#1801

4 incidents tagged

First Major Match on the Brighton Steine — Sussex v Hampshire, August 1801

Sussex vs Hampshire

1801-08-12

On 12-13 August 1801, the open green of the Steine in Brighton — already a fashionable Regency promenade thanks to the Prince of Wales's patronage of the town — hosted its first documented major cricket match: Sussex against Hampshire. The Prince himself, residing at the Marine Pavilion, watched from the eastern boundary. The match marked Brighton's arrival as a senior cricket town and the beginning of Sussex as a recognised major county side.

#regency-cricket#underarm#brighton

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John Hammond Keeps Wicket for England — Surrey v England, June 1801

Surrey vs England

1801-06-15

John Hammond of Storrington, a 22-year-old Sussex professional, kept wicket for England against Surrey at Lord's in June 1801 — his first major appearance behind the stumps. He took two stumpings and a catch and was praised by contemporaries for his quiet hands. He would keep wicket in major matches for twenty years and is remembered as the leading Regency wicketkeeper.

#regency-cricket#underarm#lord-s-old-ground

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William Lambert's Senior Debut — Surrey v England at Lord's, July 1801

Surrey vs England

1801-07-20

On 20-21 July 1801 a 22-year-old village professional named William Lambert appeared for Surrey against England at Thomas Lord's first ground in Dorset Square. Listed tenth in the order, he scored 0 and 5 in a low-scoring defeat. Within a decade he would be ranked alongside Beauclerk and Beldham as the finest all-rounder in England, and in 1817 he would become the first man to score two centuries in the same major match.

#william-lambert#surrey#lord-s-old-ground

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MCC Republishes the Laws of Cricket — 1801 Revision

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1801-05-15

In 1801 the Marylebone Cricket Club, founded only fourteen years earlier, formally revised and republished the Laws of Cricket in their entirety. The new code clarified the rules on bat dimensions, pitch length, no-balls and the duties of umpires. It established the MCC's authority over the laws of the game — an authority the club has retained without serious challenge for 225 years.

#mcc#laws-of-cricket#1801