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Early Cricket
From Guildford to Lord's - cricket before 1800
Introduction
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Sitemap and objectives
History
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Timelines
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General historical timeline
General cricket history timeline
Early cricket detailed timeline
A narrative history
Origins of cricket
Evolution of bowling, bat and stumps
Women’s Cricket
Cricket outside England
School cricket
Gallery
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Very early images
The Cricket Field
Youth and Schools
Portraits
Library
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Poems about cricket
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In Certamen Pilae (About a ball-game) – William Goldwin (1706)
Cricket, An Heroic Poem – James Love (1744)
Surrey Triumphant or The Kentish Men’s Defeat – John Duncombe (1773)
The Kentish Cricketers – John Burnby (1773)
Cricket – The Rev Mr Cotton of Winchester (1775)
The Noble Cricketers – John Wolcot (1778)
The Cryketeers – Ferdinando Fungus (1790)
The Game of Cricket – Rev Samuel Bishop (1796)
Nine from Haygarth
Poems featuring cricket
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The Echoing Green – William Blake (1789)
Childish Recollections – Lord Byron (1806)
Composed in the Valley near Dover – William Wordsworth (1802)
Later poems about the period
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Ballard of dead cricketers – Andrew Lang (1884)
England Past and Present 1770-1900 – Alfred Cochrane (c1905)
The cricketers of Hambledon – Bruce Bunt (1928)
19th Century writings
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A Country Cricket Match – Mary Russell Mitford (1824)
The Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds – Frederick Reynolds – 1826
The Cricketers of my Time – John Nyren (1833)
Felix on the Bat – Nicholas Wanostrocht (1845)
The Cricket Field – Rev James Pycroft – (1859)
The Cricket Tutor – James Pycroft (1862)
Echoes from Old Cricket Fields – Frederick Gale (1871)
The Game of Cricket – Fredrick Gale (1870)
The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England – Joseph Strutt (1831)
The Hambledon Men – edited by E.V. Lucas (1907)
Modern histories
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Cricket – Horace Gordon Hutchinson (1903)
A History of Cricket – HS Altham and EW Swanton (1925)
The Early History of Cricket – S.M. Toyne (1955)
The Ladybird Story of Cricket – Vera Southgate (1964)
Early Cricket – John Arlott (1977)
Early History of Cricket – E.D.R. Edgar (1981)
Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century – Timothy McCann (2004)
Cricket and Community in England: 1800 to the Present Day – Peter Davies (Author), Robert Light (2015)
The game
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Laws
Equipment
Techniques
The Field
Spectators
A mock 18th Century game
Grounds
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White Conduit Fields
The Artillery Ground
Mousley Hurst
Broadhalfpenny Down
Windmill Down
Dorset Square- the first Lord’s
Other important grounds
Players
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Listing of Cricketers
The Early Cricket Hall of Fame
Matches
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Important Matches
Single wicket matches
Matches to Remember
Teams
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Star and Garter
Slindon
Hambledon
Marylebone Cricket Club
Other important teams
Finance
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Patrons
Early Cricket
From Guildford to Lord's - cricket before 1800
Main Menu
Introduction
Menu Toggle
Sitemap and objectives
History
Menu Toggle
Timelines
Menu Toggle
General historical timeline
General cricket history timeline
Early cricket detailed timeline
A narrative history
Origins of cricket
Evolution of bowling, bat and stumps
Women’s Cricket
Cricket outside England
School cricket
Gallery
Menu Toggle
Very early images
The Cricket Field
Youth and Schools
Portraits
Library
Menu Toggle
Poems about cricket
Menu Toggle
In Certamen Pilae (About a ball-game) – William Goldwin (1706)
Cricket, An Heroic Poem – James Love (1744)
Surrey Triumphant or The Kentish Men’s Defeat – John Duncombe (1773)
The Kentish Cricketers – John Burnby (1773)
Cricket – The Rev Mr Cotton of Winchester (1775)
The Noble Cricketers – John Wolcot (1778)
The Cryketeers – Ferdinando Fungus (1790)
The Game of Cricket – Rev Samuel Bishop (1796)
Nine from Haygarth
Poems featuring cricket
Menu Toggle
The Echoing Green – William Blake (1789)
Childish Recollections – Lord Byron (1806)
Composed in the Valley near Dover – William Wordsworth (1802)
Later poems about the period
Menu Toggle
Ballard of dead cricketers – Andrew Lang (1884)
England Past and Present 1770-1900 – Alfred Cochrane (c1905)
The cricketers of Hambledon – Bruce Bunt (1928)
19th Century writings
Menu Toggle
A Country Cricket Match – Mary Russell Mitford (1824)
The Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds – Frederick Reynolds – 1826
The Cricketers of my Time – John Nyren (1833)
Felix on the Bat – Nicholas Wanostrocht (1845)
The Cricket Field – Rev James Pycroft – (1859)
The Cricket Tutor – James Pycroft (1862)
Echoes from Old Cricket Fields – Frederick Gale (1871)
The Game of Cricket – Fredrick Gale (1870)
The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England – Joseph Strutt (1831)
The Hambledon Men – edited by E.V. Lucas (1907)
Modern histories
Menu Toggle
Cricket – Horace Gordon Hutchinson (1903)
A History of Cricket – HS Altham and EW Swanton (1925)
The Early History of Cricket – S.M. Toyne (1955)
The Ladybird Story of Cricket – Vera Southgate (1964)
Early Cricket – John Arlott (1977)
Early History of Cricket – E.D.R. Edgar (1981)
Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century – Timothy McCann (2004)
Cricket and Community in England: 1800 to the Present Day – Peter Davies (Author), Robert Light (2015)
The game
Menu Toggle
Laws
Equipment
Techniques
The Field
Spectators
A mock 18th Century game
Grounds
Menu Toggle
White Conduit Fields
The Artillery Ground
Mousley Hurst
Broadhalfpenny Down
Windmill Down
Dorset Square- the first Lord’s
Other important grounds
Players
Menu Toggle
Listing of Cricketers
The Early Cricket Hall of Fame
Matches
Menu Toggle
Important Matches
Single wicket matches
Matches to Remember
Teams
Menu Toggle
Star and Garter
Slindon
Hambledon
Marylebone Cricket Club
Other important teams
Finance
Menu Toggle
Patrons
The Game of Cricket – Rev Samuel Bishop (1796)
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