1804 English cricket season

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1804 English cricket season
← 1803 1805 →

1804 was the 18th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The first Eton v Harrow match may have been played at Lord's Old Ground.

Honours

Most runs^[1] – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 258 (HS 94)
Most wickets^[1] – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 17

Events

According to a Harrovian who played in the 1805 Eton v Harrow match, the fixture also took place in 1804 with Harrow winning.^[2]
With the Napoleonic War continuing, loss of investment and manpower impacted cricket^[3] and only 5 first-class matches have been recorded in 1804:
- 18–20 June: MCC v All-England @ Lord's Old Ground^[4]
- 27–28 June: MCC and Homerton v Hampshire @ Lord's Old Ground^[5]
- 2 July: MCC v All-England @ Lord's Old Ground^[6]
- 9 July: All-England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground^[6]
- 23–24 July: MCC v All-England @ Lord's Old Ground^[7]

Debutants

1804 debutants included:

Richard Beckett (MCC; amateur)
Samuel Bridger (Surrey)
Felix Ladbroke (MCC; amateur)
Thomas Vigne (Surrey; amateur)
John Pontifex
Henry Bentley

References

^ ^a ^b Note that scorecards created in the first quarter of the 19th century are not necessarily accurate or complete; therefore any summary of runs, wickets or catches can only represent the known totals and computation of averages is ineffectual.
^ Bowen, p. 268.
^ ACS, Important Matches, p. 4.
^ Haygarth, p. 309.
^ Haygarth, p. 310.
^ ^a ^b Haygarth, p. 311.
^ Haygarth, p. 313.

Bibliography

Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Lillywhite.

ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
Altham, H. S. (1962). A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914). George Allen & Unwin.
Birley, Derek (1999). A Social History of English Cricket. Aurum.
Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
Britcher, Samuel, A list of all the principal Matches of Cricket that have been played (1790 to 1805), annual series
Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.

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