1803 English cricket season
In the 1803 English cricket season, Thomas Howard made his debut in first-class cricket.
Honours
Events
- Prime Minister William Pitt referred to cricket when introducing his Defence Bill.[2]
- With the Napoleonic War continuing, loss of investment and manpower impacted cricket and only three first-class matches have been recorded in 1803:
- Another match that has sometimes been regarded as first-class is H C Woolridge's XI v W R Capel's XI at Clifford's Park, Rickmansworth, on Friday 26 August.
Debutants
1803 debutants included:
References
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Haygarth, p.305.
- 1 2 Haygarth, p.307.
Bibliography
- Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Lillywhite.
Additional reading
- 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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