{"id":47,"date":"2022-03-29T07:44:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T07:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earlycricket.uk\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2025-12-29T12:59:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:59:34","slug":"sitemap","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/sitemap\/","title":{"rendered":"Sitemap and objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-page pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/sitemap\/#Approach\" >Approach<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/sitemap\/#Objectives_of_the_site\" >Objectives of the site<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/sitemap\/#Site_map\" >Site map<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Approach\"><\/span>Approach<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I need to make two key points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) While there has been a lot of research in early cricket, most of this has been from the point of view of the gathering of match records in as much detail as can be imagined. Additionally, David Underwood has written a book called <em>Start of Play<\/em>, which tackles the question of the Social context of early cricket. Other books have been written that cover the wider history of cricket and devote perhaps a chapter or two to this period. With this site, I have wider ambitions. I want to breathe a little life into the early game by considering how it was played, by whom and while. It is a big task, and I know I have fallen well short, but hopefully, at least, I have made a mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) Wittgenstein said, in a different context, &#8220;Whereof we cannot speak,\u00a0thereof we must remain silent&#8221;. Ludwig had a point. There is unquestionably a huge amount of cricket history that was never recorded and is irretrievably lost. In addition, much of early cricket is only recorded in a perfunctory\u00a0manner, perhaps just a one-line announcement in a newspaper, and often we are lucky to get that much. So &#8211; any consideration of the period is going to have to concentrate on those aspects for which records exist, which inevitably leads to an unwanted bias, in class terms to the aristocracy, in playing terms towards the best players and in geographic terms towards London. For the most part, all we can say about the silent majority is yes, we realise that they were there and their part in cricket history is vast, but, sadly, unknowable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That being said, this is what the site sets out to do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Objectives_of_the_site\"><\/span>Objectives of the site<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1. To promote knowledge and understanding of the history of cricket before 1800<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. To explore the experience of playing or watching cricket in the Eighteenth Century<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. To use the functionality of a web-site to present an on-line encyclopedia of Eighteenth Century cricket to allow users to explore the subject in an individual way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. To provide a range of resources, especially textual and pictorial, for those who wish to study the subject in greater depth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Site_map\"><\/span>Site map<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n    <style>\n        ul.wpvs_wrapper li>a {\n            background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;        }\n\n        ul.wpvs_wrapper li>a:hover {\n            background-color: #CCCCCC; color: #333333;        }\n\n        ul.wpvs_wrapper li>a,\n        ul.wpvs_wrapper>li ul li {\n                    }\n    <\/style>\n\n    <ul class=\"wpvs_wrapper\"><ul id=\"menu-menu-the-first\" class=\"wpvs_wrapper\"><li class=\"wpvs_column_1 \"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/\"><span>Introduction<\/a><\/span><ul class=\"sub-menu\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/sitemap\/\"><span>Sitemap and objectives<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"wpvs_column_1 \"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/early-history-of-cricket-introduction\/\"><span>History<\/a><\/span><ul class=\"sub-menu\"><li class=\"\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" href=\"#\"><span>Timelines<\/a><\/span><ul class=\"sub-menu\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/general-historical-timeline\/\"><span>General historical timeline<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/timeline-of-cricket\/\"><span>General cricket history timeline<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/early-cricket-detailed-timeline\/\"><span>Early cricket detailed timeline<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/narrative-history\/\"><span>A brief narrative history<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/origins-of-cricket\/\"><span>Origins of cricket<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/evolution-of-bowling-bat-and-stumps\/\"><span>Evolution of bowling, bat and stumps<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/womens-cricket\/\"><span>Women\u2019s Cricket<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/cricket-further-afield\/\"><span>Cricket outside England<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/public-school-cricket\/\"><span>School cricket<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/a-few-memoranda-respecting-the-progress-of-cricket-john-nyren\/\"><span>Further consideration of Nyren\u2019s Memoranda<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"wpvs_column_1 \"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/gallery\/\"><span>Gallery<\/a><\/span><ul class=\"sub-menu\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/very-early-images\/\"><span>Very early images<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/paintings\/\"><span>The Cricket Field<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/youth-and-schools\/\"><span>Youth and Schools<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/portraiture\/\"><span>Portraits<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/political-cartoons\/\"><span>Political cartoons<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"wpvs_column_1 \"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/my-library-of-early-cricket\/\"><span>Library<\/a><\/span><ul class=\"sub-menu\"><li class=\"\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/my-library-of-early-cricket\/#About_cricket\"><span>Poems about cricket<\/a><\/span><ul class=\"sub-menu\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/in-certamen-pilae-about-a-ball-game\/\"><span>In Certamen Pilae (About a ball-game) \u2013 William Goldwin (1706)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/radnage-cricket-song-anon-c1720\/\"><span>Radnage Cricket Song \u2013 Anon (c1720)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/cricket-an-heroic-poem-by-james-love\/\"><span>Cricket, An Heroic Poem \u2013 James Love (1744)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/john-duncombe-surry-triumphant-or-the-kentish-mens-defeat\/\"><span>Surrey Triumphant or The Kentish Men&#8217;s Defeat &#8211; John Duncombe   (1773)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/the-kentish-cricketers\/\"><span>The Kentish Cricketers \u2013 John Burnby (1773)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/cricket\/\"><span>Cricket \u2013 The Rev Mr Cotton of Winchester (1775)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/the-noble-cricketers-john-wolcot\/\"><span>The Noble Cricketers \u2013 John\u00a0Wolcot (1778)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/ferdinando-fungus-the-cryketeers-1790\/\"><span>The Cryketeers \u2013 Ferdinando Fungus (1790)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/the-game-of-cricket-rev-samuel-bishop-1796\/\"><span>The Game of Cricket \u2013 Rev Samuel Bishop (1796)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/eight-songs-from-haygarth\/\"><span>Nine from Haygarth<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/my-library-of-early-cricket\/#Featuring_cricket\"><span>Poems featuring cricket<\/a><\/span><ul class=\"sub-menu\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/the-echoing-green-by-william-blake\/\"><span>The Echoing Green  &#8211; 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Lucas (1907)<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/my-library-of-early-cricket\/#Books\"><span>Modern histories<\/a><\/span><ul class=\"sub-menu\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/cricket-by-horace-gordon-hutchinson\/\"><span>Cricket \u2013 Horace Gordon Hutchinson (1903)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/a-history-of-cricket-hs-altham-and-ew-swanton-1925\/\"><span>A History of Cricket \u2013 HS Altham and EW Swanton (1925)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/the-early-history-of-cricket-s-m-toyne-1955\/\"><span>The Early History of Cricket \u2013 S.M. Toyne (1955)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/labybird-history-of-cricket\/\"><span>The Ladybird Story of Cricket &#8211; Vera Southgate (1964)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/john-arlott-on-early-cricket\/\"><span>Early Cricket \u2013 John Arlott (1977)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/early-history-of-cricket-e-d-r-edgar\/\"><span>Early History of Cricket \u2013 E.D.R. Edgar (1981)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/sussex-cricket-in-the-eighteenth-century-timothy-mccann-2004\/\"><span>Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century \u2013 Timothy McCann (2004)<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/cricket-and-community-in-england-1800-to-the-present-day-paperback-peter-davies-author-robert-light\/\"><span>Cricket and Community in England: 1800 to the Present Day \u2013  Peter Davies (Author), Robert Light (2015)<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"wpvs_column_1 \"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/playing-the-game\/\"><span>The game<\/a><\/span><ul class=\"sub-menu\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/rules\/\"><span>Laws<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/kit-and-equipment\/\"><span>Equipment<\/a><\/span><\/li><li 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href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/the-artillery-ground\/\"><span>The Artillery Ground<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/mousley-hurst\/\"><span>Mousley Hurst<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/broadhalfpenny-down\/\"><span>Broadhalfpenny Down<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/windmill-down\/\"><span>Windmill Down<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/dorset-square-the-first-lords-ground\/\"><span>Dorset Square- the first Lord\u2019s<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/other-important-grounds\/\"><span>Other important grounds<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"wpvs_column_1 \"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/players\/\"><span>Players<\/a><\/span><ul class=\"sub-menu\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/listing-of-cricketers\/\"><span>Listing of Cricketers<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/the-early-cricket-hall-of-fame\/\"><span>The Early Cricket Hall of Fame<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"wpvs_column_1 \"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/matches\/\"><span>Matches<\/a><\/span><ul class=\"sub-menu\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/match-listing-double-wicket-matches\/\"><span>Important Matches<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/single-wicket-matches\/\"><span>Single wicket matches<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/matches-to-remember\/\"><span>Matches to Remember<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"wpvs_column_1 \"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" 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