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List of English cricketers (1787–1825)

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This is a list of English cricketers who played first-class cricket between the 1787 and 1825 seasons. The sport of cricket in this period had already acquired most of its modern features such as eleven-a-side, the three-stump wicket and the lbw law, although pitch preparation was rudimentary and play was largely dictated by the weather. The main difference was in bowling which was still mostly underarm, the key development of the period being the movement towards roundarm bowling which began in the late eighteenth century and was gathering pace by 1825.

The principal club throughout the period was Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) which was founded in 1787. MCC organised the early Gentlemen v Players matches and most of the games played by occasional XIs such as those led by Colonel Lennox, Lord Frederick Beauclerk, George Osbaldeston and others. Inter-county cricket was rare during the Napoleonic Wars and there were no formally constituted county clubs at the time, but the main centres at county level were Berkshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. Towards the end of the period, Cambridge University became prominent, especially through its series of matches against the Cambridge Town Club. In the north of England, cricket was developing through town clubs which became the focal points of the game in their respective counties, especially Nottingham Cricket Club and Sheffield Cricket Club.

The players included are those known to have played in matches which were given retrospective first-class status between 1787 and 1825 inclusive.[A]

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  1. Details of players are not always complete for this period. In some cases cricket historians have made assumptions regarding the identity of players where just a surname was recorded on original scorecards;[1] in some cases sources do not agree and in others more recent research has invalidated entries in older sources.[2] A very small number of scorecards do not give the names of players at all.[3] Teams are also given different names in different sources on occasions[4] and the accounts of matches also differ.[5]
  2. The range of seasons the player was involved in first-class cricket are shown.
  3. Where no specific reference is provided references can be found on the player's article. Further information can be found in Scores and Biographies, Volume 1 or A list of all the principal Matches of Cricket that have been played (1790 to 1805).
  1. Scores and biographies identifies him as James Baker and Kent Cricket Matches 1719–1880 as JB Baker and there is the possibility that it was James Bray Baker who played in this match, although this is considered unlikely. An S Baker played for sides it the Leeds area of Kent in the 1820s and it is probably this player. CricInfo and CricketArchive both give him the forename Samson and a Samson Baker has been identified as living in the nearby Lenham area of Kent, but there is no conclusive evidence that these were the same person.[24][25][26]
  2. CricketArchive previously listed Gouldstone under the name Goldstone.[152] A played named Goldswain was a contemporary who played other matches for teams in Berkshire[153] and there has been some suggestion that they are the same man.
  3. Hopper's forename may have been James or John, although he is identified by the initial G in the 1907 History of Kent County Cricket Club. The same source identifies him as coming from Lenham. Both CricInfo and CricketArchive identify him only as J Hopper.[192][193][194]
  4. Biographical details are limited and Razell's surname may have been spelled Razzell. CricketArchive lists him as being born in 1787 and dying at Dorking in 1851, although the name is common in the Dorking area at the time Razell lived and these dates are uncertain. Kent sources suggest that he played cricket for East Kent and was a member of the Penenden Heath club in the early 19th century, possibly moving to Surrey after 1815.
  5. Willes played in a match at Wrotham Napps alongside John Willes and it may be that it was William Willes, John's brother, who played in the match. William is identified by the 1907 History of Kent County Cricket Club as the player involved, whereas Scores and Biographies identifies the player simply as Willes and he is identified as Mr G Willes in Kent Cricket Matches.[373]

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