1824 English cricket season
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In the 1824 English cricket season, the Gentlemen v Players
was an odds game with 14 on the Gentlemen team, but the Players still won by 103 runs.
Gentlemen v Players
The 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...
was an odds game with 14 on the Gentlemen team, but the Players still won by 103 runs.
Honours
- Most runs – 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...
267 (HS 92) - Most wickets – Thomas FlavelThomas FlavelThomas Flavel was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1821 to 1828.An all-rounder who bowled and kept wicket, Flavel was mainly associated with Surrey...
31 (BB 7–?)
Events
- There is evidence of a county club having been formed in DevonDevonDevon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
shire, though the current Devon County Cricket ClubDevon County Cricket ClubDevon County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Devon and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy....
dates from 1899. - 6 first-classFirst-class cricketFirst-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...
matches were recorded in 1824:- 5 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 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... - 20 July — 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... - 26 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 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 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... - 2 August — Gentlemen XIV v Players XIGentlemen 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... - 6 August — Sussex 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....
@ Petworth ParkPetworth ParkPetworth Park at Petworth, West Sussex was used as a major cricket venue for 3 first-class matches between 1824 and 1826.-External links:* * -Bibliography:* Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 1 , Lillywhite, 1862... - 13 August — 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 Sussex @ 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...
- 5 July — MCC