1729 English cricket season
- 1729 English cricket season
Infobox cricket season
season = 1729 English cricket season
imagesize =
caption =
cricket formats = first-class and single wicket
tourists =
county champions = Sussex
knockout cup winners =
national league winners =
most runs =
most wickets =
most victims =
most catches =
The 1729 English cricket season is the one in which Samuel Johnson played at Oxford University. The season is also noted for the earliest known innings victory and the earliest known surviving cricket bat.
Honours
* Champion County [An unofficial seasonal title proclaimed by media or historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted] – Sussex (Sir William Gage's XI) [ [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/histories/champions.html Champion counties from 1728] ] ]Matches
Events
There is a bat in The Oval pavilion which belonged to John Chitty of Knaphill, Surrey. Dated 1729, it is the oldest known bat [Rowland Bowen, "Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development", Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970] . It looks more like a field hockey stick than a modern cricket bat but its curvature was to enable the batsman to play a ball that was always rolled, as in bowls, never pitched. Pitching began about 30 years later and the straight bats we use nowadays were created in response to the pitched delivery. ]The earliest reference to cricket at Oxford University seems to have made by Dr Samuel Johnson, no less. He was there for that one year and says he played cricket there [John Major, "More Than A Game", HarperCollins, 2007] .]A local game in Gloucester on Monday 22 September is the earliest known reference to cricket in Gloucestershire [.]References
External sources
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1729_ENG.html CricketArchive match lists]
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/main.html From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300 – 1787]
Further reading
* H S Altham, "A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914)", George Allen & Unwin, 1962
* Derek Birley, "A Social History of English Cricket", Aurum, 1999
* Rowland Bowen, "Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development", Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
* David Underdown, "Start of Play", Allen Lane, 2000
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
History of English amateur cricket — The history of English amateur cricket describes the concept and importance of amateur players in English cricket. The amateur was not merely someone who played cricket in his spare time but a particular type of first class cricketer who existed… … Wikipedia
Cricket bat — Evolution of the cricket bat A cricket bat is a specialised piece of equipment used by batsmen in the sport of cricket to hit the ball. It is usually made of willow wood. Its use is first mentioned in 1624. The blade of a cricket bat is a wooden… … Wikipedia
History of cricket (1726–1763) — The history of cricket from 1726 to 1763 covers the period leading up to the introduction of the pitched delivery in bowling and the formation of the Hambledon Club. Cricket in 1726 was already a major sport in London and the south of England.… … Wikipedia
Sussex county cricket teams — have been traced back to the 17th century but the county s involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Sussex, jointly with Kent, is the birthplace of the sport. It is widely believed that cricket was invented by children living on… … Wikipedia
Hampshire county cricket teams — Infobox first class cricket team team = Hampshire county cricket teams imagesize = caption = home venue = Broadhalfpenny Down Windmill Down Itchin Stoke Down established = before 1729 last match = 1861 first title = 1766 no. of titles = 14 (to… … Wikipedia
Oxfordshire County Cricket Club — is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Oxfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. The club plays… … Wikipedia
Oxford University Cricket Club — Oxford University Coach: Graham Charlesworth Captain: Rajiv Sharma Founded … Wikipedia
Sussex County Cricket Club — Infobox cricket team county = Sussex County Cricket Club oneday = Sussex Sharks coach = Mark Robinson captain = Chris Adams overseas = Mushtaq Ahmed founded = 1836 ground = Hove capacity = fcdebutvs = MCC fcdebutyr = 1839 fcdebutvenue = Lord s… … Wikipedia
List of early English cricketers to 1786 — The purpose of this article is to create a list of the earliest known cricketers whose careers began prior to the foundation of Lord s Cricket Ground and Marylebone Cricket Club in 1787. The list is by season, this being the season in which the… … Wikipedia
County Championship — This article is about the county cricket championship. For other uses, see County Championship (disambiguation). County Championship Administrator England and Wales Cricket Board … Wikipedia
