List of historically significant English cricket teams
The purpose of this list is to identify all historically significant English cricket clubs and teams which played in matches that were either officially or unofficially first-class. It concentrates on those which are now defunct or, although extant, not currently significant. Therefore, the list excludes County Championship clubs, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), touring teams and the main university clubs. Clubs in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship or in one of the ECB Premier Leagues are excluded unless they formerly played in first-class matches. Note that some clubs which folded were subsequently refounded as modern league clubs. Many of the teams are ad hoc units named after their organiser (e.g., A. E. R. Gilligan's XI) while others are combinations (e.g., Kent & Sussex).[1][2] In the source column, if only one citation is given, it relates to the earliest known mention of the team.
N.B. The list is believed complete re all clubs and teams that were active at the highest level of the game up to 1825. Many clubs and teams post-1825 are already included but they are not exhaustive.
A
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1786 | A to C | Moulsey Hurst | 1 | [3] |
| notes |
"A to C" was in fact a Kent Eleven and it was a curiosity that they selected only players whose names began with A, B or C while their D to Z opponents, who were in fact a Hampshire team with given men, selected only players whose names did not begin A, B or C. Haygarth in S&B calls it "Hambledon Club with Lumpy versus Kent". The venue, in Surrey, was neutral. Haygarth says he saw the alphabetical title in other sources. | |||
| 1831 – 1833 | A to K | Lord's | 2 | [4][5] |
| notes |
The two "A to K" versus "L to Z" matches in 1831 and 1833 were among the few genuine alphabetical matches. They were both played at Lord's by teams of MCC members supplemented by a few leading professionals including Jem Broadbridge, William Lillywhite, Fuller Pilch and Ned Wenman. The 1833 match was 12-a-side. | |||
| 1787 – 1789 | A to M | Lord's Old Ground and Bishopsbourne Paddock | 5 | [6] |
| notes |
According to CricketArchive (CA), teams called "A to M" and "N to Z" played each other five times in three seasons from 1787. The main secondary source for the five matches is Scores & Biographies (S&B) which calls the two teams "Earl of Winchilsea's Side" and "Sir Horace (Horatio) Mann's Side". There is nothing in S&B to suggest that the teams were organised alphabetically. Furthermore, the so-called "A to M" teams included Tom Taylor and the "N to Z" included James Aylward and William Fennex. CA claims that these were "given men" and also that the two patrons evidently alternated between the teams, which would put Winchilsea into "A to M" and Mann into "N to Z". The S&B version is supported by the ACS and Stumpsite.[7][8][2] See the entries below for Earl of Winchilsea's XI and Sir Horatio Mann's XI. | |||
| 1925; 1958–66 | A. E. R. Gilligan's XI | Central Recreation Ground, Hastings | 12 | [9] |
| notes |
An occasional team formed by Arthur Gilligan which played in one match against L. H. Tennyson's XI in 1925 during Gilligan's playing career. Gilligan reformed the team in 1958 for a match against the international tourists (New Zealand in 1958) at Hastings. This became an annual fixture at Hastings until 1966 and Gilligan's team also played against Sussex. | |||
| 1895 – 1898 | A. E. Stoddart's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1885 – 1901 | A. J. Webbe's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1881 – 1885 | A. Shaw's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1888 – 1893 | A. Shrewsbury's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1879 | A. W. Ridley's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1746 | Addington & Bromley | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1745 – 1746 | Addington & Lingfield | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1743 – 1752 | Addington | |||
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| 1727 | Alan Brodrick's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1739 – | All-England | various | many | [10] |
| notes |
All-England teams are often referred to simply as "England" but it must be noted that they are non-international teams and the term typically means "The Rest of England" (often abbreviated to "The Rest") vis-à-vis their opponents who might be MCC or a county club. There were specific variations on the "All-England" theme, especially William Clarke's All-England Eleven (1846 – 1881), which was commonly known as the All-England Eleven or AEE. Others were the United All-England Eleven (UEE; 1852 – 1869), the United North of England Eleven (UNEE; 1870 – 1881) and the United South of England Eleven (USEE; 1865 – 1880). | |||
| 1775 | Alphabetical | Artillery Ground and Moulsey Hurst | 2 | [11] |
| notes |
This refers to two matches organised by the Duke of Dorset and the Earl of Tankerville in May 1775, the first one played at the Artillery Ground and the return at Moulsey Hurst two days later. Details of the teams are unknown and so it cannot be said which letters of the alphabet applied to each team. All that is known is that the patrons made two "Grand Alphabetical Matches". | |||
| 1782 | Alresford & Odiham | |||
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| 1776 – 1785 | Alresford | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1919 | Army and Navy | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1702 | Arundel | Bury Hill aka Berry Hill | 1 | [12] |
| notes |
It is believed that the Arundel club was formally constituted in 1704 but, two years earlier, an Arundel team took part in a match against a team raised by Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond. The venue for that match is unknown but Arundel's ground at Bury Hill was in use for other major matches through much of the 18th century. The Arundel club remains active at league level in Sussex. | |||
B
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1805 – 1832 | Bs | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1822 | Bakewell | |||
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| 1741 | Bedfordshire | |||
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| 1811 | Benjamin Aislabie's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1746 – 1795 | Berkshire (pre-county club) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1766 – 1773 | Bourne | |||
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| 1730 – 1799 | Brentford | |||
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| 1790 – 1825 | Brighton | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1912 – 1939 | British Army (or "Army") | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1940 – 1945 | British Empire XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1742 – 1808 | Bromley | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1741 – 1785 | Buckinghamshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1740 | Buckinghamshire, Berkshire & Hertfordshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1795 – 1796 | Bullingdon | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1821 – 1825 | Bury (Norfolk) | |||
| notes | ||||
C
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | C. B. Fry's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1882 – 1929 | C. I. Thornton's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1896 | C. de Trafford's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1817 – 1877 | Cambridge Town Club | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1826 – 1833 | Cambridge Union Club | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1882 – 1890 | Cambridge University Past & Present | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1857 – 1871 | Cambridgeshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1864 | Cambridgeshire & Yorkshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1923 | Capped (in Capped v Uncapped match at Hastings) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1810 | Captain Blagrave's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1767 – 1770 | Caterham | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1731 | Thomas Chambers' XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1795 – 1802 | Charles Lennox's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1788 | Charles Powlett's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1705 – 1773 | Chatham | unknown | 2 | [13][14] |
| notes |
The first reference to a team from Chatham is a match against West of Kent in 1705, one of the earliest known major matches. There is a specific reference to a "Chatham Club" re a single wicket match in 1754.[15] Chatham lost by 20 runs to Meopham on Thursday, 11 June 1772, in George Louch's "cricketing field" at Chatham.[16] In September 1772, Chatham played two matches against Dartford, the second one on Louch's field. Chatham won the first at Dartford by 19 runs and then Dartford won at Chatham, also by 19 runs.[17] There are records of three matches against Bourne in 1773. The first at Bishopsbourne Paddock on Friday, 30 July 1773, was abandoned because of bad weather. Bourne won the second at Chatham on 30 and 31 August by 7 wickets and the third at Bishopsbourne on 6 and 7 September by 1 wicket.[18] Louch's field was the club's venue in the early 1770s and there are references in 1785 and 1787 to Chatham Lines as a venue.[19] On 6 August 1787, a local match was played at "The Star" on Chatham Hill and this venue is mentioned several times in reports to 1791, especially for single wicket contests.[20] There are few mentions of a Chatham team after 1773 and the last 18th century reference concerns a decidedly minor match against local opposition in June 1800.[21] The Chatham Club ultimately folded and there is no real modern equivalent, not even in Kent league cricket. The town of Chatham is famous historically for the Royal Dockyard but it is not known if there was any connection between the dockyard and the cricket club. | |||
| 1731 – 1789 | Chelsea | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1731 | Chelsfield | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1762 | Chertsey & Dartford | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1736 – 1784 | Chertsey | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1822 – 1855 | Cheshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1724 – 1726 | Chingford | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1743 | Chislehurst & Bromley | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1738 – 1746 | Chislehurst | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1927 | Civil Service | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1810 | Colonel Byng's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1920 – 1946 | Combined Services aka Services XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1769 | Coulsdon & Caterham | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1771 – 1784 | Coulsdon | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1751 | Country XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1787 – 1788 | Coventry | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1747 | Croydon & Addington | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1707 – 1798 | Croydon | |||
| notes | ||||
D
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1786 | D to Z aka Rest of the Alphabet | Moulsey Hurst | 1 | [3] |
| notes |
D to Z played against A to C, which was in fact a Kent Eleven and it was a curiosity that they selected only players whose names began with A, B or C while their D to Z opponents, who were in fact a Hampshire team with given men, selected only players whose names did not begin A, B or C. Haygarth in S&B calls it "Hambledon Club with Lumpy versus Kent". The venue, in Surrey, was neutral. Haygarth says he saw the alphabetical title in other sources. | |||
| 1814 | D. J. W. Kinnaird's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1722 – 1808 | Dartford | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1793 | David Harris' XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1919 | Demobilised Officers | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1752 | Deptford | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1753 | Dover | |||
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| 1895 – 1926 | Dublin University | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1769 – 1790 | Duke of Dorset's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1702 | 1st Duke of Richmond's XI | Goodwood | 1 | [12] |
| notes |
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, is believed to have been active in cricket patronage for several years but the only match in which he is definitely known to have been involved was one against Arundel in 1702, which his team apparently won. | |||
| 1725 – 1731 | 2nd Duke of Richmond's XI | |||
| notes |
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, was a significant cricket patron, especially in his native Sussex. He ran his own team for many years and was later involved with Slindon. | |||
| 1858 – 1861 | Durham & Yorkshire | |||
| notes | ||||
E
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1792 – 1813 | E. Bligh's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1793 | E. G. Morant's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1816 – 1818 | E. H. Budd's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1733 | Ealing & Acton | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1896 | Earl de la Warr's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1790 – 1795 | Earl of Darnley's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1787 – 1797 | Earl of Winchilsea's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1731 | East Grinstead | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1781 – 1790 | East Kent | Bishopsbourne Paddock | 7 | [22] |
| notes |
Although sometimes correctly named "East Kent", some of the teams should more properly be called Sir Horatio Mann's XI. All seven of the matches were against the West Kent equivalent managed by either John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset or Stephen Amherst. | |||
| 1822 | East Kent and Sussex | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1874 – 1948 | East | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1787 – 1824 | East Sussex | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1746 – 1752 | Edmonton | |||
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| 1724 – 1729 | Edwin Stead's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1731 | Enfield | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1814 – 1823 | Epsom | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1732 | Essex & Hertfordshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1737 – 1808 | Essex (pre-county club) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1731 | Ewell | |||
| notes | ||||
F
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1809 | F. C. Ladbroke's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1926 | F. S. G. Calthorpe's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1782 – 1786 | Farnham | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1840 – 1849 | Fast bowlers XI (Fast v Slow matches) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1819 | First Letters | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1786 | Five Parishes | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1809 | Four Chosen & Seven Others | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1800 | Four Parishes | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1912 – 1968 | Free Foresters | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1730 – 1733 | Fulham | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1846 | Fuller Pilch's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
G
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1788 | G. East's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1904 – 1914 | G. J. V. Weigall's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1911 | G. L. Jessop's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1793 | G. Louch's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1886 | G. N. Wyatt's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1869 – 1879 | Gentlemen & Players XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1806 – 1962 | Gentlemen | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1789 – 1961 | Gentlemen of England | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1771 – 1889 | Gentlemen of Hampshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1855 | Gentlemen of Kent & Surrey | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1857 | Gentlemen of Kent & Sussex | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1771 – 1892 | Gentlemen of Kent | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1729 | Gentlemen of London | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1853 – 1906 | Gentlemen of MCC | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1729 | Gentlemen of Middlesex | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1842 – 1846 | Gentlemen of Nottinghamshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1846 | Gentlemen of Southwell | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1856 | Gentlemen of Surrey & Sussex | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1840 – 1932 | Gentlemen of Surrey | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1771 – 1910 | Gentlemen of Sussex | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1844 – 1880 | Gentlemen of the North | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1844 – 1920 | Gentlemen of the South | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1802 | George Leycester's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1793 | George Louch's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1811 – 1816 | George Osbaldeston's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1877 | Gloucestershire & Yorkshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1821 – 1825 | Godalming | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1730 – 1767 | Greenwich | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1743 – 1748 | Greenwich & Deptford | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1762 | Guildford | |||
| notes | ||||
H
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1803 | H. C. Woolridge's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1902 – 1946 | H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1912 – 1919 | H. K. Foster's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1824 | H. Hoare's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1825 | H. J. Lloyd's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1891 | H. Philipson's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1892 | H. T. Hewett's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1747 – 1751 | Hadlow | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1786 | Hambledon & Sussex | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1756 – 1785 | Hambledon | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1773 – 1791 | Hambledon Town/Parish | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1908 | Hambledon XII | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1779 | Hampshire & Berkshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1826 | Hampshire & Surrey | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1772 | Hampshire & Sussex | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1766 – 1863 | Hampshire (pre-county club) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1726 – 1770 | Hampton | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1924 – 1928 | Harlequins | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1785 – 1814 | Hertfordshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1796 | Highgate | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1818 – 1822 | Holt (Norfolk) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1899 | Home Counties | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1800 – 1808 | Homerton | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1885 – 1930 | Hon. M. B. Hawke's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1785 – 1791 | Hornchurch | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1743 | Horsmonden & Weald | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1890 | Hurst Park | |||
| notes | ||||
I
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1866 – 1904 | I Zingari | |||
| notes | ||||
J
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 – 1909 | J. Bamford's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1800 | J. Gibbon's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1913 | J. R. Mason's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1923 | J. Sharp's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1747 | John Bowra's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1790 | John Hammond's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1798 | John Tufton's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
K
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1796 | Kennington | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1874 – 1876 | Kent & Gloucestershire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1864 | Kent & Nottinghamshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1746 – 1859 | Kent & Surrey | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1836 – 1902 | Kent & Sussex | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1913 | Kent & Yorkshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1709 – 1842 | Kent (pre-county club) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1742 | Kent, Croydon & Slindon | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1771 | Kent, Middlesex & Surrey | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1742 | Kent, Surrey & Sussex | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1720 – 1767 | Kingston | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1751 | Kingston & Hampton | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1739 | Kingston & Moulsey | |||
| notes | ||||
L
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1831 – 1833 | L to Z | Lord's | 2 | [4][5] |
| notes |
See A to K entry above. | |||
| 1923 – 1926 | L. H. Tennyson's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1885 – 1891 | L. Hall's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1933 – 1935 | L. Parkinson's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1912 – 1913 | L. Robinson's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1745 – 1748 | Lambeth | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1883 – 1909 | Lancashire & Yorkshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1849 – 1864 | Lancashire (pre-county club) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1852 – 1869 | Lansdown | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1819 | Last Letters | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1790 – 1870 | Left-handed XI (Left-handed v Right-handed matches) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1761 – 1765 | Leeds | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1781 – 1825 | Leicester | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1781 – 1800 | Leicestershire and Rutland | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1739 – 1785 | Lingfield | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1821 – 1824 | Liverpool | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1882 – 1894 | Liverpool and District | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1749 | London & Bromley | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1746 | London & Chislehurst | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1775 | London & Kent | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1735 – 1770 | London & Middlesex | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1726 – 1758 | London & Surrey | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1940 – 1945 | London Counties | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1900 – 1904 | London County | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1707 – 1800 | London | Artillery Ground | numerous | [13] |
| notes |
There is mention of a London club in 1722 but its foundation date is unknown and the teams which represented London in the early 18th century could have been ad hoc formations. London from the 1730s to the 1750s should be considered the equivalent of a county team as it was different to the Middlesex and Surrey teams it sometimes opposed. It is most famously associated with the Artillery Ground and was especially prominent in the heyday of single wicket cricket in the 1740s. The original London club faded in the 1760s and 1770s when it was superseded by Hambledon as the focal point of the sport; its last known major match was against its old rivals Dartford in 1778. From 1788, there was another London team, possibly unconnected with the original club, which competed against MCC and Middlesex in several matches to 1798. After that, there is a sole reference to a team called London playing a one-off match against Thames Ditton in 1800. Few details have survived of London's players but they included Ellis (accredited the club's "best bowler"); leading batsmen Little and Tall Bennett; and the noted single wicket players Thomas Jure and John Capon. | |||
| 1775 | London, Kent & Surrey | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1743 | London, Middlesex & Surrey | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1744 – 1749 | Long Robin's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1923 – 1924 | Lord Cowdray's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1798 – 1817 | Lord Frederick Beauclerk's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1886 – 1913 | Lord Londesborough's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1886 | Lord March's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1881 – 1896 | Lord Sheffield's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1832 | Lord Strathavon's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1799 | Lord Yarmouth's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1890 | Lyric Club | |||
| notes | ||||
M
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 – 1891 | M. Sherwin's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1791 | MCC & Hertfordshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1804 | MCC & Homerton | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1904 – 1937 | MCC Australia XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1910 – 1931 | MCC South African XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1935 | MCC West Indies XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1775 – 1781 | Maidenhead | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1774 | Maidstone | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1816 – 1864 | Manchester | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1733 – 1892 | Married XI (Married v Single matches) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1753 | Marylebone | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1780s | Melton Mowbray | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1772 – 1789 | Meopham | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1771 – 1797 | Middlesex & Surrey | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1730 – 1863 | Middlesex (pre-county club) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1743 | Middlesex, Buckinghamshire & Berkshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1896 – 1899 | Midland Counties | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1912 – 1994 | Minor Counties XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1707 – 1825 | Mitcham | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1796 – 1813 | Montpelier | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1802 | Montpelier Saturday | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1796 – 1797 | Montpelier Thursday | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1787 – 1789 | Moulsey Hurst | |||
| notes | ||||
N
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1787 – 1789 | N to Z | Lord's Old Ground and Bishopsbourne Paddock | 5 | [23] | |
| notes |
See A to M entry above. | ||||
| 1862 | New All England Eleven | ||||
| notes | |||||
| 1862 | New England Eleven | ||||
| notes | |||||
| 1846 | Nicholas Felix's XI | ||||
| notes | |||||
| 1884 | Non-smokers XI (Smokers v Non-smokers match) | ||||
| notes | |||||
| 1764 – 1851 | Norfolk (pre-county club) | ||||
| notes | |||||
| 1836 – 1961 | North | ||||
| notes | |||||
| 1741 | Northamptonshire & Huntingdonshire | ||||
| notes | |||||
| 1741 | Northamptonshire | ||||
| notes | |||||
| 1803 | Nottingham & Leicester | ||||
| notes | |||||
| 1771 – 1840 | Nottingham | ||||
| notes | |||||
| 1883 | Nottinghamshire & Lancashire | ||||
| notes | |||||
| 1803 | Nottinghamshire & Leicestershire | ||||
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| 1839 | Nottinghamshire & Sussex | ||||
| notes | |||||
| 1872 – 1883 | Nottinghamshire & Yorkshire | ||||
| notes | |||||
| 1829 – 1840 | Nottinghamshire (pre-county club) | ||||
| notes | |||||
O
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1781 | Odiham | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1780 – 1784 | Odiham & Alton | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1791 – 1819 | Old Etonians | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1881 | Old Oxford University | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1793 | Old Westminster | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1817 | Old Wykehamists | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1878 – 1883 | Orleans Club | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1879 – 1937 | Over 30 (Over 30 v Under 30 matches) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1850 | Over 36 (Under 36 v Over 36) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1810 | Over 38 (Over 38 v Under 38) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1839 – 1911 | Oxford & Cambridge Universities (see British Universities) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1888 – 1899 | Oxford University Past & Present | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1874 – 1893 | Oxford and Cambridge Past & Present (see British Universities) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1779 – 1781 | Oxfordshire | |||
| notes | ||||
P
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 – 1938 | P. F. Warner's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1724 | Penshurst, Tonbridge & Wadhurst | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1776 | Petersfield and Catherington | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1784 – 1845 | Petworth | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1806 – 1962 | Players | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1826 – 1892 | Players of Kent | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1842 – 1845 | Players of Nottinghamshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1845 – 1864 | Players of Surrey | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1838 – 1880 | Players of Sussex | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1871 – 1887 | Players of the North | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1864 – 1920 | Players of the South | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1733 | Prince of Wales XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1816 – 1818 | Prince's Plain Club | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1730 | Putney | |||
| notes | ||||
R
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1866 | R. D. Walker's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1870 – 1880 | R. Daft's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1883 | R. G. Barlow's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1793 | R. Leigh's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1793 | R. Newman's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1889 | R. Pilling's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1799 | R. Whitehead's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1762 | Rest of Surrey | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1744 – 1745 | Richard Newland's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1770 – 1799 | Richmond & Brentford | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1771 | Richmond, Hampton & Brentford | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1743 | Richmond & Kingston | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1740 | Richmond & Moulsey | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1749 | Richmond & Ripley | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1720 – 1805 | Richmond | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1790 – 1870 | Right-handed XI (Left-handed v Right-handed matches) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1802 | Ripley | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1747 | Ripley & Bromley | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1775 | Risborough | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1800 | Rochester | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1718 – 1719 | Rochester Punch Club | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1764 | Romford | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1922 – 1946 | Royal Air Force ("RAF") | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1912 – 1929 | Royal Navy ("Navy") | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1814 | Rutland | |||
| notes | ||||
S
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1789 | S. Amherst's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1909 | S. H. Cochrane's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1893 | Second Class Counties | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1830 | Seven Gentlemen with Four Players | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1731 – 1803 | Sevenoaks | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1826 | Sheffield & Leicester | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1757 – 1862 | Sheffield | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1733 – 1892 | Single XI (Married v Single matches) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1777 | Sir H. W. Marten's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1768 – 1795 | Sir Horatio Mann's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1932 – 1936 | Sir Julian Cahn's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1832 | Sir St Vincent Cotton's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1725 – 1733 | Sir William Gage's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1830 | Six Gentlemen with Five Players | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1741 – 1747 | Slindon | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1840 – 1849 | Slow bowlers XI (Fast v Slow matches) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1884 | Smokers XI (Smokers v Non-smokers match) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1912 | South Wales | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1836 – 1961 | South | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1864 – 1868 | Southgate | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1810 – 1814 | St John's Wood | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1886 – 1890 | Staffordshire England XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1746 – 1749 | Stephen Dingate’s XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1800 – 1811 | Storrington | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1783 | Strood | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1731 | Sudbury | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1764 – 1847 | Suffolk (pre-county club) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1733 – 1912 | Surrey & Middlesex | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1793 – 1900 | Surrey & Sussex | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1846 – 1873 | Surrey Club | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1709 – 1845 | Surrey (pre-county club) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1729 – 1838 | Sussex (pre-county club) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1729 | Sussex, Surrey & Hampshire | |||
| notes | ||||
T
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1787 – 1796 | T. A. Smith's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1881 – 1883 | T. Emmett's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1801 – 1807 | T. Mellish's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1951 – 1978 | T. N. Pearce's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1800 | Thames Ditton | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1795 – 1802 | The Thursday Club | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1786 | Thursley | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1747 – 1753 | Tom Faulkner's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1793 | Tom Walker's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1723 – 1724 | Tonbridge | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1790 | Tunbridge Wells | |||
| notes | ||||
U
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Uncapped (Capped v Uncapped match at Hastings) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1879 – 1937 | Under 30 (Over 30 v Under 30 matches) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1850 | Under 36 (Under 36 v Over 36) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1810 | Under 38 (Over 38 v Under 38) | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1852 – 1869 | United All-England Eleven | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1870 – 1881 | United North of England Eleven | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1865 – 1880 | United South of England Eleven | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1789 | Uxbridge | |||
| notes | ||||
V
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | V. W. C. Jupp's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
W
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1802 | W. Barton's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1871 – 1907 | W. G. Grace's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1890 | W. H. Laverton's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1803 | W. R. Capel's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1801 | W. Turner's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1790 | Wadhurst and Lamberhurst | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1799 | Waltham & Hertfordshire | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1801 | Waltham Abbey | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1755 – 1791 | Waltham | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1786 | Warfield | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1896 | Wembley Park | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1705 – 1790 | West Kent aka West of Kent | Sevenoaks Vine | 9 | [22] |
| notes |
Although sometimes correctly named "West Kent", some of the teams should more properly be called the Duke of Dorset's XI or S. Amherst's XI. Apart from early games against Chatham and Surrey, seven of the matches were between 1780 and 1790 against the East Kent equivalent managed by Sir Horatio (Horace) Mann and also called Sir Horatio Mann's XI. | |||
| 1822 | West Kent and Surrey | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1787 | West Sussex | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1844 – 1948 | West | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1746 – 1752 | Westminster | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1784 – 1788 | White Conduit Club | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1846 – 1881 | William Clarke's All-England Eleven | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1745 – 1747 | William Hodsoll's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1815 – 1825 | William Ward's XI | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1785 | Windsor | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1788 | Windsor Forest | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1791 | Windsor and Eton | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1757 | Wirksworth | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1912 | Woodbrook C & G | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1754 – 1806 | Woolwich | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1769 | Wrotham | |||
| notes | ||||
| 1800 | Ws & Hs with Lawrell | |||
| notes | ||||
Y
| known dates | team name | home or used venue | total | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1833 – 1862 | Yorkshire (pre-county club) | Hyde Park and Bramall Lane | many | [24] |
| notes |
Yorkshire was first used as a team name when Sheffield Cricket Club organised a match against Norfolk at Hyde Park from 2 to 5 September 1833. Most of Sheffield's matches were against other town clubs, notably Manchester and Nottingham, but they called themselves Yorkshire when facing county opposition. The first "Roses Match" against Lancashire took place on 23–25 July 1849, Yorkshire winning by 5 wickets.[25] Yorkshire County Cricket Club was formed on 8 January 1863 at a meeting of the Match Fund Committee which had been established two years earlier by the Sheffield club for the promotion of inter-county matches.[26] | |||
| 1828 | Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire & Leicestershire | Darnall New Ground | 1 | [27] |
| notes |
An ad hoc team which was formed to play one match only against All-England at Darnall on 8 to 10 September 1828, All-England winning by 242 runs. The match arose from a challenge made by William Woolhouse on behalf of the northern counties to the rest of England. It backfired as the combined team, which featured Tom Marsden, could manage only 92 runs in the entire match against the roundarm bowling of Jem Broadbridge and William Lillywhite, while Fuller Pilch scored 49 and 56 for a personal match total of 105. | |||
Footnotes
References
- ↑ ACS Guides
- 1 2 Leach, John (2008). "Classification of cricket matches from 1697 to 1825". Stumpsite. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.
- 1 2 Haygarth, S&B volume 1, p. 67.
- 1 2 Haygarth, S&B volume 2, p. 152.
- 1 2 Haygarth, S&B volume 2, p. 213.
- ↑ "A to M". CricketArchive.
- ↑ Haygarth, S&B volume 1, pp. 77–91
- ↑ ACS, Important Cricket Matches, p. 27.
- ↑ "A. E. R. Gilligan's XI". CricketArchive.
- ↑ The earliest known use of the term was in 1739 as recorded in Waghorn, Cricket Scores, p. 23.
- ↑ Buckley, FL18, p. 70.
- 1 2 McCann, p. 1.
- 1 2 Waghorn, Dawn of Cricket, p. 4.
- ↑ Buckley, FL18, p. 62.
- ↑ Waghorn, Cricket Scores, p. 53.
- ↑ Waghorn, Cricket Scores, pp. 78–79.
- ↑ Waghorn, Cricket Scores, p. 87.
- ↑ Waghorn, Cricket Scores, pp. 111–114.
- ↑ Waghorn, Dawn of Cricket, pp. 70–71.
- ↑ Waghorn, Dawn of Cricket, pp. 106–114.
- ↑ Waghorn, Dawn of Cricket, p. 164.
- 1 2 Haygarth, S&B volume 1, pp. 47–48.
- ↑ "N to Z". CricketArchive.
- ↑ Haygarth, S&B volume 2, pp. 240–241.
- ↑ Haygarth, S&B volume 4, p. 55.
- ↑ Hodgson, p. 14.
- ↑ Haygarth, S&B volume 2, pp. 67–68.
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