SparksJohn Sparks (cricketer)John Sparks was an English professional cricketer. He bowled slow underarm .-Career:...
27 (BB 5–?)
Events
- The roundarmRoundarm bowlingIn cricket, roundarm bowling is a style that was introduced in the first quarter of the 19th century and had largely superseded underarm bowling by the 1830s. Using a roundarm action, the bowler has his arm extended at about 90 degrees from his body at the point where he releases the ball...
issue came to a head in 1822 when, in the MCC v. Kent match at Lord's, John WillesJohn Willes (cricketer)John Willes was an English cricketer who, though he made only five known first-class appearances, had a significant impact on the game's history and development...
of KentKent county cricket teamsKent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...
opened the bowling and was no-balled for using a roundarm action, a style he had attempted to introduce since 1807. Willes promptly withdrew from the match and refused to play again in any important fixture. - Roundarm was a natural reaction to the growing predominance of batsmen over the age-old underarm style of bowling. Its adherents argued that the legalisation of roundarm was essential to restore the balance between batting and bowling. However, high-scoring matches were still comparatively rare owing to vagaries in pitch conditions.
- 9 first-class matches were recorded in 1822:
- 20–21 May — 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...
v 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...
@ University Ground, Cambridge - 10–11 June — MCC First XII v MCC Second XII @ 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...
- 24 June — MCC First XI v MCC Second XI @ Lord's Cricket Ground
- 27–28 June — GodalmingGodalming Cricket ClubGodalming Cricket Club is based at Godalming, Surrey, and was briefly a major cricket team, playing 12 known first-class matches from 1821 to 1825. Its home ground then was The Burys but is now Holloway Hill recreation ground....
v 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...
@ The BurysThe BurysThe Burys at Godalming, Surrey was used as a major cricket venue for 9 first-class matches between 1821 and 1830. It was used by the Godalming Cricket Club for all of its home first-class matches and also by Surrey.-External links:* * -Bibliography:...
, GodalmingGodalmingGodalming is a town and civil parish in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, south of Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey and is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt. Godalming shares a three-way twinning arrangement with the towns of Joigny in France... - 1–2 July — 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 GodalmingGodalming Cricket ClubGodalming Cricket Club is based at Godalming, Surrey, and was briefly a major cricket team, playing 12 known first-class matches from 1821 to 1825. Its home ground then was The Burys but is now Holloway Hill recreation ground....
@ Lord's Cricket Ground - 8–10 July — 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 Ground - 15–16 July — 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 KentKent county cricket teamsKent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...
@ Lord's Cricket Ground - 25–27 July — KentKent county cricket teamsKent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...
v 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...
@ West Kent CC, ChislehurstChislehurstChislehurst is a suburban district in south-east London, England, and an electoral ward of the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross.-Toponymy:... - 12–14 August — 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 The BsThe BsThe Bs was an occasional team that played first-class cricket in the first half of the 19th century in matches against All-England and Marylebone Cricket Club . The team ostensibly consisted of players whose surname began with the letter B given that there were numerous top-class players at that...
@ Lord's Cricket Ground
- 20–21 May — Cambridge University
Debutants
1822 debutants included:- Horace BatesHorace BatesHorace Bates was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1822 to 1826. He was mainly associated with Kent and made nine known appearances in first-class matches, including five for The Bs.-Bibliography:* Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 , Lillywhite, 1862...
(Kent) - John BayleyJohn Bayley (cricketer)John Bayley was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1822 to 1850. He was mainly associated with Surrey and was a member of the county team when Surrey County Cricket Club was founded in 1845...
(Surrey/MCC) - Robert BroadbridgeRobert BroadbridgeRobert Broadbridge was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1822 to 1824...
(Sussex) - Percyvall DykePercyvall DykePercyvall Hart Dyke was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1822 to 1837. He was mainly associated with Kent and Marylebone Cricket Club , of which he was a member...
(Kent) - John EvansJohn Evans (Kent cricketer)John Evans was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1822 to 1823. He was mainly associated with Kent and made 4 known appearances in first-class matches.-Bibliography:...
(Kent) - James GrinhamJames GrinhamJames Grinham was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1822 to 1835...
(Sussex) - James JordanJames Jordan (cricketer)James Jordan was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1822 to 1824...
(Kent) - Edward KnightEdward Knight (cricketer)Edward Knight was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1822 to 1828. He was mainly associated with Kent and Marylebone Cricket Club , of which he was a member...
(Hampshire) - James LadbrokeJames LadbrokeJames Weller Ladbroke was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1822 to 1824. He was mainly associated with Sussex and made 8 known appearances in first-class matches.-Bibliography:* Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 , Lillywhite, 1862...
(Sussex) - W PetoW. Peto (Surrey cricketer)W Peto was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1822 to 1825. He was mainly associated with Godalming Cricket Club and Surrey. He made 9 known appearances in first-class matches.-Bibliography:...
(Surrey) - James SaundersJames Saunders (cricketer)James Saunders was an English cricketer in the 19th century. He was a noted left-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper...
(Sussex) - William Henry SewellWilliam Sewell (cricketer)William Henry Sewell was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1822 to 1827...
(MCC)