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1821-06-15
In June 1821 Stonyhurst College in Lancashire — the leading Catholic public school in England — held its earliest documented cricket match, a house fixture between Higher Line and Lower Line. The match marks the arrival of cricket at Stonyhurst and is the earliest documented major-school cricket fixture in northern England.
MCC vs Sussex
1821-07-23
On 23-24 July 1821 — four days after George IV's coronation — the MCC played Sussex at Brighton in a fixture timed to coincide with the new king's expected arrival at the Royal Pavilion. The king did not attend, but the match drew an exceptional crowd and is the most celebrated of the coronation-summer cricket fixtures.
MCC vs Cambridge University
1821-06-25
On 25-26 June 1821 the MCC played Cambridge University at Parker's Piece — the first formal fixture between MCC and a representative Cambridge XI. MCC won by an innings. The fixture is the foundation entry of the long-running MCC v Cambridge series and a marker of Cambridge's emergence as a recognised major-cricket force.
Gentlemen vs Players
1821-07-24
Billed in honour of George IV's accession, the so-called 'Coronation Match' between the Gentlemen and the Players at Lord's in July 1821 ended in farce when the Gentlemen, having been bowled out for 60 and watching the Players cruise to 270 for 6 (Thomas Beagley made 113 not out, the first century in the fixture's history), simply gave up and conceded defeat midway through the second day.
Gentlemen vs Players
1821-07-23
On 23-24 July 1821, in the chaotic Coronation Match between the Gentlemen and the Players at Lord's, William 'Silver Billy' Beldham — the last great Hambledon batsman still in important cricket — played his final recorded senior fixture at the age of 55. He scored 23 not out in the Players' innings and walked off the first-class stage that he had occupied since 1782, a career of 39 seasons unmatched in the early game.