George Oldner was an English cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er who played in major matches for London Cricket Club

London Cricket Club

The original London Cricket Club was formed by 1722 and was one of the foremost clubs in English cricket over the next four decades. It is closely associated with the Artillery Ground, where it played most of its home matches.-Early history of London cricket:...

 during the 1730s.

Career

In June 1736, George Oldner and Wakeland

Wakeland (London cricketer)

Wakeland was an English cricketer who played in major matches for London Cricket Club during the 1730s.-Career:...

 played in a single wicket match for London against two "famous" Richmond

Richmond Cricket Club, Surrey

Richmond Cricket Club was based in Richmond, Surrey and was a leading club during the 18th century, its team taking part in several major cricket matches. Its home venue was at Richmond Green.-Earliest mentions:...

 players who are "esteemed the best two in England".

As Oldner had established his reputation by 1736, he must have been active for some years previously and his career probably began in the 1720s. Very few players were mentioned by name in contemporary reports and there are no other references to Oldner.

External links

• From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300 – 1787

Further reading

• H T Waghorn
  H T Waghorn
  Henry Thomas Waghorn , was a cricket statistician and historian. He is best known for his two classic researches into cricket's early history: The Dawn of Cricket and Cricket Scores: 1730 - 1773....
  
  , Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730-1773), Blackwood, 1899